Data Documentation & Variable Recodes
The following resources provide variable definitions and other documentation related to reporting and using SEER and related datasets.
- Behavior Recode for Analysis - definition of the behavior recode variable and how it was created for various data releases.
- Cause of Death Recode - definitions of site groupings based on the International Classification of Diseases.
- Incidence Site Recode - definitions of major cancer sites based on the primary site and histology.
- International Classification of Childhood Cancer - definitions based on site and morphology coded according to ICD-O-2 or ICD-O-3.
- Policy for Calculating Hispanic Mortality - excluding data from states for years for which data on Hispanic and non-Hispanic mortality may be unreliable.
- SEER Coding & Staging Manuals - codes and coding instructions for SEER data and extent of disease.