United States Cancer Statistics
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Cancer incidence data are available for the United States, state and metropolitan areas (MSA)
by age group, race, sex, ethnicity, year of diagnosis,
childhood cancer classifications and cancer site
for the years 1999 - 2019.
Cancer incidence data are available for Puerto Rico
by age group, sex, year of diagnosis,
childhood cancer classifications and cancer site
for the years 2005 - 2019.
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Source: |
The United States Cancer Statistics (USCS) are the official federal statistics on cancer incidence from registries having high-quality data and cancer mortality statistics for 50 states and the District of Columbia. USCS are produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI). For a list of all USCS contributors and partners, visit USCS Contributors. Data are provided by:
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In WONDER: |
You can produce tables, maps, charts, and data extracts.
Obtain incidence counts, crude rates, age-adjusted rates, with 95% confidence intervals and standard errors for rates.
Select specific disease and demographic criteria to produce cross-tabulated incidence measures.
Data are organized into three levels of geographic detail: national, state and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs).
The population estimates used as the denominator for rate calculations are also shown.
You can limit and index your data by any and all of the variables:
The following statistical measures are available as query results:
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Contents: |
United States Cancer Statistics Data Request |
United States Cancer Statistics Data Request
Output: | You can produce tables, maps, charts, and data extracts. Obtain incidence counts, crude rates, age-adjusted rates, with 95% confidence intervals and standard errors for rates, from the United States Cancer Statistics public information data. The population estimates used as the denominator for rate calculations are also shown. | |
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Variables: | You can limit and index your data by any and all of the variables. | |
How? | The Request screen has sections to guide you through the
making a data request as step-by-step process.
However, to get your first taste of how the system works,
you might want to simply press any Send button,
and execute the default data request.
The data results for your query appear on the Table screen.
After you get your data results, try the Chart and Map screens.
Or export your data to a file (tab-delimited line listing) for download to your computer.
For more information, see the following: Quick Start Guide; Step 1, Organize and label results; Step 2, Select location; Step 3, Select year and demographics; Step 4, Select cancers of interest; Step 5, Other Options. |
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'By-Variables' | Select variables that serve as keys (indexes) for organizing your data.
See How do I organize my data? for more information.
Notes:
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Help: | Click on any button labeled "Help", located to the right-hand side of the screen at the top of each section. Each control's label, such as the "Location" label next to the Location entry box, is linked to the on-line help for that item. | |
Send: | Sends your data request to be processed on the CDC WONDER databases. The Send buttons are located on the bottom of the Request page, and also in the upper right corner of each section, for easy access. |
Step 1. Organize table layout:
Group Results By: | Select up to five variables that serve as keys for grouping your data. See Group Results By below for hints. | |
Select Optional Measures: | Select the check box to include optional measures in your report. Frequency counts are reported by default. | |
Title: | Enter any desired description to display as a title with your results. |
Note: See Hints and About Requesting Data for Puerto Rico below, in the Group Results By section.
Measures:
The following statistical measures are available as query results:
- Disease Incidence Counts
- Age-Adjusted Rates (optional)
- 95% Confidence Intervals for rates (optional)
- Standard Errors for rates (optional)
- Crude Rates (optional)
Group Results By...
Select up to five variables that serve as keys for grouping your data. For example, you could select to group (summarize, stratify, index) your data by Location (State or MSA) and Race.
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About breast and genital system cancers:
When generating a report by primary site, it is appropriate to either select cases by sex or generate a report by sex. By default this program includes population data for both sexes in the rate calculations. However, the default for sex-specific cancers such as prostate, ovary or cervix, is to calculate rates for the sex-specific populations. See About Breast and Genital System Cancers for more information. - When age-adjusted rates are calculated, you cannot group the data by Age Group.
- You cannot group the data by both State and by MSA. You can group by State only when you have chosen State locations. You can group by MSA only when you have chosen MSA locations.
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About charts:
You cannot make charts when your data has more than two selections in the "Group Results By" lists in section 1 on the "Request Form" tab. -
About maps:
To make a map, you must "Group Results By" a geographic location, such as "State," section 1 on the "Request Form" tab. After you get the results to your query, then click the "Map" tab. -
About requesting data for Puerto Rico:
- You cannot select "Race" or "Ethnicity", in the "Group Results By" list in section 1 on the "Request Form" tab when requesting data for Puerto Rico.
