Selected Cancers in Figures
Pre-calculated analyses in the form of brief presentations (key facts about cancer, or Cancer Fact Sheets – CFS) have been prepared for all cancers combined and for the most common cancers in Slovenia.
For individual cancers, incidence, mortality, and prevalence indicators are presented by sex. For explanations of these terms, see the Glossary; additional methodological explanations are provided below. The annual reports of the Slovenian Cancer Registry offer further insights.
Methodological explanations:
- Incidence and mortality are calculated as the average over the last five years to reduce the impact of random annual fluctuations.
- Prevalence represents the number of living individuals on the last day of the calendar year.
- Age-standardized rates (ASR) are calculated using the world standard population (Segi 1961). When presenting temporal trends, the Slovenian population in 1961 is used for incidence, and the Slovenian population in 1985 is used for mortality. All standards are calculated separately for men and women.
- Cancer risk is calculated as the cumulative risk up to age 75. It is expressed as a percentage and interpreted as the probability that an individual will develop cancer from birth up to that age. The risk of dying from cancer is calculated as the cumulative risk that a person will die from cancer by age 75.
- The estimated annual change of rate represents the average change per year in the indicator over the past ten years.
- For international comparability, data for all cancers combined are also available separately, excluding non-melanoma skin cancers. Non-melanoma skin cancers are common, usually non-fatal, and mostly treated in outpatient facilities, often in private institutions with incomplete reporting of cases, and are therefore excluded from many countries’ cancer statistics and international comparisons.