cancer-rates.info
cancer-rates.info is a service provided by the Kentucky Cancer Registry at the University of Kentucky. It is an interactive web site that provides access to cancer incidence and mortality data that is aggregated by state, county, and larger geographical regions of choice. It provides public access to data that answers the most frequently asked questions of state registries regarding cancer incidence and mortality rates.
Annual contracts are offered to state registries to process and host cancer incidence and cancer mortality data for one year. KCR is a non-profit organization. Revenues from annual contracts are used to support the staff required to develop and maintain the applications. As the number of clients increase, the cost of annual contracts can be reduced for all clients.
For a price quote please complete the Questionnaire below and return to the Kentucky Cancer Registry. A sample contract is also provided. For further information please contact Eric Durbin, (859) 218-3182.
Current Clients
- Arkansas
- California
- Connecticut
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Seattle-Puget Sound
- Utah
- Idaho (Pending)
- Hawaii (Pending)
- Minnesota (Pending)
- Wisconsin (Pending)
Current Features
- Data is hosted by the University of Kentucky on a fast, reliable, secure Web server.
- Interactive state maps available by county and larger geographical regions.
- Compare regions by using bar charts.
- View rate trends over time.
- Maps and data selectable by geography, seer site grouping, year(s), sex, and race.
- Incidence tables present population at risk, case count, crude rate, and age-adjusted rate.
- Mortality tables present population at risk, number of deaths, crude rate, and age-adjusted rate.
- Age adjustment standard populations selectable by end user.
- Age-specific tables are accessible for statewide data.
- Data in small cells may be surpressed.
- Different color scheme used for incidence and mortality data.
- Color schemes are copier and color blind friendly.
- Online help system explains concepts and proper usage.
- Meets NPCR requirements for annual report publication.
- Can be used to generate data for printed annual report.
- Maintains logs that can be used to report and analyze site utilization.
- Access to county and geographic profiles that list data for all sites for the most recent 5 year period.
- Confidence intervals.
Planned Features
- Cross linkage with StateCancerProfiles (Release date: TBD)
File Layout Specifications
Record level data is request in the following layouts:
| Cancer Incidence Data* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field | Length | Begin Column | End Column | Description |
| SEER Site Group | 5 | 1 | 5 | SEER Recode (may be blank) |
| ICD-O Version | 1 | 6 | 6 | ICD-O-3 Only (ICD-O-2 retired) |
| Primary Site | 4 | 7 | 10 | ICD-O-3 |
| Histologic Type | 4 | 11 | 14 | ICD-O-3 |
| Behavior Code | 11 | 15 | 15 | ICD-O-3 |
| Data of Diagnosis | 8 | 16 | 23 | YYYYMMDD |
| County at Dx | 5 | 24 | 28 | County of Residence FIPS Code (including state code) |
| Age at Diagnosis (Years) | 3 | 29 | 31 | Age at Diagnosis; numeric, right justified, zero filled; |
| Sex | 1 | 32 | 32 | NAACCR Sex |
| Race 1 | 2 | 33 | 34 | NAACCR Race |
| Spanish/Hisp Origin | 1 | 35 | 35 | NAACCR Hispanic Identification Algorithm (0 = non-Hispanic, 1-9 = Hispanic) (may be blank) |
| Derived SS2000 | 1 | 36 | 36 | NAACCR Derived SEER Summary Stage 2000 (non-blank values only for 2004+ cases) |
*NOTE 1: All data elements defined by the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR)
| Cancer Mortality Data | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field | Length | Begin Column | End Column | Description |
| Year of Death | 4 | 1 | 4 | Year of death; YYYY |
| County of Residence at Death | 5 | 5 | 9 | County FIPS Code; (including state code) |
| Cause of Death | 4 | 10 | 13 | ICD9 or ICD10 Code (may be mixed) |
| Age at Death (Years) | 3 | 14 | 16 | Age at Death; numeric, zero-filled |
| Sex | 1 | 17 | 17 | Sex: NAACCR Definition |
| Race | 2 | 18 | 19 | Race 1: NAACCR Definition |
| Spanish/Hisp Origin | 1 | 20 | 20 | NAACCR Hispanic Identification Algorithm (0 = non-Hispanic, 1-9 = Hispanic) (may be blank) |
Each record should be terminated by a carriage return or carriage return and linefeed.
Specification of Data Suppression Thresholds
Clients must specify the following data suppression thresholds:
- Minimal case count for display.
- Minimal case count for marking age-adjusted rates as unreliable.
- Minimal case count for age-specific display.
- Minimal risk population for suppression of race-specific regions.
File Naming Convention
Please name files as follows (all lowercase, no spaces): state abbreviation, underscore, "incidence" or "mortality", StartYear (YY), EndYear (YY), ".txt"
For example:- ky_incidence9501.txt
- nj_mortality0001.txt
- ar_incidence9701.txt
