The State Cancer Profiles web site provides data maps and graphs to help guide and prioritize cancer control activities at the state and local levels It is a collaboration of the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Data Topics Across the Cancer Control Continuum

Demographics bull Population characteristics like race

ethnicity and age bull Foreign born population information bull Socio-economic factors such as income

and education insurance status bull Residential mobility

Screening amp Risk Factors bull Cancer screening rates bull Smoking rates bull Diet and exercise

Cancer Knowledge bull Perceptions about what causes cancer bull Understanding of screening

guidelines

Incidence bull Annual incidence counts and rates bull For over 20 types of cancer bull By race and ethnicity

Prevalence bull Estimated prevalence counts

and percentages bull For all cancer sites and for female

breast cancer bull For the current year and the

following year

Mortality bull Annual mortality counts and rates

bull For over 20 types of cancer bull By race and ethnicity

For more information please contact statecancerprofilesimswebcom

StateCancerProfilescancergov

Data Topics Across the Cancer Control Continuum

Demographics bull Population characteristics like race

ethnicity and age bull Foreign born population information bull Socio-economic factors such as income

and education insurance status bull Residential mobility

Screening amp Risk Factors bull Cancer screening rates bull Smoking rates bull Diet and exercise

Cancer Knowledge bull Perceptions about what causes cancer bull Understanding of screening

guidelines

Incidence bull Annual incidence counts and rates bull For over 20 types of cancer bull By race and ethnicity

Prevalence bull Estimated prevalence counts

and percentages bull For all cancer sites and for female

breast cancer bull For the current year and the

following year

Mortality bull Annual mortality counts and rates

bull For over 20 types of cancer bull By race and ethnicity

For more information please contact statecancerprofilesimswebcom

StateCancerProfilescancergov