Table 1 Characteristics of 544 data points on Adjusted Incidence Rate of breast cancer in Eastern Mediterranean countries, published between 1998 and 2019
Source of Data point | Number of Data point (%) |
|---|---|
International report (GLOBOCAN, IARC, Global burden) | 103 (18.9) |
Cancer registry report (National) | 419 (77.02) |
Survey, pathology or hospital report | 22 (4.04) |
Period of study | |
 1998–2000 | 42 (7.7) |
 2001–2005 | 142 (26.1) |
 2006–2010 | 219 (40.3) |
 2011–2018 | 141 (25.9) |
Quality of Data | |
 Group1: High Quality (population base coverage over 50%) | 63 (11.6) |
 Group2: Medium Quality (population base coverage lower 10%) | 393 (72.2) |
 Group3: Low Quality of National data (Survey, pathology or hospital report) | 88 (16.2) |