Advancements in Journal of Urology and Nephrology(AJUN)
ISSN: 2689-8616 | DOI: 10.33140/AJUN
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LA Mclish
Physics Division, University of Technology, Kingston 6, Jamaica
Publications
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Research Article
Age Distribution of Cancer in Jamaica 2008
Author(s): LA Mclish*
Objective: To investigate the age distribution of cancer occurrence in Jamaica during 2008. Methods: The distribution of cancer in Jamaica was investigated in the year 2008. The study included all fourteen parishes. Data was obtained from the Jamaica Cancer Registry located in the Pathology Department of the University of the West Indies. Population denominators were obtained from the 2011 census taken by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica. The statistical package which was used to analyze the data was SPSS. Results: A total of 2491 cases of cancer were examined across all parishes. It was determined that the crude incidence rate (178.6) was largest in Kingston and St Andrew. In St. Catherine, St. Thomas, Clarendon, Portland, St. Mary and Manchester the crude incidence rates were 118.9, 80.9, 67.7, 62.3, 58.1 and.. Read More»