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The Barbados National Registry |
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 The Barbados National Registry for Chronic Non-Communicable Disease (BNR) is a national surveillance system being conducted by the Chronic Disease Research Centre on behalf of the Ministry of Health. The BNR is made up of 3 registries: BNR-Stroke, BNR-Heart and BNR-Cancer. Each registry collects data about new cases of cancer, stroke, and acute myocardial infarction (also known as a heart attack or cardiac arrest) and produces statistics concerning incidence, mortality, and survival. Information from the BNR is used to inform public health policy and clinical practice and is an important resource for Caribbean researchers investigating the problems of chronic disease.
The BNR is a unique initiative in the Caribbean. It is a Ministry of Health initiative being conducted by the Chronic Disease Research Centre of The University of the West Indies.
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Cancer Registry Update May 2012 |
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The Cancer Registry component of the BNR began collecting data in July 2010 for all cases diagnosed in Barbados in the year 2008. Most cancer registries collect data retrospectively, after a period of about 2 years following diagnosis, to allow more complete data on treatment and outcome to be gathered.
Members of the BNR-Cancer team are currently abstracting data for cancers diagnosed in 2008 by site. The first sites were breast and male genital cancers. In March 2012, we began abstracting data on all digestive cancers diagnosed in 2008.
The list of digestive sites for which the BNR-Cancer team are currently abstracting data includes:
- Anal
- Colon
- Colorectal
- Esophageal
- Extrahepatic Bile Duct
- Gallbladder
- Intestinal
- Intrahepatic Bile Duct
- Liver
- Pancreatic
- Ampulla of vater
- Rectal
- Small Intestine
- Stomach
Collection of 2008 data on breast and male genital cancers is almost complete. All data from the major hospitals on island have been collected and the abstractors are now working on community sources such as the polyclinics, geriatric hospital and private physicians. |
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CVD Registry update May 2012 |
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 The Cardiovascular disease registry is pleased to note that 2010 data on all heart attacks and strokes occurring in Barbados have been collected, cleaned and are now in the process of being analysed.
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