Table 2.
Data quality indicators for patients diagnosed during 1995–2009, by continent and country (all cancers combined)
| Calendar period |
Patients submitted (n) |
Ineligible patients¶ |
Eligible patients (n) |
Exclusions∥ |
Available for analysis (n) |
Data quality indicators†† |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In situ (%) |
Other (%) |
DCO (%) | Other (%) | MV (%) | Non-specific morphology (%) |
Lost to follow- up (%) |
Censored (%) |
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| Africa | 23 325 | 0·2% | 39·5% | 14 048 | 1·4% | 9·6% | 12 509 | 85·5% | 17·0% | 10·2% | 28·8% | |
| Algerian registries | 1995–2009 | 6919 | <0·1% | 5·8% | 6515 | 0·3% | 17·4% | 5358 | 93·8% | 12·3% | 0·0% | 21·5% |
| Lesotho (childhood)† | 1995–2009 | 22 | 0·0% | 0·0% | 22 | 0·0% | 0·0% | 22 | 100·0% | 0·0% | 0·0% | 11·8% |
| Libya (Benghazi) | 2003–2005 | 1698 | 0·0% | 0·4% | 1692 | 8·9% | 0·5% | 1533 | 84·4% | 16·5% | 0·0% | 32·4% |
| Mali (Bamako) | 1995–2009 | 1007 | 0·0% | 78·3% | 219 | 5·0% | 2·3% | 203 | 58·6% | 41·4% | 83·7% | 6·4% |
| Mauritius* | 2005–2005 | 855 | 0·0% | 0·6% | 850 | 0·0% | 0·9% | 842 | 100·0% | 24·1% | 0·0% | NA |
| Nigeria (Ibadan) | 1998–2007 | 2192 | 2·1% | 60·1% | 830 | 0·6% | 3·6% | 795 | 70·8% | 0·0% | 8·9% | 65·1% |
| South Africa (Eastern Cape) | 1998–2007 | 2404 | 0·0% | 2·9% | 2335 | 0·1% | 4·4% | 2230 | 70·5% | 32·8% | 45·7% | 25·1% |
| The Gambia* | 1995–1997 | 387 | 0·0% | 10·1% | 348 | 0·9% | 10·3% | 309 | 15·2% | 58·9% | 3·2% | 14·2% |
| Tunisia (Central) | 1995–2007 | 7841 | 0·1% | 84·1% | 1237 | NA | 1·6% | 1217 | 99·1% | 1·0% | 0·7% | 51·2% |
| America (Central and South) | 467 456 | 3·0% | 8·0% | 416 140 | 13·7% | 0·7% | 356 173 | 87·4% | 7·7% | 0·1% | 2·9% | |
| Argentinian registries | 1995–2009 | 40 482 | 5·0% | 7·6% | 35 377 | 11·1% | 0·5% | 31 244 | 97·9% | 3·7% | <0·1% | 14·6% |
| Brazilian registries | 1995–2009 | 119 423 | 5·4% | 20·0% | 89 067 | 9·5% | 0·5% | 80 113 | 92·8% | 7·1% | 0·2% | 1·7% |
| Chilean registries | 1998–2008 | 8920 | 8·2% | 0·7% | 8121 | 10·7% | 0·5% | 7213 | 90·3% | 4·1% | 0·5% | 0·0% |
| Colombian registries | 1995–2009 | 36 140 | 1·5% | 5·7% | 33 550 | 5·7% | 0·8% | 31 365 | 88·5% | 12·0% | <0·1% | 19·5% |
| Cuba* | 1998–2006 | 120 748 | 0·3% | 2·1% | 117 883 | 23·7% | 0·3% | 89 576 | 70·6% | 11·7% | 0·0% | 0·0% |
| Ecuadorian registries | 1995–2009 | 35 395 | 1·3% | 5·7% | 32 924 | 9·7% | 4·3% | 28 314 | 92·0% | 3·7% | 0·0% | <0·1% |
