Table 4.

Quality indicators of Population-Based Cancer Register (PBCR) for cases of retinoblastoma in children and adolescents aged 0 to 19 years from the year 2000, National Cancer Institute, Ministry of Health, Brazil.

REGION	PBCR	Reference period	RTB cases (n)	RTB cases + malignant neoplasm (n)	Diagnostic method		M/F ratio
					DCa, n (%)	NRb, n (%)
North	Manaus	2000–2013	23	25		2	1.88
	Belém e Ananindêua	2000–2017	27	28	1		1.25
	Rondônia	2015–2017	2	2			1.00
	Palmas	2000–2013	1	1	1		*
	Roraima	2003–2010	4	4		2	*
	Total		57	60
Northeast	Alagoas	2010–2011	7	7			0.75
	Aracaju	2000–2014	4	4			3.00
	Fortaleza	2000–2013	25	28	3		1.50
	João Pessoa	2000–2016	8	8			1.67
	Natal	2000–2008	18	19	1		3.50
	Recife	2000–2016	27	27			3.50
	Salvador	2000–2005	23	23		1	1.09
	Teresina	2000–2016	4	4			*
	Total		116	120
Midwest	Campo Grande	2008–2012	3	3			0.50
	Cuiabá/Várzea Grande	2000–2016	7	7			1.33
	Distrito Federal	2000–2014	28	30	1	2	0.75
	Goiânia	2000–2013	27	27		6	0.59
	Mato Grosso (inland)	2001–2016	9	10	1		1.25
	Total		75	77
Southeast	Angra dos Reis	2007–2016	3	3			0.50
	Belo Horizonte	2000–2017	39	40	1		1.60
	Campinas	2002–2016	8	9	1	1	0.60
	Barretos DRS	2000–2018	9	9		1	3.50
	Jahu	2000–2018	1	1			*
	Metropolitan área, ES#	2000–2012	7	8	2		1.33
	São Paulo	2000–2015	324	326			1.17
	Total		391	396
South	Curitiba	2000–2016	20	20			1.00
	Florianópolis	2008–2016	1	1			*
	Porto Alegre	2000–2012	16	17	1	3	1.67
	Total		37	38
Total			675	691	13 (1.9)	18 (2.6)	1 . 30

^a DC – number and percentage of cases whose only means of diagnosis was the death certificate, for a total of 691 cases.

^b NR – not reported, for a total of 691 cases.

^*PBCR in which there were only cases in males.

^# ES = Espírito Santo state (cities of): Cariacica, Guarapari, Serra, Viana, Vila Velha, Vitória and Fundão.