Objective: To develop a new method in estimating the number of cancer incidence in Yuexiu district in Guangzhou.
Methods: Data of cancer incidence was collected through hospital records and death certificates to develop a stratified capture-recaptured model. Related procedures for the parameter estimation were given and implemented on SAS language.
Results: Estimated numbers of both male and female cancer incidence in Yuexiu district were 610 and 520 respectively. The estimated miss-reporting rates on both male and female cancer incidence from hospital records and death certificates were 8.5% and 5.4% respectively.
Conclusion: The result of simulation studies showed that stratified "capture-recaptured" model proposed in this paper was reliable for the estimation of the number of cancer incidence cases.