Table 7
Out-of-province admissions and agreement on diagnosis for Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR) cancers linking to Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) during follow-up, by province (excluding Quebec), 2005 to 2008

Table 7
Out-of-province admissions and agreement on diagnosis for Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR) cancers linking to Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) during follow-up, by province (excluding Quebec), 2005 to 2008
Table summary
This table displays the results of Out-of-province admissions and agreement on diagnosis for Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR) cancers linking to Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) during follow-up. The information is grouped by Type of cancer and linkage characteristics (appearing as row headers), New-foundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatch-ewan, Alberta and British Columbia (appearing as column headers).
Type of cancer and linkage characteristics New-foundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Ontario Manitoba Saskatch-ewan Alberta British Columbia
Prostate  
Number of cancers linking to at least one DAD record 1,425 447 2,852 2,347 22,911 1,978 2,807 5,442 9,973
% of linked cancers with at least one out-of-province admission 4.5 27.7 7.5 1.5 0.3 1.6 9.4 1.5 1.2
% of linked cancers with at least one DAD record documenting cancer diagnosis 83.7 81.2 87.8 81.6 83.1 79.1 85.2 84.9 77.4
Female breast  
Number of cancers linking to at least one DAD record 1,264 358 2,792 2,088 17,800 2,985 2,601 6,608 10,642
% of linked cancers with at least one out-of-province admission 0.5 2.8 1.7 0.8 0.4 0.7 2.2 0.9 0.6
% of linked cancers with at least one DAD record documenting cancer diagnosis 95.7 97.2 96.6 94.9 86.8 95.9 96.6 93.3 95.8
Colorectal  
Number of cancers linking to at least one DAD record 1,842 411 3,146 2,042 27,767 3,069 2,674 6,265 9,945
% of linked cancers with at least one out-of-province admission 1.4 10.2 0.8 3.1 0.3 1.5 3.5 1.3 0.9
% of linked cancers with at least one DAD record documenting cancer diagnosis 96.6 96.6 96.9 94.6 96.1 97.2 97.7 96.6 97.1
Lung and bronchus  
Number of cancers linking to at least one DAD record 1,233 448 3,251 2,659 26,251 3,096 2,648 5,981 10,245
% of linked cancers with at least one out-of-province admission 1.1 27.0 3.1 1.0 0.4 1.0 2.6 1.5 0.9
% of linked cancers with at least one DAD record documenting cancer diagnosis 91.0 95.5 93.7 90.3 93.6 93.5 92.9 93.4 91.5
Notes: Follow-up period for colorectal, lung and female breast cancers extended from 31 days before to 365 days after CCR date of diagnosis; for prostate cancer, follow-up extended from 31 days before to 730 days after date of diagnosis.
Sources: Canadian Cancer Registry data file, April 4, 2012; Discharge Abstract Database, fiscal years 2004/2005 to 2010/2011.

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