- Data for Puerto Rico are requested in section 2 on the Request Form, by clicking the round button for "States and Puerto Rico."
- When the "States and Puerto Rico" list is selected in section 2 on the Request Form, then Race and Ethnicity categories are not shown in section 3 on the Request Form.
Counts
Cancer case reports in this data set are counted by or summed by the cancer reported. For example, a single person with more than one primary cancer verified by a medical doctor is counted as a case report for each type of primary cancer reported. Having more than one primary cancer occurs in less than 20% of the population. The counts report the frequency of verified cancer diagnoses in the selected population and time period.
Age-Adjusted Rates
The calculation of age-adjusted rates is optional. Select the check box on the Request page to include these statistics in your report.
Age-adjusted rates are calculated with age distribution ratios from the Year 2000 "standard million" population, and the rates are shown per 100,000 population.
An age-adjusted rate is a weighted average of the age-specific (crude) rates, where the weights are the proportions of persons in the corresponding age groups of a standard million population. The potential confounding effect of age is reduced when comparing age-adjusted rates computed using the same standard million population.
For more information on how age-adjusted rates are calculated, see:
Notes:- Because cancer incidence increases with age, the change to the 2000 U.S. standard population resulted in higher incidence rates for most cancers. The data published here should not be compared with cancer incidence rates adjusted to different standard populations.
- Incidence rates are also influenced by the choice of population denominators used in calculating the rates. Because some state health departments use customized state population projections when calculating incidence rates, the rates published here may differ slightly from those published by individual states.
- Note that the weights used to calculate age-adjusted rates are derived from the specific populations selected as data request criteria. For example, if you limit your request to specific age groups, then the weights are calculated to represent the selected population.
- The population of many counties along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas were displaced in the fall of 2005 by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Census Bureau estimates that that 203,937 persons were displaced from these four states in 2005, due to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. CDC WONDER does not include the displaced persons in the 2005 population counts for these states, nor are these counts included in the summary populations for the affected division, regions or national population. However, the United States Cancer Statistics website does include these displaced persons in the national population figures for 2005. Thus the national rates and population figures for year 2005 are not comparable between CDC WONDER and the United States Cancer Statistics website. State and MSA population figures are comparable.
- Incidence data are not available for all states in all years, and the state populations are excluded from the national totals when the corresponding incidence data are not available. For more information, see Data Visualizations Tool Technical Notes.
How are age-adjusted rates calculated?
The age-adjusted rate is calculated by multiplying the age-specific rate for each age group by the corresponding weight from the specified standard population, then summing across all age groups, and then multiplying this result by 100,000.
Age-Adjusted Rate = (Sum of (Each Age Specific Rate * Each Standard Population Weight) )* 100,000
The age-specific rate is the number of incidents for a given age group, divided by the population of that age group.
Number of incidents in age group | |
Age Specific Rate = | |
Population of age group |
The "standard population weight" for an age group is calculated by dividing the population for the age group by the sum of the populations for all of the age groups in the query.
Population for age group | |
Standard Population Weight = | |
Sum of populations for all age groups |
What standard population weights are used for age-adjusted rate calculations?
Note that the weights used to calculate age-adjusted rates are derived from the specific populations selected as data request criteria. For example, if you limit your request to specific age groups, then the weights are calculated to represent the selected population.
What are the age-specific populations for the standard populations?
Refer to the following tables to see the age-specific populations for the various "standard million" populations.
