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State Cancer Profiles (CDC, NCI)

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Step 1 : Section 1
No. of Slides: 7 Duration: 5.13 minutes

State Cancer Profiles, the source of quick and easy descriptive cancer risk factor and behavior data at national, state, and county levels.

Step 1 : Section 2
No. of Slides: 10 Duration: 5.47 minutes

View a demonstration of the State Cancer Profiles web site, and learn how to access specific data.

Step 1 : Section 3
No. of Slides: 4 Duration: 1.82 minutes

Quick Profiles gives you a relatively simple report that you can generate quickly and explain easily.

Step 1 : Section 3 : Activity
No. of Slides: 2 Duration: 1.02 minutes

Start by going to State Cancer Profiles and using the Quick Profiles section on the upper left hand side of the page. Use the drop-down boxes for “Area” and “Cancer” under “Quick Profiles” to generate a profile and answer the following question: What state has the highest incidence of colon and rectum cancer? Hint: Remember that when comparing states you need to select “United States” for “Area.”

Step 1 : Section 4
No. of Slides: 8 Duration: 3.22 minutes

Step 1 : Section 4 : Activity
No. of Slides: 2 Duration: 0.83 minutes

Start by going to State Cancer Profiles and focus on Historical Trends in the middle column on the page. Using the drop down boxes on historical trends generate a graph that shows mortality rate trends for: All Cancer Sites, All Races, Both Sexes, and All Ages. Add a line for Alabama, Mississippi, and Georgia. What state has the highest mortality rate for 1990?

Step 1 : Section 5
No. of Slides: 4 Duration: 2.27 minutes

Learn about "Comparative Data Display", an interactive tool for graphically exploring mortality, incidence, demographics, risk factors, or screening statistics across geographic areas.

Step 1 : Section 5 : Activitiy
No. of Slides: 2 Duration: 0.95 minutes

Step 1 Activity using the "Comparative Data Display" feature within State Cancer Profiles.

Start by going to State Cancer Profiles and focus on the Comparative Data Display in the middle column on the page. Input the following criteria into the Left Column Data section: US - state level, Cancer statistics, Lung and Bronchus, Mortality Rate, All Races, Both Sexes, All Ages. Which of the states’ Lung and Bronchus mortality rate exceeds the Healthy People 2010 target rate?

Step 1 : Section 6
No. of Slides: 2 Duration: 1.18 minutes

Learn about the "Screening and Risk Factors" tables which show data at the state level related to a number of screening and risk factors.

Step 1 : Section 6 : Activity
No. of Slides: 2 Duration: 0.75 minutes

Step 1 Activity using the "Screening and Risk Factors" feature within State Cancer Profiles.

Start by going to State Cancer Profiles and focus on Screening and Risk Factors in the middle column. Using the screening and risk factors feature identify which state is the only one to have met the Healthy People 2010 objective goal for all women age 18 and over having had a pap smear at least once.

Step 1 : Section 7 : Conclusion
No. of Slides: 1 Duration: 0.55 minutes