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Table 2 Data quality indicators for WA cancers cases from 01 January 2013 to 31 December 2017

From: Descriptive epidemiological study of rare, less common and common cancers in Western Australia

Total cases

DCO

Autopsy

Microscopic Verification

Solid Cancer NOSa

Haematological Cancer NOSb

Topography NOSc

122,402

1044 (0.8%)

99 (0.1%)

114,034 (93.2%)

4127 (3.9%)

971 (8.6%)

67 (0.1%)

  1. a Solid Cancer NOS morphology codes (8000, 8001, 8800, 8801)
  2. b Haematological Cancer NOS morphology codes (9590, 9591, 9760, 9800, 9801, 9820, 9860)
  3. c Topography NOS codes (C260, C268, C269, C390, C398, C399, C559, C579, C639, C689, C729, C759, C765, C767, C768)