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Cancer Incidence – All Sites

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This indicator reports the age adjusted incidence rate (cases per 100,000 population per year) of cancer (all sites) adjusted to 2000 U.S. standard population age groups (Under age 1, 1-4, 5-9, …, 80-84, 85 and older).

Source

United States Cancer Statistics, 2018-22.

Source Description

The United States Cancer Statistics (USCS) Data Visualizations provide cancer incidence and mortality statistics to support public health planning and cancer control efforts at the national, state, and local levels. These statistics are compiled from state-based cancer registries whose data meet quality criteria for inclusion in the USCS. Data are reported by medical facilities—including hospitals, physicians’ offices, and laboratories—to central cancer registries, which are supported by the CDC’s National Program of Cancer Registries and the NCI’s SEER program.

For more information, please visit the

CDC USCS Data Tables
.

Methodology

Annual incidence rates are acquired for all US states and counties as an average for years 2017-2021 from the State Cancer Profiles Incidence Rates Tables. This source provides the average annual incidence of new cancer cases, as well as incidence rates, age adjusted to the 2000 US standard population. The new case counts (incidence) used to generate the State Cancer Profiles data tables are provided by the National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC’s National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS), and by the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program.

In order to perform aggregate (multi-county or service area) incidence rate estimates with the data provided, age-adjusted total populations are first back-calculated using the following formula:

Adj. Population = ([Cancer Incidence] / ([Adj. Incidence Rate] / 100,000) )

This estimated population figure is then used in the formula to re-calculate age-adjusted cancer rates as follows:

Adj. Incidence Rate = 100,000 * ([Cancer Incidence] / [Adj. Population])

For more information about the State Cancer Profiles data, including age-adjustment and data suppression, please visit the SEER*Stat website.

Data Breakouts Available

  • Cancer Incidence (Average Annual New Cases) by Race and Hispanic Ethnicity
  • Top Five Most Commonly Diagnosed Cancers
  • Cancer Incidence, Rate Per 100,000 Population by Race and Hispanic Ethnicity
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