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Cuba’s National Cancer Registry records 29,000 new cases of cancer annually, some 50% of which are among persons living in the western provinces, and 55% among persons aged ≥ 65 years. Cancer in Cuba is associated with a rapidly aging population and risk factors linked to certain social determinants of health—both social conditions and lifestyles. At current rates of growth, incidence is projected to reach 30,000 cases by 2010.

REFERENCES

1. Anuario Estadístico de Salud 2007. Havana: Ministry of Public Health, National Statistics Division; 2008.

2. Programa Integral para el Control del Cáncer en Cuba: Pautas para la Gestión. Vol. 1. Havana: Ministry of Public Health, National Cancer Control Unit; 2009.

3. Ministry of Public Health, National Statistics Division, Havana, data cited for 2007.

4. Segunda Encuesta Nacional de Factores de Riesgo de Enfermedades Crónicas no Transmisibles en Cuba. Informe de Trabajo. Havana: National Institute of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology; 2002.

5. Gaceta Oficial de la República de Cuba. Resolución Ministerial No. 49, 5 Jul 2006, p. 688-90.