| Puerto Rico* | 2000–2009 | 81 886 | 3·9% | 4·5% | 74 937 | 6·7% | 0·3% | 69 745 | 97·2% | 1·4% | 0·0% | 0·0% |
| Uruguay* | 2002–2009 | 24 462 | 0·4% | 0·3% | 24 281 | 23·4% | 0·0% | 18 603 | 80·6% | 20·9% | 0·0% | 0·0% |
| America (North) | 12 233 257 | 6·0% | 1·3% | 11 340 569 | 1·8% | 0·2% | 11 109 332 | 94·8% | 1·3% | 0·8% | <0·1% | |
| Canada* | 1995–2009 | 1 392 677 | 4·3% | 0·6% | 1 324 227 | 1·8% | 0·5% | 1 294 159 | 88·7% | 1·5% | 0·0% | <0·1% |
| US registries | 1995–2009 | 10 840 580 | 6·2% | 1·4% | 10 016 342 | 1·8% | 0·2% | 9 815 173 | 95·6% | 1·3% | 0·9% | <0·1% |
| Asia | 3 581 339 | 3·3% | 0·9% | 3 432 472 | 4·4% | 0·2% | 3 274 733 | 83·1% | 11·4% | 0·7% | 2·6% | |
| Chinese registries | 1995–2009 | 241 044 | 0·1% | 1·3% | 237 656 | 1·6% | <0·1% | 233 736 | 66·4% | 38·7% | 3·5% | 0·1% |
| Cyprus* | 2004–2009 | 9986 | 2·8% | 2·7% | 9437 | 8·6% | 0·2% | 8609 | 98·7% | 2·1% | 0·0% | 0·1% |
| Hong Kong* | 1997–2006 | 6184 | 0·0% | 0·0% | 6184 | 0·0% | 0·2% | 6169 | 99·6% | <0·1% | 9·0% | 8·5% |
| Indian registries | 1995–2009 | 11 732 | 0·0% | 1·5% | 11 551 | 2·7% | 0·1% | 11 235 | 81·8% | 9·7% | 22·9% | 9·9% |
| Indonesia (Jakarta) | 2005–2007 | 3830 | 0·0% | 18·1% | 3138 | 1·3% | 0·2% | 3091 | 75·4% | 23·0% | 0·0% | NA |
| Israel* | 1995–2009 | 202 745 | 6·1% | 2·0% | 186 266 | 3·2% | 0·2% | 179 921 | 94·2% | 6·4% | 0·0% | 0·0% |
| Japanese registries | 1995–2009 | 1 065 707 | 3·7% | 1·0% | 1 015 315 | 13·3% | <0·1% | 879 341 | 86·4% | 9·9% | 0·0% | 3·6% |
| Jordan* | 2000–2009 | 19 191 | 0·0% | 0·6% | 19 081 | <0·1% | 0·9% | 18 896 | 99·3% | 1·5% | 54·9% | 0·0% |
| Korea*‡ | 1995–2009 | 1 191 749 | 0·0% | 0·8% | 1 182 442 | <0·1% | 0·1% | 1 180 925 | 82·5% | 8·9% | 0·0% | 0·0% |
| Malaysia (Penang) | 1995–2009 | 15 842 | 0·0% | 2·5% | 15 447 | 2·4% | 1·8% | 14 800 | 92·0% | 9·8% | 0·0% | <0·1% |
| Mongolia* | 2005–2009 | 13 415 | 1·8% | 0·6% | 13 096 | <0·1% | 4·5% | 12 510 | 35·7% | 1·2% | 16·9% | NA |
| Qatar* | 2002–2009 | 780 | 0·8% | 0·1% | 773 | 2·7% | 0·4% | 749 | 90·0% | 6·4% | 0·0% | 5·1% |
| Saudi Arabia* | 1995–2008 | 24 216 | 1·4% | 0·1% | 23 876 | 2·6% | 10·1% | 20 860 | 95·2% | 1·6% | 0·0% | 61·3% |
| Taiwan* | 1995–2009 | 662 906 | 9·2% | <0·1% | 601 480 | 0·0% | 0·1% | 600 934 | 83·1% | 9·6% | 0·0% | 0·0% |
| Thai registries | 1995–2009 | 47 263 | 1·4% | 0·7% | 46 279 | 4·0% | 0·1% | 44 406 | 58·5% | 38·4% | 0·1% | 23·4% |
| Turkey (Izmir) | 1995–2009 | 64 749 | 3·3% | 3·4% | 60 451 | 3·0% | 0·2% | 58 551 | 92·9% | 2·1% | <0·1% | 30·7% |
