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Lung Cancer cases in the Philippines per region

Requested from DOH by J. Rojas at 11:03 PM on Jan 05, 2024.
Purpose: Undergraduate Architectural Thesis
Date of Coverage: 01/01/2018 - 01/05/2024
Tracking no: #DOH-274960122645

Rojas 11:03 PM, Jan 05, 2024

Hi, I would like to request documents for the following:

1)	The number of Lung Cancer cases in the Philippines per region from the year 2018-2023.
2)	Growth rate of Lung Cancer in the Philippines per Region from the year 2018-2023.
3)	Mortality and Morbidity of Lung Cancer in the Philippines per Region from the year 2018-2023.
4)	Lung cancer statistics in Central Luzon (mortality rate, number of new cases, demographic of patients, etc.) from the year 2018-2023.

Receiving Officer 08:17 AM, Jan 08, 2024

January 8, 2024

Dear Jeleen,

Thank you for your request dated Jan 05, 2024 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Lung Cancer cases in the Philippines per region.

We received your request on Jan 05, 2024 and will respond on or before Jan 26, 2024 11:03:42 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://efoi-ph.uc.r.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC0yNzQ5NjAxMjI2NDUM, for request with ticket number #DOH-274960122645.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

Maker 02:23 PM, Jan 08, 2024

Good day! 

Please be informed that we have endorsed your request to DOH- EPIDEMIOLOGY BUREAU for action. 

Kindly await for their response. 

Thank you.

Maker 02:25 PM, Jan 26, 2024

January 26, 2024

Dear Jeleen Rojas,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Jan 05, 2024 11:03:42 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for Lung Cancer cases in the Philippines per region.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved. 

 At present, the Epidemiological Modeling and Research Division (EMRD) of the Epidemiology Bureau can only provide national data since the subnational data are still under embargo. However, we can provide Global and Philippine data (latest available is 2019) generated from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study. Please see attached file. For more information about the GBD study and their publicly available data, you may access their site at https://www.healthdata.org. 

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Respectfully,

FOI Decision Maker
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Attachments:
 #DOH-274960122645_Lung Cancer.pdf

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