Age-specific incidence of cancer in Kingston & St. Andrew, Jamaica. Part II: 1983-1987.
The Jamaica Cancer Registry recorded 3,652 cases of cancer in Kingston and St. Andrew during the period 1983-1987. Histological confirmation was maintained at a high level (86.3%). For males, the crude rate was 103.1 and for females, 126.5 (per 100,000 per annum). The age-standardized rates for all ages were 148.3 for males, and 160.2 for females. The Tables contain age-specific rates for each site by age and sex.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007563:Jamaica / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors