Where can I find Cancer Mortality Statistics?
A cancer mortality rate is the number of deaths, with cancer as the underlying cause of death, occurring in a specified population during a year. Cancer mortality is usually expressed as the number of deaths due to cancer per 100,000 population. That is,
Mortality Rate = (Cancer Deaths / Population) × 100,000
The numerator of the mortality rate is the number of deaths; the denominator is the size of the population. The population used depends on the rate to be calculated. For cancer sites that occur in only one sex, the sex-specific population (e.g., females for cervical cancer) is used. The mortality rate can be computed for a given cancer site or for all cancers combined.
Reports and Monographs
Annual Report to the
Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2005provides an update on the
trends in cancer incidence (new cases reported) and death rates in the
United States. The current report, published in November 2008, contains
a special feature on trends in lung cancer, tobacco use and tobacco control.
SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2005 includes tables and figures showing Mortality
Rates by Race/Ethnicity (PDF) as well as rates by sex, age, and year of diagnosis for major cancers.
US Cancer Statistics,
2004 Incidence & Mortality provides the most comprehensive federal data available to date on state-specific
cancer mortality rates.
Cancer Epidemiology in Older Adolescents and Young Adults 15 to 29 Years of Age presents detailed information about cancer incidence and outcomes in adolescents and young adults. It was developed to gather population-based incidence, mortality, and survival data specific to cancers that occur in this population, along with epidemiological data and risk factors for the development of age-specific cancers
SEER Statistical Publications provide cancer incidence, mortality, and survival data on relevant topics such as socioeconomic variations, prostate cancer, racial/ethnic patterns of cancer, and childhood cancers.
Research Tools for Mortality Statistics
What Tool Should I Use? will help you determine which of these tools is most appropriate for you.
Cancer Stat Fact Sheets are a collection of statistical summaries for a number of common cancer types. They were developed to provide a quick overview of frequently-requested cancer statistics.
Fast Stats is an interactive tool to access key SEER and US cancer statistics by age, sex, and race.
State Cancer Profiles is a comprehensive system of interactive maps and graphs enabling the investigation of cancer trends at the national, state, and county level.
Cancer Query Systems: Mortality Statistics is a Web-based program that allows you to select statistics by defining various parameters.
SEER*Stat software allows cancer researchers to calculate rates for mortality from cancer and other major causes of death.
Joinpoint can be used to calculate cancer trends by analyzing cancer rates. This is often used to analyze trends in rates calculated by SEER*Stat.
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