- 2000 US Standard Population
- 1970 US Standard Population
- 1940 US Standard Population
- 2000 World Standard Population
2000 US Standard Million Population |
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Standard Age Group Population Weight 00-00 years 13,818 0.013818 01-04 years 55,317 0.055317 05-09 years 72,533 0.072533 10-14 years 73,032 0.073032 15-19 years 72,169 0.072169 20-24 years 66,478 0.066478 25-29 years 64,529 0.064529 30-34 years 71,044 0.071044 35-39 years 80,762 0.080762 40-44 years 81,851 0.081851 45-49 years 72,118 0.072118 50-54 years 62,716 0.062716 55-59 years 48,454 0.048454 60-64 years 38,793 0.038793 65-69 years 34,264 0.034264 70-74 years 31,773 0.031773 75-79 years 26,999 0.026999 80-84 years 17,842 0.017842 85+ years 15,508 0.015508 |
1970 US Standard Million Population |
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Standard Age Group Population Weight 00-00 years 17,151 0.017151 01-04 years 67,265 0.067265 05-09 years 98,204 0.098204 10-14 years 102,304 0.102304 20-24 years 80,561 0.080561 25-39 years 66,320 0.066320 30-34 years 56,249 0.056249 35-39 years 54,656 0.054656 40-44 years 58,958 0.058958 45-49 years 59,622 0.059622 50-54 years 54,643 0.054643 55-59 years 49,077 0.049077 60-64 years 42,403 0.042403 65-69 years 34,406 0.034406 70-74 years 26,789 0.026789 75-79 years 18,871 0.018871 80-84 years 11,241 0.011241 85+ years 7,435 0.007435 |
1940 US Standard Million Population |
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Standard Age Group Population Weight 00-00 years 15,343 0.015343 01-04 years 64,718 0.064718 05-09 years 81,147 0.081147 10-14 years 89,208 0.089208 15-19 years 93,670 0.093670 20-24 years 88,007 0.088007 25-29 years 84,277 0.084277 30-34 years 77,789 0.077789 35-39 years 72,495 0.072495 40-44 years 66,742 0.066742 45-49 years 62,697 0.062697 50-54 years 55,114 0.055114 55-59 years 44,383 0.044383 60-64 years 35,911 0.035911 65-69 years 28,911 0.028911 70-74 years 19,515 0.019515 75-79 years 11,422 0.011422 80-84 years 5,881 0.005881 85+ years 2,770 0.002770 |
2000 World Standard Million Population |
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Standard Age Group Population Weight 00-00 years 24,000 0.024000 01-04 years 96,000 0.096000 05-09 years 100,000 0.100000 10-14 years 90,000 0.090000 15-19 years 90,000 0.090000 20-24 years 80,000 0.080000 25-29 years 80,000 0.080000 30-34 years 60,000 0.060000 35-39 years 60,000 0.060000 40-44 years 60,000 0.060000 45-49 years 60,000 0.060000 50-54 years 50,000 0.050000 55-59 years 40,000 0.040000 60-64 years 40,000 0.040000 65-69 years 30,000 0.030000 70-74 years 20,000 0.020000 75-79 years 10,000 0.010000 80-84 years 5,000 0.005000 85+ years 5,000 0.005000 |
95% Confidence Intervals for Age-Adjusted Rates
The calculation of 95% confidence intervals for rates is optional. Select the check box on the Request page to include these statistics in your report.
The 95% confidence intervals calculated for age-adjusted rates use the Chi Square or Gamma distribution method.- The 1999-2019 USCS online database uses the Tiwari method, see "Efficient interval estimation for age-adjusted cancer rates" by Ram C. Tiwari, Limin X. Clegg and Zhaohui Zou, published Statistical Methods in Medical Research 2006; 15: 547-569.
- The 1999-2002 online database uses the Fay and Feuer method, see "Confidence intervals for directly standardized rates: A method based on the Gamma distribution" by Michael P. Fay and Eric J. Feuer, published Statistics in Medicine 1997; 16: 791-801.
Standard Errors for Rates
The calculation of standard errors for rates is optional. Select the check box on the Request page to include these statistics in your report.
Standard errors for rates are calculated with the assumption that the cancer counts have Poisson distributions.
The method for calculating standard errors for age-adjusted rates is shown below, where the age-adjusted rate is comprised of age groups x through y.
The method for calculating standard errors for crude rates:
Crude Rates
Crude Rates are optional. Select the check box on the Request page to include Crude Rates in your report.
Crude Rates are expressed as the number of cases reported each calendar year per 100,000 population.
Crude Rate = Count / Population * 100,000
The population estimates for the denominators of incidence rates are race-specific (American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, Black or African American, White), ethnicity-specific (Hispanic, Non-Hispanic), and sex-specific (Male, Female) county population estimates aggregated to the state or metropolitan area level. See Population Denominator Data Sources below for more information.
Notes:- Rates are calculated per 100,000 population by default.
- Crude rates are helpful in determining the need for services for a given population, relative to another population, regardless of size. Crude rates are influenced by the underlying age distribution of the state's population. Even if two states have the same age-adjusted rates, the state with the relatively older population (as demonstrated by having a higher median age) will have higher crude rates because incidence or death rates for most cancers increase with increasing age.
- The year 2000 Census population counts varied from previous population estimates for the years 1990-1999. Rates for geographic areas with small populations and for specific racial or ethnic populations appear to be affected to a greater degree and should be interpreted with caution. Furthermore, since corrections to the population denominators extrapolated from the 1990 census were larger in the late 1990s than earlier in the decade, rates calculated for the late 1990s may be subject to more change than rates calculated for the early 1990s.
- Select the precision for rate calculations in the Other Options section. When the rate calculated for a small numerator (incidence count) is zero, you may increase the precision to reveal the rate by showing more numbers to the right of the decimal point.
Step 2. Select location:
- States in the US
- Regions include Divisions and States in the US
- Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) in the US
- States and Puerto Rico
Region
Regions and Divisions are multi-state groups. For regional data, you can group by Region, or you can select any combination of individual regions. You can also select multi-state divisions or any combination of individual states.- Click a round button to switch between the lists of locations.
- See How do I use a Finder? for more information.
- See Finder Tool help for more hints.
- The default is all values (the United States).
- The Advanced mode let you easily pick several items from different parts of the list. Items are not selected until you click the "Move" button in Advanced mode. You may also enter values by hand, one code per line, in the Advanced mode. Use the Finder to see the correct code format. For example, 02 is the Alaska state code.
- The "plus" symbol, "+" indicates that you can open the item, to see more items below it.
- The results to a search are shown in blue, and indicated by ">".
- Region is based on the person's legal state of residence at the time the case was submitted to the registry.
- The Regions are identified by both name and codes in data extracts.
- The United States is split into 4 regions: Northeast, Midwest, South and West. To see the Divisions and States that comprise the regions, send a request for data grouped by Region, Division and State. Choose to "Show Zero Values" in order to also see the names of the states which have been omitted from this data set.
States / States and Puerto Rico
Pick the United States or any combination of individual areas desired. Be sure the button above the list of locations is set to your desired list.- State and MSA data are based on the patient's residence at the time the case was submitted to the registry.
- The states are coded to Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) state codes. The codes and labels for each state shown in separate columns in the data export files. To see the entire list of included states with label and code values, group by State and by Year.
- The Race and Ethnicity categories are not shown on the "Request Form" tab, when the round button is selected to show the "States and Puerto Rico" list in the "Select Locations" section on the "Request Form" tab.
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About missing data:
"The United States" in the State list does not include all 50 states. The data shown for "The United States" are the total of all states included in the data set. More information about the missing locations:- Cancer registries were required to meet specific data quality criteria for their cancer incidence statistics to be included in this report. Only registries whose data met these specified criteria were included. See USCS Registry Eligibility Criteria for more information.
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These states are missing data for the indicated year in the 1999-2019 cancer incidence data:
State Year(s) Mississippi 1999-2002 Nevada 2018-2019 South Dakota 1999-2000 Puerto Rico 1999-2004; July - December 2017
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About comparisons with other published reports:
Note that comparisons of the national counts and rates with other published reports may differ because some states are not included in the data. The 1999-2018 data include different states in different years than the previous archive data sets. The locations are documented at:-
Missing locations in this release and prior releases of these data:
- 1999-2019 Missing States
- 1999-2018 Archive Missing States
- 1999-2017 Archive Missing States
- 1999-2016 Archive Missing States
- 1999-2015 Archive Missing States
- 1999-2014 Archive Missing States
- 1999-2013 Archive Missing States
- 1999-2012 Archive Missing States
- 1999-2011 Archive Missing States
- 1999-2010 Archive Missing States
- 1999-2009 Archive Missing States
- 1999-2008 Archive Missing States
- 1999-2006 Archive Missing States
- 1999-2005 Archive Missing States
- 1999-2004 Archive Missing States
- 1999-2002 Archive Missing States
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Included locations in this release and prior releases of these data:
- 1999-2019 Included States
- 1999-2018 Archive Included States
- 1999-2017 Archive Included States
- 1999-2016 Archive Included States
- 1999-2015 Archive Included States
- 1999-2014 Archive Included States
- 1999-2013 Archive Included States
- 1999-2012 Archive Included States
- 1999-2011 Archive Included States
- 1999-2010 Archive Included States
- 1999-2009 Archive Included States
- 1999-2008 Archive Included States
- 1999-2006 Archive Included States
- 1999-2005 Archive Included States
- 1999-2004 Archive Included States
- 1999-2002 Archive Included States
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Missing locations in this release and prior releases of these data:
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Impact of Hurricane Maria in 2017
Puerto Rico's 2017 incidence counts and rates are based on the first six months of reported data coupled with half of the population estimate (January to June 2017). Cases with unknown month of diagnosis were included. Data from July to December 2017 are excluded to account for the population shift that occurred due to Hurricane Maria. -
Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005
The population of many counties along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas were displaced in the fall of 2005 by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, resulting in incomplete case ascertainment for the latter half of the year. For these states, state- and county-level incidence rates were calculated based upon the data submitted to CDC.
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)
Pick "The United States" or any combination of individual MSAs desired. Be sure the button for State above the list is set to your choice.Notes:
- State and MSA data are based on the patient's residence at the time the case was submitted to the registry.
- The data shown for "The United States" are the total of all specific metropolitan areas included in the data set. Those cases that are not reported under a specified MSA are in included in the "Other" category.
- MSAs are specified in the data if the total population was at least 500,000 persons for the most recent year in the time period presented, and if the state(s) where the MSA is located met the USCS publication criteria.
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Note that comparisons of the national counts and rates with other published reports may differ
because some locations are not included in the data set.
The 1999-2019 data include different areas in different years than
the previous archive data sets.
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The missing metropolitan locations are documented here:
- 1999-2019 Missing MSAs
- 1999-2018 Archive Missing MSAs
- 1999-2017 Archive Missing MSAs
- 1999-2016 Archive Missing MSAs
- 1999-2015 Archive Missing MSAs
- 1999-2014 Archive Missing MSAs
- 1999-2013 Archive Missing MSAs
- 1999-2012 Archive Missing MSAs
- 1999-2011 Archive Missing MSAs
- 1999-2010 Archive Missing MSAs
- 1999-2009 Archive Missing MSAs
- 1999-2008 Archive Missing MSAs
- 1999-2006 Archive Missing MSAs
- 1999-2005 Archive Missing MSAs
- 1999-2004 Archive Missing MSAs
- 1999-2002 Archive Missing MSAs
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The included metropolitan statistical areas are documented at:
- 1999-2019 MSAs
- 1999-2018 Archive MSAs
- 1999-2017 Archive MSAs
- 1999-2016 Archive MSAs
- 1999-2015 Archive MSAs
- 1999-2014 Archive MSAs
- 1999-2013 Archive MSAs
- 1999-2012 Archive MSAs
- 1999-2011 Archive MSAs
- 1999-2010 Archive MSAs
- 1999-2009 Archive MSAs
- 1999-2008 Archive MSAs
- 1999-2006 Archive MSAs
- 1999-2005 Archive MSAs
- 1999-2004 Archive MSAs
- 1999-2002 Archive MSAs
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The missing metropolitan locations are documented here:
- The codes and labels for each state shown in separate columns in data export files. To see the entire list of metropolitan areas with labels and code values, group by MSA and by Year.
Step 3. Select year and demographics:
- Year - 1999 through 2019 (2005 - 2019 for Puerto Rico)
- Age Group
- Race - All, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, Black or African American, White, Other Races Combined (not available for Puerto Rico)
- Ethnicity - Hispanic, Non-Hispanic, Unknown (not available for Puerto Rico)
- Sex - All, Female, Male
Note: The Race and Ethnicity categories are not shown on the "Request Form" tab, when the round button is selected to show the "States and Puerto Rico" list in the "Select Locations" section on the "Request Form" tab.
