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Table 1 Sample selection criteria

From: Across-province standardization and comparative analysis of time-to-care intervals for cancer

 

Alberta

Saskatchewan

Manitoba

 

Colorectal

Lung

Colorectal

Lung

Colorectal

Lung

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Diagnosed 1,2 in 2004

1688 (100)

1672 (100)

743 (100)

636 (100)

849 (100)

895 (100)

Exclusion criteria:

      

Non-invasive

74 (4)

2 (<1)

58 (8)

2 (<1)

36 (4)

15(2)

Uncommon 3 histology

10 (<1)

5 (<1)

3 (<1)

1 (<1)

1 (<1)

1 (<1)

Multiple 4 cancers

66 (4)

55 (3)

19 (3)

14 (3)

34 (4)

45 (5)

Dead at diagnosis

9 (<1)

17 (1)

21 (3)

52 (8)

17 (2)

34 (4)

Final population:

1529 (90)

1593 (95)

642 (86)

567 (89)

761 (90)

800 (89)

  1. 1- Diagnosis date defined by Canadian Cancer Registry coding rules [22(p67)]
  2. 2- Sites defined as in Canadian Cancer Statistics [16(p85)]
  3. 3- Leukemias, lymphomas, mesothelioma and Kaposi's sarcoma as defined in Canadian Cancer Statistics 2005 [16(p85)]
  4. 4- One or more invasive cancers within 6 months of the index case. Does not include non-melanoma skin cancer or insitu breast or bladder cancers as defined in [19(pp297-299)]
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