Amsterdam: Pharyngeal Cancer

In Amsterdam, there were 433 deaths from pharyngeal cancer over the study period (1996 - 2008).  This figure consists of 263 male deaths and 170 female deaths and is based on data from the Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (Statistics Netherlands).  The spatial distribution of mortality due to pharyngeal cancer in Amsterdam is demonstrated in the maps below, shown separately for men and women.  For further information about how these maps were created, please visit the methodological section of the Atlas.

Men

Smoothed Standardised Mortality Ratio (sSMR)

Probability that sSMR is Higher than 100

Women

Smoothed Standardised Mortality Ratio (sSMR)

Probability that sSMR is Higher than 100