Year
Pick any combination of years desired. Data are available for years 1999 - 2019 for the United States, and for 2005 - 2019 for Puerto Rico.Age Group
Select All ages or any combination of the individual age groups.
Code | Description |
1 | < 1 year |
1-4 | 1-4 years |
5-9 | 5-9 years |
10-14 | 10-14 years |
15-19 | 15-19 years |
20-24 | 20-24 years |
25-29 | 25-29 years |
30-34 | 30-34 years |
35-39 | 35-39 years |
40-44 | 40-44 years |
45-49 | 45-49 years |
50-54 | 50-54 years |
55-59 | 55-59 years |
60-64 | 60-64 years |
65-69 | 65-69 years |
70-74 | 70-74 years |
75-79 | 75-79 years |
80-84 | 80-84 years |
85+ | 85+ years |
Sex
Select All or any combination of values.
Note:
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About genital system cancers:
Note that genital system cancers and breast cancers are sex-specific. The rates and population denominators for calculating rates represent the associated sex for the cancer site. Cells representing data for the other sex are labeled "Not Applicable." See About Genital System Cancers for more information.
The following table shows the age group code values and descriptions, as specified for data export.
Code | Description |
F | Female |
M | Male |
Race
Select All or any combination of values.
- Race categories are not available for Puerto Rico.
- The "Other Races Combined and Unknown" racial category contains data for the "Other" and "Unknown" racial categories. Note that the previous releases of this data (1999-2005) included the "American Indian or Alaska Native" racial category within the "Other Races Combined" group.
- The "All" races option sums only all racial categories included in the data: "American Indian or Alaska Native," "Asian or Pacific Islander," "Black or African American," "White," and "Other Races Combined and Unknown," which aggregates the "Other" and "Unknown" racial categories.
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The data are coded to Public Health Information Network (PHIN) standard code values.
The following table shows the race code values and descriptions,
as specified for data export.
Code Description 1002-5 American Indian or Alaska Native A-PI Asian or Pacific Islander 2054-5 Black or African American 2106-3 White 2131-1 Other Races Combined and Unknown
Ethnicity
Select All or any combination of values.
- Ethnicity categories are not available for Puerto Rico.
- Rates are not calculated for the "Unknown" category because population data are not available. The phrase "Not Applicable" is shown for in the rate and population cells.
- Ethnicity data are available starting with the 1999-2006 release of USCS Cancer Incidence, and not available for the preceding vintages.
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The data are coded to Public Health Information Network (PHIN) standard code values.
The following table shows the race code values and descriptions,
as specified for data export.
Code Description 2135-2 Hispanic 2186-5 Non-Hispanic UNK Unknown
Step 4. Select cancers of interest:
Click this check box when you have selected Childhood Cancers and you want your data to include all ages, or to include any selected ages other than persons who are less than 20 years old. If this box is not checked (the default), then the data results are limited to persons 19 years of age or less.
Childhood Cancers
Select either "All Invasive Childhood Cancers Combined" or "All Childhood Cancers, invasive and in situ," or select any combination of the other values.- Choose Allow all ages for Childhood Cancer request when you wish to look at Childhood Cancers in persons older than 19 years of age.
- International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC) is based on tumor morphology.
- Refer to International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC) on the National Cancer Institute (NCI) website (seer.cancer.gov) for more information.
- See also International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC) Group - Morphology - Topography Table.
- Childhood Cancer is usually studied in children who are less than age 20.
- "All Invasive Childhood Cancers Combined" are the summary or combined aggregate total for all invasive Childhood Cancers, except urinary bladder, which includes invasive and in situ. In situ breast cancers are not included in this aggregate category. Aggregate categories should not be shown in pie charts when subordinate categories are included in the same chart.
- The archive 1999-2002 incidence data has a slightly different set of Childhood Cancers codes and titles than used in later data releases.
The following table shows the International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC) code values and descriptions used in the USCS incidence data, as specified for data export.
