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Disease registry

Meaning in public health & epidemiology, with examples

nounCommon term

In public health & epidemiology, disease registry means: An organised system that collects standard information on every person with a particular disease in a defined population, often over many years.

In Turkish: hastalık kayıt sistemi, hastalık kaydı

How it is used

Cancer registries are the best-known example; there are also registries for birth defects, stroke and rare diseases. Data are entered, linked and validated, and the registry provides incidence and survival figures for research and planning.

Example sentences

  1. According to the regional disease registry, childhood leukaemia rates have been stable.

  2. Hospitals send every new diagnosis to the disease registry within three months.

Common collocations

  • cancer registry
  • population-based registry
  • registry data
  • rare disease registry
  • surveillanceThe continuous, systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of health data, shared in good time so that action can be taken to prevent and control disease.
  • incidenceThe number of new cases of a disease in a population during a set period, usually given as a rate such as 25 new cases per 100,000 people per year.
  • notifiable diseaseA disease that doctors and laboratories are required by law to report to public health authorities whenever they diagnose or suspect it.
  • caseA person in a population or study who has the disease, infection or condition being investigated, usually decided by agreed criteria.

More terms: Surveillance and Reporting

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