Small-Area Lung Cancer Incidence and Mortality: Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study Using Hospital Discharge and Death Registration Data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite rapid development, cancer registries in low- and middle-income countries, such as China, have the persistent problems with up to 6-year delay and a lack of reported details about small areas.

Objective

This study aimed to develop an approach to provide more up-to-date localized cancer surveillance using linked administrative data. We used lung cancer as an example.

Methods

Based on data of hospitalization record front pages (HRFPs) between 2013 and 2022 from all the secondary and tertiary hospitals in Shandong Province, China, we identified incident cases of lung cancer in 2022 with 2013-2021 being the washout period. Deaths from lung cancer were ascertained for 2022 using linked HRFPs and death registration data. We estimated age-standardized incid

SUBMITTER: He Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12478967 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature