Original scientific paper
The suitability of using death certificates as a data source for cancer mortality assessement in Turkey
Tumer Ulus
; Public Health Department, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Eray Yurtseven
; Public Health Department, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Sabanur Cavdar
; Public Health Department, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Ethem Erginoz
; Public Health Department, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
M. Sarper Erdogan
; Public Health Department, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract
Aim To compare the quality of the 2008 cancer mortality
data of the Istanbul Directorate of Cemeteries (IDC) with
the 2008 data of International Agency for Research on Cancer
(IARC) and Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), and discuss
the suitability of using this databank for estimations
of cancer mortality in the future.
Methods We used 2008 and 2010 death records of the IDC
and compared it to TUIK and IARC data.
Results According to the WHO statistics, in Turkey in 2008
there were 67 255 estimated cancer deaths. As the population
of Turkey was 71 517 100, the cancer mortality rate was
9.4 per 10 000. According to the IDC statistics, the cancer
mortality rate in Istanbul in 2008 was 5.97 per 10 000.
Conclusion IDC estimates were higher than WHO probably
because WHO bases its estimates on a sample group
and because of the restrictions of IDC data collection
method. Death certificates could be a reliable and accurate
data source for mortality statistics if the problems of
data collection are solved.
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Hrčak ID:
94949
URI
Publication date:
15.10.2012.
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