Advancements in Journal of Urology and Nephrology(AJUN)
ISSN: 2689-8616 | DOI: 10.33140/AJUN
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L A Mclish
Physics Division, University of Technology, Jamaica
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Research Article
Distribution of Cancer of the Kidney and Cancer of the Penis in Jamaica 2008
Author(s): L A Mclish*
Objective: To investigate the distribution of cancer of the kidney and cancer of the penis in Jamaica in 2008. Methods: This study encapsulated all fourteen parishes. Data was obtained from the Jamaica Cancer Registry located in the Pathology Department of the University Hospital of the West Indies. Population denominators were obtained from the 2011 census taken by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica. The statistical packages which were used to analyze the data were SPSS and Microsoft excel. Results: The mean age at which cancer of the kidney was diagnosed in Jamaica 2008 was (47.04 ± 4.54) years. None of the individuals diagnosed in 2008 were smokers. The crude incidence rate (CIR) is an estimate of the probability that a person will develop cancer. In Jamaica in 2008 the CIR for males was 1.1 and for fem.. Read More»