Disability Weights for Malignant Neoplasms and Their Long-Term Sequelae
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Stage
|
Mortality stratum (for WHO subregions)
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Site
|
Diagnosis/ therapy
|
Control
|
Long-term sequela
|
A
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B
|
C
|
D/E
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Mouth and oropharynx |
0.09 |
0.09 |
|
|
|
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Esophagus |
0.20 |
0.20 |
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|
|
|
|
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Stomach |
0.20 |
0.20 |
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|
|
|
|
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Colon and rectum |
0.20 |
0.20 |
Stoma |
0.09 |
0.09 |
0.06 |
0.02 |
|
Liver |
0.20 |
0.20 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Pancreas |
0.20 |
0.20 |
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|
|
|
|
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Trachea, bronchus, and lung |
0.15 |
0.15 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Melanoma and other skin |
0.05 |
0.05 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Breast |
0.09 |
0.09 |
Mastectomy |
0.03 |
0.05 |
0.06 |
0.08 |
|
Cervix uteri |
0.08 |
0.08 |
Infertility/incontinence |
0.04 |
0.11 |
0.13 |
0.17 |
|
Corpus uteri |
0.10 |
0.10 |
Infertility/incontinence |
0.18 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
|
Ovary |
0.10 |
0.10 |
Infertility/incontinence |
0.18 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
0.18 |
|
Prostate |
0.13 |
0.13 |
Impotence/incontinence |
0.06 |
0.06 |
0.06 |
0.06 |
|
Bladder |
0.09 |
0.09 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma |
0.06 |
0.06 |
|
|
|
|
|
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Hodgkin's lymphoma |
0.06 |
0.06 |
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|
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Leukemia |
0.09 |
0.09 |
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|
|
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Other |
0.09 |
0.09 |
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Sources:
Mathers, Vos, and Stevenson 1999
;
Stouthard and others 1997
.
Note:
For all cancer sites, the disability weight is 0.75 for the preterminal metastasis stage, and 0.81 in the terminal stage. For definitions of the mortality strata, see WHO 2002e.