From: Small-area spatio-temporal analyses of bladder and kidney cancer risk in Nova Scotia, Canada
 | Bladder | Kidney | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Total | Females | Males | Total | Females | Males |
Period 1998 - 2010 | ||||||
Nova Scotia | ||||||
Cases diagnosed | 3,292 | 834 | 2,458 | 2,199 | 863 | 1,336 |
Cases analyzed* | 3,232 | 820 | 2,412 | 2,143 | 848 | 1,295 |
  In situ | 1,164 | 298 | 866 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Invasive | 2,068 | 522 | 1,546 | 2,143 | 848 | 1,295 |
Mean age at diagnosis (years) | 71 | 71.2 | 70.5 | 65 | 66 | 63.7 |
Spatial referencing (%) | ||||||
 Civic address | 86.6 | 85.5 | 86.9 | 85.9 | 86.4 | 85.5 |
 Postal code | 2.29 | 2.07 | 2.36 | 2.10 | 1.65 | 2.39 |
 Town name | 11.1 | 12.4 | 10.7 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 12.1 |
Period 1980 - 2010 | ||||||
Nova Scotia | ||||||
Cases diagnosed†| 6,473 | 1,642 | 4,831 | 3,762 | 1,493 | 2,269 |
Mean age at diagnosis (years) | 70 | 70.5 | 69.9 | 65 | 65.9 | 63.8 |
South-western Nova Scotia | ||||||
Cases analyzed | 1,810 | 423 | 1,387 | 957 | 358 | 599 |
  In situ | 386 | 86 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Invasive | 1,424 | 337 | 1,087 | 957 | 358 | 599 |
Spatial referencing (%) | ||||||
 Civic address | 43.6 | 40.4 | 44.6 | 47.2 | 50.6 | 45.2 |
 Postal code | 52.9 | 56.3 | 51.9 | 49.8 | 46.1 | 52.1 |
 Town name | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
Cape Breton Island | ||||||
Cases analyzed | 1101 | 283 | 818 | 763 | 306 | 457 |
  In situ | 172 | 41 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Invasive | 929 | 242 | 687 | 763 | 306 | 457 |
Spatial referencing (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Civic address | 43.7 | 45.9 | 42.9 | 53.7 | 54.2 | 53.4 |
 Postal code | 47.0 | 41.3 | 48.9 | 39.2 | 36.6 | 40.9 |
 Town name | 9.4 | 12.7 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 9.2 | 5.7 |