NORDCAN – a Nordic tool for cancer information, planning, quality control and research

Figures & data

Table I. ICD versions used for incidence coding in the Nordic cancer registries over time.

Country	ICD-7	ICD-9	ICD-O-1	ICD-O-2	ICD-O-3
Denmark	1943–1977	–	1978–2003	–	2004–present
Faroe Islands	–	–	–	1960–present	–
Finland	1952–present	–	–	–	–
Iceland	1955–1979	1980–1982	1983–1990	1991–2002	2003–present
Norway	1952–1992	–	–	1993–present	–
Sweden	1958–1992	–	–	1993–2004	2005–present

Table II. Cancer dictionary in NORDCAN based on ICD-10 with corresponding ICD-7 codes.

ICD-7	ICD-10	Label
140	C00	Lip
140–8	C00–14	Lip, oral cavity and pharynx
141	C0 1–02	Tongue
143–4	C03–06+C46.2	Mouth
142	C07–08	Salivary glands
145–8	C09–14	Pharynx
150	C15	Oesophagus
151	C16	Stomach
152	C17	Small intestine
153	C18	Colon
153–4	C18–21	Colorectal
154	C19–21	Rectum and anus
155.0	C22	Liver
155.1	C23–24	Gallbladder
157	C25	Pancreas
160	C30–31	Nose, sinuses
161	C32	Larynx
162.0,1,8	C33–34	Lung
162.2	C38.4+C45.0	Pleura
196	C40–41	Bone
190	C43	Melanoma of skin
191	C44+C46.0	Skin, non-melanoma
197	C49+C46.1	Soft tissues
170	C50	Breast
176	C51–52,C57.7–9	Other female genital organs
171	C53	Cervix uteri
172	C54	Corpus uteri
173–4	C55+C58	Uterus, other
175	C56,C57.0–4	Ovary etc.
179	C60+C63	Penis etc.
177	C61	Prostate
178	C62	Testis
180	C64	Kidney
181	C65–68+D09.0+ D41.4	Bladder etc.
192	C69	Eye
193	C70–72+D32–33+ D42–43	Brain, central nervous system
194	C73	Thyroid
201	C81	Hodgkin lymphoma
200+202	C82–85,C96	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
203	C90	Multiple myeloma
204	C91–95	Leukaemia
204.0–2,8	C91–95\C9X.O	Other leukaemia
204.3	C91.0+C92.0+ C93.0+ C94.0+ C95.0	Acute leukaemia
140–204\191	CXX.X\(C44+C46.0) + D09.0+D41.4+ D32–33+D42–43	All sites but non-melanoma skin cancer

Table III. ICD versions used for mortality coding in the Nordic causes of death registers over time.

	Years of ICD-versions used for mortality coding by country
Country	ICD-6	ICD-7	ICD-8	ICD-9	ICD-10
Denmark	1951–1957	1958–1968	1969–1993	–	1994–present
Faroe Islands	–	–	1991–1993	–	1994–present
Finland	–	1952–1968	1969–1986	1987–1995	1996–present
Iceland	–	1951–1970	1971–1980	1981–1995	1996–present
Norway	–	1952–1968	1969–1985	1986–1995	1996–present
Sweden	1952–1959	1960–1968	1969–1986	1987–1996	1997–present

Figure 1. The main menu in NORDCAN.

Figure 2. Cancer fact sheet for all cancer sites but non-melanoma skin in the Nordic countries from NORDCAN.

Figure 3. The available types of online tables in NORDCAN.

Figure 4. Submenu for tables of standardised rates by cancer in NORDCAN, and the selection of lung cancer incidence among men age 40–79 in years 2006–2007 by country.

Figure 5. Age-standardised (World) incidence rates for lung cancer among men age 40–79 in 2006–2007 by country in NORDCAN.

Figure 6. The available types of online graphs in NORDCAN.

Figure 7. Submenu for graphs depicting time trends in age-standardised incidence rates, and the selection of lung cancer among men in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden in NORDCAN.

Figure 8. Time trends 1943–2007 in age-standardised (World) incidence rates of lung cancer among men in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden.

Figure 9. Time trends by age of diagnosis 1943–2007 of female breast cancer incidence in Norway.

Figure 10. Time trends 1943–2007 in age-standardised (World) testicular cancer incidence and mortality rates in the Nordic countries.

Figure 11. Time trends 1943–2007 in age-standardised (World) prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates in Denmark and the Nordic countries.