Prepared by: Tatjana Kofol Bric 
Date of last change: March 2019

Purpose and justification of the indicator

The indicator of new cancer cases reported to the Cancer Registry shows the total burden of the most serious types of cancer in the population. The indicator does not include non-melanoma skin cancer, as frequently reported cases of this type of cancer do not require intensive treatment in a large proportion of cases and are mostly not life-threatening.
Cancer is a serious disease, the share of which is increasing among the causes of morbidity and mortality. With modern diagnostics, we can detect many cases even at an early stage. The intensive development of treatment methods contributes to the fact that cancer is an increasingly curable disease and the survival of cancer patients is getting longer.
The occurrence of cancer is influenced by many factors, among which public health wants to influence especially those related to the behavioral style of the individual and various environmental influences. The local community can contribute to the reduction of risk factors such as unhealthy diet, smoking, drinking alcohol, physical inactivity, poor socio-economic status, and stress. It can also contribute to reducing exposure to environmental factors such as air, soil and water pollution with various carcinogens and cancer-related viral infections. The local community can make a big contribution to raising awareness among residents about the factors that cause cancer and directly promote activities for early detection and prevention of some of the most common types of cancer, such as breast, colon and rectal and cervical cancer.

Definition of indicator

The cancer incidence rate describes the number of newly diagnosed cases of cancer, other than non-melanoma skin cancer, per 1,000 population in an observed calendar year.
An age-standardized rate is calculated, which enables mutual comparison of populations with different age structures.

Unit of measure

Calculation of the indicator

The standardized cancer incidence rate is the ratio between the number of newly diagnosed cancers in the observed calendar year and the population in the middle of the same year, multiplied by 1,000.
Disease categories according to the ICD-10 classification, which are included in the calculation, are C00-C97, except for C44.
New cases of cancer
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The direct standardization method is used for standardization, where the Slovenian population from 2014 is used as the standard population. The average of several consecutive years is shown in the publications.

Data sources for Slovenia

New cases of cancer, SLORA, Cancer Registry, Oncology Institute.
Population, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.

Time availability

Information on new cancer cases is updated continuously in the SLORA application.

Men in literature

<ol>
<li>Cancer Registry of the Republic of Slovenia, Oncology Institute Ljubljana. Unpublished data (October 5, 2015).</li>
<li>Zadnik V, Primic Žakelj M. SLORA: Slovenia and cancer. Cancer Epidemiology and Registry. Oncology Institute Ljubljana. <a href="http://www.slora.si" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.slora.si</a> (October 5, 2015)</li>
<li>European Cancer Observatory &ndash; IARC (EUREG Database): <a href="http://eco.iarc.fr/eureg/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://eco.iarc.fr/eureg/</a></li>
<li>EUCAN: <a href="http://eco.iarc.fr/eucan/About.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://eco.iarc.fr/eucan/About.aspx</a> ,</li>
<li>GLOBOCAN: <a href="http://globocan.iarc.fr/Default.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://globocan.iarc.fr/Default.aspx</a> .</li>
</ol>

Notes

Data are available for calendar years with a time delay, which is the result of checking and harmonizing data with other sources.

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