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Table 2 Existing cancer registries in the Caribbean

Country	Type of Registry	Year of Establishment	Estimated Mid-Year Population (2007) [22]
Cuba	National Cancer Registry	1964	11,416,987
Bahamas	National Cancer Registry	?	305,655
Grenada	Prostate Cancer Registry	1996	92,014
Guyana	National Cancer Registry	2000	769,095
Jamaica	Urban Cancer Registry^†	1959	2,780,132
Martinique	National Cancer Registry	1983	439,202
Netherlands Antilles*	National Cancer Registry	1977	223,472
Trinidad and Tobago	National Cancer Registry	1994	1,056,608

*Includes six Dutch-Caribbean islands (Curacao, Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten)
^†The Jamaican cancer registration currently occurs in urban areas only (Kingston and St. Andrew).

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