| Europe | 11 449 869 | 6·5% | 1·0% | 10 584 050 | 4·5% | 0·2% | 10 086 145 | 89·7% | 3·5% | 0·3% | 0·4% | |
| Austria* | 1995–2009 | 353 194 | 6·9% | 0·6% | 326 730 | 0·1% | 0·9% | 323 432 | 97·6% | 2·5% | 0·0% | 0·0% |
| Belarus (childhood)† | 1995–2009 | 726 | 0·0% | 0·0% | 726 | 0·0% | 0·0% | 726 | 99·9% | 0·0% | 2·8% | 0·0% |
| Belgium* | 2004–2009 | 256 073 | 8·7% | 0·6% | 232 152 | <0·1% | 0·2% | 231 734 | 98·7% | 1·5% | 1·1% | 0·0% |
| Bulgaria* | 1995–2009 | 255 768 | <0·1% | 0·2% | 255 158 | 11·2% | <0·1% | 226 566 | 81·4% | 1·3% | 0·1% | 0·0% |
| Croatia* | 1998–2009 | 148 131 | 0·0% | 0·1% | 148 031 | 6·0% | <0·1% | 139 147 | 84·9% | 0·4% | 0·0% | 0·0% |
| Czech Republic* | 1995–2009 | 469 330 | 6·4% | 1·3% | 433 523 | 7·9% | 0·9% | 395 462 | 90·8% | 1·9% | 0·0% | 0·0% |
| Denmark* | 1995–2009 | 251 533 | 0·0% | 0·2% | 250 931 | 0·4% | 0·0% | 249 943 | 93·2% | 8·0% | 0·1% | 0·0% |
| Estonia* | 1995–2008 | 51 544 | 1·4% | 1·1% | 50 283 | 3·8% | 0·4% | 48 193 | 89·0% | 3·5% | 0·4% | 0·0% |
| Finland* | 1995–2009 | 235 156 | 6·5% | 2·9% | 213 137 | 2·3% | <0·1% | 208 129 | 96·1% | 7·3% | 0·1% | 0·0% |
| French registries† | 1995–2009 | 227 210 | <0·1% | 0·3% | 226 622 | <0·1% | 0·2% | 226 234 | 96·3% | 2·6% | 3·9% | 4·1% |
| German registries | 1995–2009 | 1 668 355 | 4·0% | 1·2% | 1 582 464 | 13·5% | 0·1% | 1 367 345 | 94·9% | 1·0% | 0·3% | 0·1% |
| Gibraltar* | 1999–2009 | 665 | 13·8% | 15·8% | 468 | NA | 1·3% | 462 | 85·7% | 0·9% | 0·0% | 2·2% |
| Iceland* | 1995–2009 | 10 805 | 0·0% | 0·8% | 10 722 | 0·2% | 0·0% | 10 704 | 97·2% | 2·8% | 0·0% | 0·0% |
| Ireland* | 1995–2009 | 169 818 | 14·9% | 1·4% | 142 134 | 2·4% | 0·1% | 138 602 | 91·0% | 1·1% | 0·0% | 0·0% |
| Italian registries | 1995–2009 | 877 272 | 2·7% | 0·5% | 849 556 | 2·1% | 0·2% | 830 162 | 87·5% | 12·5% | 0·8% | 1·0% |
| Latvia* | 1995–2009 | 78 334 | 0·1% | 0·2% | 78 141 | 6·1% | 0·5% | 72 992 | 81·5% | 0·5% | 0·0% | 0·0% |
| Lithuania* | 1995–2009 | 132 425 | 2·8% | 0·5% | 127 999 | 3·6% | 0·0% | 123 380 | 84·9% | 2·0% | 1·0% | 0·0% |
| Malta* | 1995–2009 | 11 630 | 0·0% | 0·9% | 11 526 | 2·6% | 0·5% | 11 173 | 96·3% | 7·9% | 0·0% | <0·1% |
| Netherlands* | 1995–2009 | 716 617 | 2·9% | 0·9% | 688 714 | 0·3% | 0·3% | 684 601 | 97·0% | 3·1% | 0·5% | 0·0% |
| Norway* | 1995–2009 | 202 823 | 0·0% | 0·4% | 202 016 | 0·8% | 0·0% | 200 334 | 95·5% | 4·7% | 0·2% | 0·0% |
| Poland* | 1995–2009 | 813 485 | 1·2% | 0·2% | 802 179 | 4·1% | 0·4% | 766 183 | 79·6% | 0·5% | 0·1% | 0·0% |
| Portugal* | 1998–2009 | 240 114 | 2·8% | 2·7% | 226 878 | 0·2% | 0·2% | 225 902 | 95·9% | 3·3% | 0·1% | 1·4% |
