Incidence of cancer in Navarra. 1995-96

Abstract

The present paper studies the results of the incidence of cancer in Navarra during 1995-96. The collection of data for the years 1995-1996 was carried out in an active form in the information sources of the register. The procedures for collection, control of duplicates and processing of previous years was maintained. Both the quality indicators and the calculations of the different rates were obtained following the recommendations proposed by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). In 1995-96, 5,667 incident cases of malign tumours were registered in Navarra; 58% occurred in men. Excluding non-melanoma skin cancer, the gross rate of incidence was 513.7 in men and 344.9 in women, the rate adjusted to the world population was 301 per 100,000 for men and 192 per 100,000 for women. Fifty six per cent of all the cases of cancer diagnosed during 1995-1996 in men occurred in the locations of lung, prostate, colon, stomach and bladder. In women the locations of breast, colon, body of the uterus, stomach and rectum represented 51% of total cases.