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Reports and Data
Interactive Internet Sites
Links to Other Web Sites

See the Glossary of Cancer Statistics 1 for definitions of the types of cancer statistics available and other statistical terms.

Reports and Data
Most Recent Reports
SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2006 2
Annually updated tables and graphs displaying cancer statistics by cancer site, year of diagnosis, age, race, sex, and geography, diagnosed between 1975 and 2006.
Statistics: Incidence, mortality, survival, prevalence, and lifetime risk statistics
2008 Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer 3
Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2005 contains a special feature on trends in lung cancer, tobacco use and tobacco control.
Statistics: Incidence, death rates, and trends in the United States
United States Cancer Statistics: 1999-2005 Incidence and Mortality 4
A report that provides state-specific and regional data for cancer cases diagnosed and cancer deaths that occurred from 1999 to 2005 and for 2001-2005 combined.
Statistics:
State-specific and regional incidence and mortality rates
Cancer Trends Progress Report: 2007 Update 5
A report that describes and illustrates the nation's progress in reducing the cancer burden across the full cancer control continuum, from prevention, early detection, and treatment to the impact of deaths from cancer.
Topical Reports
Cancer Incidence and Mortality Patterns among Specific Asian and Pacific Islander Populations in the US 6
In this paper, collaborators report cancer incidence, mortality, and stage distributions among Asians and Pacific Islanders (API) residing in the US.
Statistics:
Incidence and Mortality
An Update on Cancer in American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1999-2004 7
This supplemental monograph provides a comprehensive description of the cancer burden in the American Indian/Alaska Native population in the United States.
Statistics:
Incidence
SEER Survival Monograph: Cancer Survival Among Adults: US SEER Program, 1988-2001 8
This monograph examines cancer survival by patient and tumor characteristics for over 1.6 million adult cancers diagnosed during the period 1988-2001. The tumor characteristics may include subsite, size of tumor, extension of the tumor, lymph nodes positive, distant metastases, and histologic type. The patient characteristics are age, race, and sex.
Statistics:
Survival
More SEER Statistical Publications 9
These are publications and monographs containing cancer statistics produced by the SEER program or through collaborative efforts between SEER and other organizations.
Interactive Internet Sites
State Cancer Profiles 10
Interactive graphics and maps provide quick and easy access to cancer statistics at the national, state and county level. Statistics are displayed by geographic region, race/ethnicity, cancer site, age, and sex.
Statistics:
Incidence and mortality by geographic region.
Cancer Stat Fact Sheets 11
A collection of printable statistical summaries for a number of common cancer types
Statistics:
Incidence, mortality, survival and stage, prevalence, and the probability of developing or dying from cancer
Fast Stats 12
Build tables, charts, and graphs of cancer statistics for all major cancer sites by age, sex, race, and geographic area.
Statistics:
Incidence, mortality, survival and stage, prevalence, and the probability of developing or dying from cancer
Cancer Control PLANET 13
Cancer Control PLANET is a public-private effort among NCI, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the American Cancer Society. It contains Web-based tools for health educators and health practitioners. The PLANET (Plan, Link, Act, Network with Evidence-based Tools) portal brings together new evidence-based tools that can help communities to better understand and address their cancer burden.
Links to Other Web Sites
Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) 14
American Cancer Society (ACS) Statistics 15
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) 16
North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) Statistics and Reports 17
National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Cancer Fastats 18
World Health Organization Cancer Mortality Database 19



Table of Links

1http://www.cancer.gov/statistics/glossary
2http://seer.cancer.gov/csr
3http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/ReportNation2008Release
4http://surveillance.cancer.gov/joint_report.html
5http://progressreport.cancer.gov
6http://seer.cancer.gov/publications/apicancer
7http://seer.cancer.gov/publications/aian
8http://seer.cancer.gov/publications/survival
9http://seer.cancer.gov/publications
10http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov
11http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts
12http://seer.cancer.gov/faststats
13http://cancercontrolplanet.cancer.gov
14http://seer.cancer.gov
15http://www.cancer.org/docroot/stt/stt_0.asp
16http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr
17http://www.naaccr.org/index.asp?Col_SectionKey=11&Col_ContentID=49
18http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/cancer.htm
19http://www-dep.iarc.fr