Table 2.
Quality indicators for eight common cancers by age at diagnosis (years), Estonia 1995–2008
| Cancer site | %MV
|
%DCO
|
%Autopsy
|
|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15–54 years |
55–64 years |
65–74 years |
75–84 years |
15–54 years |
55–64 years |
65–74 years |
75–84 years |
15–54 years |
55–64 years |
65–74 years |
75–84 years |
|
| Stomach | 95.3 | 92.6 | 90.8 | 83.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Colon | 96.7 | 93.8 | 92.5 | 85.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.1 |
| Rectum | 97.6 | 95.2 | 93.7 | 88.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
| Lung | 86.2 | 80.9 | 72.7 | 51.6 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 6.1 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
| Breast (female) | 98.0 | 96.9 | 94.1 | 89.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Prostatea | –a | 94.9 | 92.9 | 85.1 | –a | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.7 | –a | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| Kidney | 89.3 | 86.2 | 82.3 | 66.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 7.0 |
| Bladdera | –a | 96.5 | 95.1 | 91.0 | –a | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.3 | –a | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.9 |
Notes:
a
Age groups 15–64 combined; data shown under 55–64.
Abbreviations: %MV, percentage of microscopically verified cases; %DCO, percentage of cases based on death certificate only; %Autopsy, percentage of cases diagnosed at autopsy.