Figure 2.

Comparison of cancer incidence in the Catalan Pathology Registry between pre-pandemic (2019) and pandemic (March 2020 to January 2022) periods by tumor site and pandemic wave.Liver, bile duct: liver, gallbladder, extrahepatic bile ducts; chest: thymus, heart, mediastinum, pleura; soft tissues: soft tissues, peritoneum, retroperitoneum; urinary tract: urethra, bladder, ureter, renal pelvis; CNS: meninges, brain, spinal cord.

SIR (figure dots). Whiskers represent 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) for estimated SIR. 95% CIs including value 1 (horizontal line) are not statistically significant. SIR significant values over or below 1 (red color) indicate over- and underdiagnosis of cancer, respectively.

SIR, standardized incidence ratio.