Table 2.
Quality of Cancer Data in the Caribbean
| Availability | N | Caribbean Country |
|---|---|---|
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| Incidence Data | ||
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| High-quality national or regional data | 4 | Cuba |
| Martinique | ||
| Puerto Rico | ||
| Jamaica | ||
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| National data (rates) | 1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
|
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| Regional data (rates) | 0 | — |
|
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| Frequency data | 0 | — |
|
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| No dataa | 9 | Bahamas |
| Barbados | ||
| Belize | ||
| Dominican Republic | ||
| Guadeloupe | ||
| French Guiana | ||
| Guyana | ||
| Haiti | ||
| Suriname | ||
|
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| Mortality Data | ||
|
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| High-quality complete vital registration | 2 | Bahamas |
| Cuba | ||
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| Medium-quality complete vital registration | 8 | Barbados |
| Belize | ||
| Guyana | ||
| Guadeloupe | ||
| Martinique | ||
| French Guiana | ||
| Puerto Rico | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | ||
|
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| Low-quality complete vital registration | 4 | Dominican Republic |
| Haiti | ||
| Jamaica | ||
| Suriname | ||
|
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| Incomplete or sample vital registration | 0 | — |
|
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| Other sourcesb | 0 | — |
|
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| No data | 0 | — |
a
Not all cancer data originating from registries and other sources in some Caribbean islands have been referenced and evaluated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
b
Cancer registries, verbal autopsy, and surveys, among others.
Data from reference 2.