Table 2 |
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Existing cancer registries in the Caribbean |
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Country |
Type of Registry |
Year of Establishment |
Estimated Mid-Year Population (2007) [22] |
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Cuba |
National Cancer Registry |
1964 |
11,416,987 |
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Bahamas |
National Cancer Registry |
? |
305,655 |
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Grenada |
Prostate Cancer Registry |
1996 |
92,014 |
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Guyana |
National Cancer Registry |
2000 |
769,095 |
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Jamaica |
Urban Cancer Registry† |
1959 |
2,780,132 |
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Martinique |
National Cancer Registry |
1983 |
439,202 |
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Netherlands Antilles* |
National Cancer Registry |
1977 |
223,472 |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
National Cancer Registry |
1994 |
1,056,608 |
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*Includes six Dutch-Caribbean islands (Curacao, Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten) †The Jamaican cancer registration currently occurs in urban areas only (Kingston and St. Andrew). |
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Ragin et al. Infectious Agents and Cancer 2007 2:17 doi:10.1186/1750-9378-2-17 |
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