| Romania (Cluj) | 2006–2009 | 6900 | 3·9% | 0·7% | 6583 | 18·0% | 2·0% | 5264 | 93·0% | 0·8% | 0·0% | NA |
| Russia (Arkhangelsk) | 2000–2009 | 23 609 | 0·0% | <0·1% | 23 602 | 3·3% | 0·7% | 22 643 | 82·4% | 3·5% | 1·1% | 0·0% |
| Slovakia* | 2000–2007 | 92 942 | 0·0% | 0·3% | 92 655 | 9·9% | <0·1% | 83 449 | 95·3% | 5·5% | 0·0% | 0·0% |
| Slovenia* | 1995–2009 | 95 466 | 14·8% | 2·5% | 78 973 | 2·7% | <0·1% | 76 835 | 94·5% | 5·9% | 0·1% | 0·0% |
| Spanish registries | 1995–2009 | 338 249 | 3·9% | 2·4% | 317 154 | 2·6% | 0·3% | 308 081 | 91·5% | 5·4% | 0·2% | 0·8% |
| Sweden* | 1995–2009 | 395 792 | 0·0% | <0·1% | 395 744 | NA | 0·0% | 395 744 | 98·9% | 2·1% | 0·2% | 0·0% |
| Swiss registries | 1995–2009 | 151 879 | 6·9% | 0·4% | 140 737 | 1·7% | 0·1% | 138 125 | 95·2% | 2·9% | 3·2% | 6·0% |
| UK* | 1995–2009 | 3 174 024 | 14·5% | 1·4% | 2 668 512 | 3·5% | 0·1% | 2 574 598 | 83·3% | 3·4% | <0·1% | 0·1% |
| Oceania | 930 199 | 7·5% | 0·6% | 855 312 | 1·8% | 0·2% | 837 995 | 92·0% | 4·2% | 0·0% | 4·1% | |
| Australian registries | 1995–2009 | 766 090 | 9·1% | 0·7% | 691 260 | 1·4% | 0·2% | 680 295 | 91·9% | 3·4% | 0·0% | 5·0% |
| New Zealand* | 1995–2009 | 164 109 | 0·0% | <0·1% | 164 052 | 3·3% | 0·6% | 157 700 | 92·6% | 7·6% | 0·0% | 0·0% |
| Total | 28 685 445 | 5·9% | 1·3% | 26 642 591 | 3·4% | 0·2% | 25 676 887 | 91·1% | 3·7% | 0·6% | 0·7% | |
NA=not available.
*
100% coverage of the national population.
†
100% coverage of the national population for childhood leukaemia only.
‡
South Korea.
¶
In situ malignant disease (ICD-O-3 behaviour code 2): some registries do not register in situ cancers, other registries did not submit them. Other: records with incomplete data; or tumours that are benign (behaviour code 0), of uncertain behaviour (1), metastatic from another organ (6), or unknown if primary or metastatic (9); or patients falling outside the age range 0–14 years (children) or 15–99 years (adults); or other conditions.
∥
DCO=tumours registered from a death certificate only or detected solely at autopsy. Other: vital status or sex unknown; or invalid sequence of dates; or inconsistency of sex-site, site-morphology, age-site, age-morphology, or age-site-morphology.
††
MV=microscopically verified. Non-specific morphology (solid tumours only): ICD-O-3 morphology code in the range 8000–8005. Censored: patients diagnosed during 1995–2004, with last known vital status “alive” but less than 5 years of follow-up.