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Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology Advance Access originally published online on August 22, 2006
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 2006 36(10):668-675; doi:10.1093/jjco/hyl084
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© 2006 Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research

Epidemiology Note

Cancer Incidence and Incidence Rates in Japan in 2000: Estimates Based on Data from 11 Population-Based Cancer Registries

Tomomi Marugame1, Ken-Ichi Kamo2, Kota Katanoda1, Wakiko Ajiki1, Tomotaka Sobue1 The Japan Cancer Surveillance Research Group

1 Statistics and Cancer Control Division, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center, Tokyo and 2 Division of Mathematics, School of Medicine, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan

For reprints and all correspondence: Tomomi Marugame, Statistics and Cancer Control Division, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center, 5-1-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan. E-mail: tmarugam{at}gan2.res.ncc.go.jp

Received June 6, 2006; accepted June 26, 2006

Key Words: cancer incidence • incidence estimates • cancer registry • Japan

The Japan Cancer Surveillance Research Group estimated the cancer incidence in Japan in 2000 on the basis of data collected from 11 population-based cancer registries: Miyagi, Yamagata, Chiba (model area), Kanagawa, Niigata, Fukui, Shiga, Osaka, Okayama, Saga and Nagasaki. The methods of estimation and their limitations have been explained in previous papers (1–3). Our research group succeeded the Research Group for Population-based Cancer Registration in Japan that has estimated the cancer incidence from 1975 to 1999. The number of incidences, crude rates, age-standardized rates and completeness of registration in 2000 are shown in Table 1, and the age-specific number of incidences and the rates according to sex and primary site are shown in Tables 2 and 3. The total number of incidence in Japan for 2000 was estimated as 538 000. The time trends of age-standardized incidence rates for the major sites in 1975–2000 are shown in Fig. 1 (standard population: the world population) and in Fig. 2 (standard population: the 1985 Japanese model population). The leading site according to the age-standardized incidence rates was stomach for males and breast for females, as shown in Figs 1 and 2.


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  		Table 1. Incidence, completeness of reporting and accuracy of diagnosis in Japan according to sex and primary site, 2000

 

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  		Table 2. Age-specific incidence in Japan according to sex and primary site, 2000

 

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  		Table 3. Age-specific incidence rate per 100 000 population in Japan according to sex and primary site, 2000

 

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  		Figure 1. Trends of age-standardized cancer incidence rates for major sites (standard population: world population).

 

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  		Figure 2. Trends of age-standardized cancer incidence rates for major sites (standard population: 1985 Japanese model population).

 
The estimated cancer incidence data in Japan by sex, site, 5-year age group and calendar year during the period of 1975–2000 are available on a website (http://ncrp.ncc.go.jp/) or by correspondence with the principal investigator of the research group (T. S.).


   Acknowledgments
 
The survey on cancer incidence in Japan was conducted with the contribution from the 15 registries: Miyagi (D. Shibuya), Yamagata (A. Shibata), Chiba (H. Mikami), Kanagawa (N. Okamoto), Niigata (K. Ogoshi), Fukui (M. Fujita), Aichi (H. Ito), Shiga (K. Mizuta), Osaka (A. Oshima), Tottori (T. Kishimoto), Okayama (H. Kasai), Saga (K. Kosa), Nagasaki (M. Soda), Kumamoto (A. Higashi) and Okinawa (K. Nakahodo). The study was supported by the 3rd-term Comprehensive10-year Strategy for Cancer Control.


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2 The Research Group for Population-based Cancer Registration in Japan. Cancer incidence in Japan, 1985–89: re-estimation based on data from eight population-based cancer registries. Jpn J Clin Oncol 1999;28:54–67.

3 The Research Group for Population-based Cancer Registration in Japan. Cancer incidence in Japan. In: Tajima K, Kuroishi T, Oshima A, editors. Cancer Mortality and Morbidity Statistics—Japan and The World—2004. Gann Monograph on Cancer Research No. 51. Tokyo: Japanese Scientific Societies Press 2004;95–130.


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