Using administrative registries as a source for population-based cancer incidence and mortality

BMC Cancer

Table 2 Cancer (national) mortality 2018 according to DANE and Cuenta de Alto Costo

Source	Breast			Cervix uteri			Prostate
Source	Deaths	CR	ASR^a	Deaths	CR	ASR^b	Deaths	CR	ASR^b
Infocancer – DANE [5]	3441	13.8	11.0	1946	8.1	6.6	3182	13.6	10.2
Cuenta de Alto Costo – CAC [1]	2454	–	10.5	1021	–	4.3	1641	–	7.6

^aASR using the LAC population estimated by the United Nations for 2019; ^bASR using the SEGI world standard population; DANE: Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística

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