Table 3.
Primary site (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, Australian Modification, ICD-10-AM) of registry and hospital cases, 2005–2009
| Hospital primary site |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| False negatives* | Periampullary cancer | Pancreatic cancer | Total | |
| Registry primary site | ||||
| False positives† | 0 | 193 | 277 | 470 |
| Periampullary cancer | 112 | 548 | 41 | 701 |
| Pancreatic cancer | 240 | 106 | 3627 | 3973 |
| Total | 352 | 847 | 3945 | 5144 |
*People who did not link to a hospital admission are excluded from the false negatives (n=265).
†People who linked to a pancreatic or periampullary cancer diagnosed prior to 2005 are excluded from the false positives (n=480).