Croatian National Cancer Registry

Summary

All cancer patients treated in hospitals and outpatient care are reported, cancer cases in Croatia are very good determined.

Type of data

Data Source
Registry

Type of Study
Survey same

Data gathering method
Registries

Access to data

Conditions of access

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Aggregated tables

Formats available
Excel

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data has been collected every year until 2012.

First year of collection
First year of collection was in 1959 and beginning in 1968, data was collected electronically.

Stratification if applicable
Statification by county, age, sex, diagnosis

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
NUTS-1, NUTS-3

Age range
Individual age for each cancer patient

Statistical representativeness
Special group, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
The data source allows for a detailed study.

Linkage

Standardisation
EUROCIM database consists of a number of new cancer cases (Incidence database) or deaths (Mortality database).

Possibility of linkage among databases
A common variable is patient ID.

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
Incomplete data in case of failure

Breaks
NA

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
NA

Governance

Contact information
Dr. Ariana Znaor / Department of Epidemiology
Croatian National Institute of Public Health
Rockefellerova 7
10000 Zagreb Croatia Phone: +38514863222
Email: ariana.znaor(at)hzjz.hr
Url: http://www.hzjz.hr/rak/bilten09.htm

Timeliness, transparency
Data is available within one year of collection.