Center of Health Science, University of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
Medical Department, National Hospital of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
Acta Oncol. 2022 Aug;61(8):907-915. doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2022.2082885. Epub 2022 Jun 3.
In this paper, we present age-standardized cancer incidence and mortality rates in the Faroe Islands. We also compare with the Nordic rates and show incidence rate ratios (IRR) and mortality rate ratios (MRR). The Faroese cancer registry (FCR) was established in 1994, with incidence available from 1960 and mortality from 1983. The FCR is a part of the NORDCAN collaboration, where the different Nordic countries all report anonymized cancer data by standardized methods, ensuring comparability. Validation efforts revealed that 13% of cases had not been reported to the FCR from 2006 to 2019, emphasizing the need for continued validation efforts of cancer registries. After validation, we submitted the updated cancer cases to NORDCAN and now present this data, taken directly from the NORDCAN website (2019 data). We found that the incidence of the summary group in the Faroe Islands increased from 1960 to 2019, while cancer mortality decreased from 1983 to 2019. Comparisons with Nordic rates showed significantly lower IRRs for cancer in , , and for both sexes, while IRR was lower for in women and in men. Contrary, IRR was higher for and in women and and in men. There was an increased MRR for cancer in , , and in women, and and cancer in men. In contrast, and in women had a lower MRR. Cancer incidence in the Faroe Islands was lower than in the other Nordic countries. Of particular interest, the incidence of testicular cancer saw a steep increase during the last 20 years, and an investigation into possible causes for this is needed.
本文呈现了法罗群岛的年龄标准化癌症发病率和死亡率。我们还将其与北欧国家的数据进行了比较，并展示了发病率比值（IRR）和死亡率比值（MRR）。法罗群岛癌症登记处（FCR）成立于 1994 年，发病率数据可追溯到 1960 年，死亡率数据可追溯到 1983 年。FCR 是 NORDCAN 合作组织的一部分，其中不同的北欧国家均按照标准化方法报告匿名癌症数据，以确保数据的可比性。验证工作表明，2006 年至 2019 年期间，有 13%的病例未向 FCR 报告，这强调了癌症登记处需要持续进行验证工作。在验证后，我们向 NORDCAN 提交了更新后的癌症病例，并现在直接从 NORDCAN 网站（2019 年数据）呈现这些数据。我们发现，法罗群岛的汇总组癌症发病率从 1960 年增加到 2019 年，而癌症死亡率从 1983 年下降到 2019 年。与北欧国家的数据比较显示，男性和女性的癌症发病率均显著较低，而女性的发病率较低，男性的发病率则较低。相反，女性的发病率较高，男性的发病率也较高。女性的癌症死亡率有所增加，而男性的死亡率则有所增加。相反，女性的癌症死亡率则有所降低。法罗群岛的癌症发病率低于其他北欧国家。特别值得注意的是，过去 20 年来，睾丸癌的发病率急剧上升，需要对此进行调查以确定其可能的原因。
