A Suitable Approach to Estimate Cancer Incidence in Area without Cancer Registry

Table 3

National estimations of the number of cancer cases and of world-standardized incidence rates (per 100,000 persons) in 2007 based on the modeling of the ratio of PMSI cases to incidence cases using algorithm 1. Comparison with FRANCIM national estimates based on the modeling of the ratio incidence/mortality.

	National estimates based on the PMSI cases/Incident cases ratio		FRANCIM estimates
Cancer site	Number of cases	Standardized rates^1	Number of cases	Standardized rates^1
Colon-rectum
Men	21,172	38.0	20,453	37.4
Women	18,327	24.8	18,052	24.4
Breast
Women	50,578	98.6	52,492	103.4
Ovary
Women	4,637	8.6	4,402	7.9
Kidney
Men	6,775	13.3	6,328	13
Women	3,273	5.2	3,201	5.3

¹standardized on world population age structure.