Database: Croatian National Cancer Registry (Croatia)

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Type of database: registry.

Primary purpose: Register new cancer cases and provide data on incidence, prevalence, and survival in Croatia.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Croatian Institute of Public Health (HZJZ).

Type of information: longitudinal. cancer incidence; number of deaths; primary tumour localization; diagnosis; sex; age; year; place of residence. Data dictionary was not found.

Available type of information: cancer incidence (number of new cases, percentage, crude incidence rate, standardized world incidence rate, cumulative rate from 0 - 74 years), number of deaths, primary tumour localization, diagnosis, sex, age, year, place of residence. Click here to learn more.

Source of Information: Hospital report forms, primary care report forms, pathology and cytology reports, and death certificates. Additional data sources include hospital discharge diagnoses and outpatient visit diagnoses.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level.

Number of Records: > 500,000 cancer incidence registries.

Date range: 1959 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. All cancers except non-melanoma skin cancer (C44), including carcinoma in situ and benign and borderline CNS tumours, click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLSX and PDF. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.

Mouth Throat Oropharynx Nasopharynx Hypopharynx Larynx Salivary glands Lips Tonsils base of tongue Voice box Esophagus Stomach Small intestine Large intestine Colon Rectum Anus Liver Gallbladder Bile ducts Pancreas Lung Trachea Bronchi Pleura Mediastinum Bone Cartilage Osteosarcoma Ewings sarcoma Skin Melanoma Scalp Lips Hands Feet Muscle Fat Tendon Ligament Blood vessels Connective tissue Sarcoma Angiosarcoma Liposarcoma Lobular Breast Nipple Areola Ductal Vulva Vagina Cervix Uterus Ovary Fallopian tubes Endometrium Prostate Testicles Penis Kidney Ureter Bladder Urethra Eye Brain Spinal cord Thyroid gland Parathyroid Adrenal glands Pituitary gland Pancreas Thymus gland Peritoneum Pericardium Retroperitoneum Mesothelium Blood Bone marrow Lymph nodes Spleen Leukemia databaseType::registry dataOwner::Croatian Institute of Public Health (HZJZ) databaseStructure::longitudinal hasVariable::cancer incidence hasVariable::number of deaths hasVariable::primary tumour localization hasVariable::diagnosis hasVariable::sex hasVariable::age hasVariable::year hasVariable::place of residence availableVariable::cancer incidence availableVariable::number of deaths availableVariable::primary tumour localization availableVariable::diagnosis availableVariable::sex availableVariable::age availableVariable::year availableVariable::place of residence dataLevel::patient level availableDataLevel::regional level dataStart::1959 dataEnd::onwards hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms dataAvailability::partially publicly available hasDownloadableData::XLSX hasDownloadableData::PDF hasGrantRequirement::Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed hasDataAccessInstructions::[https://www.hzjz.hr/sluzba-epidemiologija-prevencija-nezaraznih-bolesti/odjel-za-maligne-bolesti/ click here to access isDatabase hasCancerType::C00-C97: All cancer types hasCancerType::C00-C14: Mouth/throat cancers hasCancerType::C15-C26: Digestive system cancers hasCancerType::C30-C39: Lung/chest cancers hasCancerType::C40-C41: Bone cancers hasCancerType::C43-C44: Skin cancers/melanoma hasCancerType::C45-C49: Soft tissue cancer hasCancerType::C50: Breast cancer hasCancerType::C51-C58: Female genitalia cancers hasCancerType::C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer hasCancerType::C64-C68: Urinary system cancers hasCancerType::C69-C72: Eye and brain cancer hasCancerType::C73-C75: Thyroid and other gland cancers hasCancerType::C76-C80: Cancers of unknown or unspecified areas hasCancerType::C81-C96: Cancers of the blood and immune system hasCancerType::C97-C97: Cancers in multiple locations from the start hasCancerType::D00-D09: Early-stage cancers not yet spread hasCancerType::D10-D36: Benign tumour hasCancerType::D37-D48: Growths of uncertain nature hasCancerType::unknown