The Impact of Adjustment for Socioeconomic Status on Comparisons of Cancer Incidence between Two European Countries

Table 1

Numbers of cancers diagnosed during 1995–2007 in Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, by sex.

Cancer site	ICD10 code	Republic of Ireland		Northern Ireland
		Males	Females	Males	Females
Head and neck	C01–C14, C30–C32	3,820	1,371	1,872	840
Oesophagus	C15	2,627	1,592	1,280	778
Stomach	C16	3,818	2,353	1,930	1,263
Colorectal	C18–C21	14,485	11,041	6,720	5,951
Lung	C34	13,672	8,437	7,159	4,568
Melanoma	C43	2,611	3,871	1,091	1,596
Breast	C50	181	25,876	73	12,669
Cervix uteri	C53	—	2,665	—	1,093
Corpus uteri	C54	—	3,355	—	1,882
Ovary	C56	—	4,149	—	2,073
Prostate	C61	24,704	—	8,440	—
Kidney	C64–C65	2,785	1,603	1,247	847
Bladder	C67	4,309	1,730	1,917	783
Brain	C70–C72	2,161	1,630	880	636
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma	C82–C85	3,441	2,917	1,653	1,688
Leukaemia	C91–C95	3,331	2,235	1,196	929