A novel approach for estimating the nationwide incidence of renal cancer

Table 1 Comparison of the estimated crude and age-standardized incidence rates (cases per 100 000) of renal cancer in Germany from 2005 through 2006 obtained from hospitalization data to those generated by cancer registries

Definition	Cases	Crude rate (per 100 000)		Age-stand. rate (per 100 000)
		Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Men
Hospitalization data
Definition 1: Main or secondary diagnosis of renal cancer, partial or total nephrectomy	9,882	21.1	0.2	16.5	0.2
Definition 2: Main diagnosis of renal cancer, partial or total nephrectomy	9,306	20.0	0.2	15.6	0.2
Definition 3: Main diagnosis of renal cancer and no simultaneous diagnosis of renal pelvis cancer, partial or total nephrectomy	9,256	19.9	0.2	15.5	0.2
Cancer registries	9,400	20.2	0.2	15.7	0.2
Women
Hospitalization data
Definition 1: Main or secondary diagnosis of renal cancer, partial or total nephrectomy	6,060	12.5	0.2	8.5	0.1
Definition 2: Main diagnosis of renal cancer, partial or total nephrectomy	5,691	11.7	0.2	8.0	0.1
Definition 3: Main diagnosis of renal cancer and no simultaneous diagnosis of renal pelvis cancer, partial or total nephrectomy	5,660	11.7	0.2	7.9	0.1
Cancer registries	5,604	11.6	0.2	7.6	0.1

Legend: Federal States of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, and Baden-Württemberg have been excluded; SE: standard error; Death certificate only (DCO) cases were excluded from the cancer registry data.

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