Boletín de la Asociación Médica de Puerto Rico
Volume 83, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 261-263

The Puerto Rico and New York State tumor registries: problems associated with the use of cancer incidence data in migrant studies. (Article)

Menéndez B.S.* , Blum S.
  • a Lehman College, City University of New York., United States
  • b Lehman College, City University of New York., United States

Abstract

This paper discusses specific problems pertaining to compatibility of data between the Puerto Rico and New York State tumor registries, which is applicable to other studies comparing cancer incidence rates from two distinct tumor registries. Discrepancies in the data between the two tumor registries were due to differences in quality control, under and overreporting of cancer cases, reliability indicators, and case criteria. A study comparing stomach cancer incidence rates between Puerto Rico and Puerto Rican migrants to New York City provided the foundation for this investigation.

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Index Keywords

comparative study Puerto Rico Emigration and Immigration Registries ethnology Incidence register neoplasm Article United States Neoplasms migration New York
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ISSN: 00044849
Original Language: English