National Cancer Registry Ireland (NCRI)

The National Cancer Registry has been collecting comprehensive information on cancer and related tumours for the resident population of the Republic of Ireland since 1994.

The information collected is used in research into the causes of cancer, in education and information programmes, and in the planning of a national cancer strategy to deliver the best cancer care to the whole population.

Purpose: The purpose of the National Cancer Registry is;

 to identify, collect, classify, record, store and analyse information relating to the incidence and prevalence of cancer and related tumours in Ireland;  to collect, classify, record and store information in relation to each newly diagnosed individual cancer patient and in relation to each tumour which occurs;  to promote and facilitate the use of the data thus collected in approved research projects and in the planning and management of se

Coverage: The National Cancer Registry of Ireland covers the Republic of Ireland.

Collection of population-based incidence data for the entire country commenced in January 1994.

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Contact points	Contact point 1 URI Name National Cancer Registry Ireland Email data@national-cancer-regi.ie Identifier
Publisher	Publisher 1 URI Name National Cancer Registry Ireland Email URL Type http://purl.org/adms/publishertype/NationalAuthority Identifier
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Release date	January 1, 1991
Modification date	January 28, 2024
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Identifier	NDC-0084
Frequency	http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/frequency/MONTHLY
Provenance	The NCRI receives data electronically from the following sources  Monthly or quarterly electronic feeds from histopathology labs  Quarterly, biannual or annual  electronic feeds from radiotherapy units  Quarterly electronic feed from the Hospital In Patient Enquiry (HIPE) system  Quarterly electronic feed from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Approximately 90% of tumours are created electronically and are followed up manually. The remainder of tumours are created from paper based sources. Cancer Data Registrars (CDRs), assigned to hospitals around the country, access a range of data sources to follow up all new cancers and register all relevant patient, tumour and primary treatment details on the NCRI Cancer Registration System (CRS). The NCRI is provided with all death certificates from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). Tumours initially notified by death certificate (DCI) are followed up with the hospital of death and most tumours are subsequently confirmed from oth
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Temporal coverage	Temporal coverage 1 Start January 1, 1991 End April 1, 2024
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Spatial coverage	Spatial coverage 1 URI http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/country/IRL Label Ireland Geometry Bounding Box Centroid
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Access rights	http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/RESTRICTED
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Theme	http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/data-theme/HEAL
Language	http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ENG
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Health category	http://health.europa.eu/ehds/category/ehr
Health theme	http://health.europa.eu/theme/infectious-disease http://health.europa.eu/theme/mental-health http://health.europa.eu/theme/epidemiology
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Minimum typical age	15
Maximum typical age	75
Number of records	1563988
Number of records for unique individuals.	319281
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