[Stratified 'capture-recaptured' methodology in the estimation on the number of cancer incidence cases].
OBJECTIVE
To develop a new method in estimating the number of cancer incidence in Yuexiu district in Guangzhou.


METHODS
Data of cancer incidence was collected through hospital records and death certificates to develop a stratified capture-recaptured model. Related procedures for the parameter estimation were given and implemented on SAS language.


RESULTS
Estimated numbers of both male and female cancer incidence in Yuexiu district were 610 and 520 respectively. The estimated miss-reporting rates on both male and female cancer incidence from hospital records and death certificates were 8.5% and 5.4% respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
The result of simulation studies showed that stratified "capture-recaptured" model proposed in this paper was reliable for the estimation of the number of cancer incidence cases.
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Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510089, China.
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Liu
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D012042:Registries