Cancer in Ireland 19942002

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Cancer in Ireland 1994-2002
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New cancer cases
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Cancers increasing in number
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Cancers decreasing in number
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Risk of developing cancer
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Causes of death, 1999
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Colorectal cancer cases in the EU, 1998
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Lung cancer cases in the EU, 1998
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Cancer deaths as of all deaths
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Cancer deaths
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Increasing cancer deaths
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Decreasing cancer deaths
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Years of life lost
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Years of life lost by cause
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Years of life lost to cancer
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Number of inpatient episodes
Number of episodes per year
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lung
female breast
colon
rectum and anus
lymphoma
prostate
leukaemia
oesophagus
stomach
bladder
non melanoma skin
ovary
brain
pancreas
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Total length of stay
total length of stay (days)
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lung
female breast
colon
rectum and anus
lymphoma
prostate
leukaemia
oesophagus
stomach
bladder
non melanoma skin
ovary
brain
pancreas
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Average length of stay
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Average length of stay for prostate cancer
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Trends in prostatectomy
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Future developments

• Electronic data collection
• Integration with hospital cancer information
  systems
• Earlier reporting of provisional data
• Small area coding of cases and deaths
• Direct web-based access to data by the public

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Planned reports

• Waiting times in the Irish cancer services
• Survival of cancer patients in Ireland and the UK
• Atlas of cancer in Ireland and the UK
• Second all-Ireland cancer incidence and mortality
  report

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Acknowledgements

• Staff of National Cancer Registry
• Department of Health and Children

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