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Guyana Cancer Report 2000-2004

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General Info
Provider 
Ministry of Health (Guyana)
Tabulations only
Geography 
Guyana (GUY)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2000 - 12/2004
Data type
Disease registry:
  • Nationally representative
Summary 

This report provides incidence and mortality data from the first years of the national Guyana Cancer Registry which was established in May 2000. Data are provided on the distribution of select cancers, incidence rates, case-fatality rates, and survival. Data are broken down by region, ethnicity, stages of cancer, ten year age groups, and location of diagnosis. The data are not coded.

For rates provided in the report, the population numbers were taken from results of the 1999 Guyana Survey of Living Conditions.

Keywords 
Bladder cancer, Breast cancer, Cancers, Cervix uteri cancer, Colon and rectum cancers, Corpus uteri cancer, Ethnicity, Incidence, Kidney and other urinary organ cancers, Larynx cancer, Liver cancer, Oesophagus cancer, Ovary cancer, Prostate cancer, Stomach cancer, Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers
GHDx Entry last modified on: Aug 5, 2021