May 2002
Databases Incv23a, Incv23b and Incv23c, Mortav23 delivered with EUROCIM version 4.0 (July 2001).
1. ITALY, Lombardi, Varese (1996). The population figure (male and female) for age 85+ is wrong. The correct values are 3588 for male and 11872 for female).
2. ITALY, Sassari: there is a mistake in the population data for the years 1993 to 1997.
3. ITALY, Genoa: there is a mistake in the population data for the year 1995.
4. SPAIN, Mallorca: there is a mistake in the population data for the years 1988 to 1996.
5. The mortality data for lung cancer in France, period (1958-1967) are wrong.
6. The population denominators for NORWAY (male and female) and for the years 1953 to 1997 are incorrect. The mortality and incidence rates are slightly lower than expected.
 

Please, download the new INCV23b and MORTAV23 databases (zipped file, 2Mb each) to correct the above errors.

 
If you are working in a European collaborative study that involves these data, please contact J.Ferlay (ferlay@iarc.fr)