Where can I find Cancer Prevalence Statistics?
Prevalence is defined as the number or percent of people alive on a certain date in a population who previously had a diagnosis of the disease. It includes new (incidence) and pre-existing cases and is a function of both past incidence and survival. Information on prevalence can be used for health planning, resource allocation, and an estimate of cancer survivorship. Overview of Cancer Prevalence contains a description of the methodology and the types of prevalence statistics.
Reports and Tools
The SEER Cancer Statistic Review, 1975-2005 includes tables and figures showing Complete
and Limited Duration Cancer Prevalence Estimates (PDF) which include US cancer prevalence estimates as of January 1, 2005, estimated from SEER data. Prevalence estimates are presented by cancer site, race, sex, and years since diagnosis.
Estimated US Prevalence Counts from the NCI's Office of Cancer Survivorship provides additional interpretation and a graphical presentation of estimated US prevalence counts.
Fast Stats is an interactive tool to access key SEER and US cancer statistics by age, sex, and race.
Cancer Query Systems: Cancer Prevalence Database is a Web-based program that allows you to select statistics by defining a variety of parameters.
Software for Calculating Prevalence Statistics
SEER*Stat software calculates
limited-duration prevalence.
ComPrev software calculates complete prevalence estimates, based on limited-duration prevalence statistics calculated on SEER cancer data.
ProjPrev software combines populations and prevalence proportions to obtain/project new prevalence proportions.
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