California Cancer Reporting System Standards, Volume III

 

APPENDIX 6  CALCULATION OF AGE AT DIAGNOSIS

Note: Store and display Age at Diagnosis as three digits. For example: 000, 003, 015, 065, or 112. (Refer to Age at Diagnosis., Allowable Values section)

 

If either of the following conditions is true:

Then set Age at Diagnosis to 999 and stop here.

Otherwise, perform the following steps in the order listed:

 

1) Subtract Date of Birth year from Date of Diagnosis year to set the initial year-based Age at Diagnosis value (3 digits, right-justified).

 

2) If all of the following conditions are true:

Then subtract 1 from Age at Diagnosis.

 

3) If all of the following conditions are true:

Then subtract 1 from Age at Diagnosis.

 

4) If Age at Diagnosis is now > 120, then reset it to 120.

 

5) If Age at Diagnosis is now < 000, then reset it to 000 (in utero).

Historical Changes

2010

Data Item Changes, page updated to comply with new date formats.