Code | Description | |
0 | All Invasive Childhood Cancers Combined * | |
10 | I Leukemia | |
11 | I(a) Lymphoid leukemias | |
12 | I(b) Acute myeloid leukemias | |
13 | I(c) Chronic myeloproliferative diseases | |
14 | I(d) Myelodysplastic syndrome and other myeloproliferative | |
15 | I(e) Unspecified and other specified leukemias | |
20 | II Lymphoma and reticuloendothelial neoplasms | |
21 | II(a) Hodgkin lymphoma | |
22 | II(b) Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | |
23 | II(c) Burkitt lymphoma | |
24 | II(d) Miscellaneous lymphoreticular neoplasms | |
25 | II(e) Unspecified lymphoma | |
30 | III CNS and misc intracranial and intraspinal neoplasms | |
31 | III(a) Ependymomas and choroid plexus tumors | |
32 | III(b) Astrocytomas | |
33 | III(c) Intracranial and intraspinal embryonal tumors | |
34 | III(d) Other gliomas | |
35 | III(e) Other specified intracranial/intraspinal neoplasms | |
36 | III(f) Unspecified intracranial and intraspinal neoplasms | |
40 | IV Sympathetic nervous system tumors | |
41 | IV(a) Neuroblastoma and ganglioneuroblastoma | |
42 | IV(b) Other sympathetic nervous system tumors | |
50 | V Retinoblastoma | |
60 | VI Renal tumors | |
61 | VI(a) Nephroblastoma and other nonepithelial renal tumors | |
62 | VI(b) Renal carcinomas | |
63 | VI(c) Unspecified malignant renal tumors | |
70 | VII Hepatic tumor | |
71 | VII(a) Hepatoblastoma | |
72 | VII(b) Hepatic carcinomas | |
73 | VII(c) Unspecified malignant hepatic tumors | |
80 | VIII Malignant bone tumors | |
81 | VIII(a) Osteosarcoma | |
82 | VIII(b) Chrondosarcoma | |
83 | VIII(c) Ewing tumor and related sarcomas of bone | |
84 | VIII(d) Other specified malignant bone tumors | |
85 | VIII(e) Unspecified malignant bone tumors | |
90 | IX Soft-tissue sarcomas | |
91 | IX(a) Rhabdomyosarcomas | |
92 | IX(b) Fibrosarcomas, peripheral nerve & other fibrous | |
93 | IX(c) Kaposi sarcoma | |
94 | IX(d) Other specified soft-tissue sarcomas | |
95 | IX(e) Unspecified soft-tissue sarcomas | |
100 | X Germ-cell, trophoblastic and other gonadal neoplasms | |
101 | X(a) Intracranial and intraspinal germ-cell tumors | |
102 | X(b) Extracranial & extragonadal germ cell tumors | |
103 | X(c) Malignant gonadal germ-cell tumors | |
104 | X(d) Gonadal carcinomas | |
105 | X(e) Other and unspecified malignant gonadal tumors | |
110 | XI Carcinomas and other malignant epithelial neoplasms | |
111 | XI(a) Adrenocortical carcinomas | |
112 | XI(b) Thyroid carcinomas | |
113 | XI(c) Nasopharyngeal carcinomas | |
114 | XI(d) Malignant melanomas | |
115 | XI(e) Skin carcinomas | |
116 | XI(f) Other and unspecified carcinomas | |
120 | XII Other and unspecified malignant neoplasms | |
121 | XII(a) Other specified malignant tumors | |
122 | XII(b) Other unspecified malignant tumors | |
253 | Not classified by ICCC or in situ | |
254 | In Situ Breast Cancer * | |
254F | Female Breast, In Situ * | |
254M | Male Breast, In Situ * | |
* Data for in situ Breast Cancers are listed separately from other Childhood Cancers and not included in the "All Invasive Childhood Cancers Combined" category. |
Cancer Sites
Select either "All Sites, invasive and in situ" or "All Invasive Cancer Sites Combined," or select any combination of the other values.- The primary cancer site is the organ of origin within the body where a given cancer occurs in an individual.
- Information on primary site, behavior, and histology was coded according to the International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, Third Edition (ICD-O-3) and categorized according to the revised SEER recodes, which define standard groupings of primary cancer sites. Beginning with 2010 diagnoses, cases are coded based on ICD-O-3 updated for hematopoetic codes based on WHO Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues (2008).
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About the "All Invasive Cancer Sites Combined" category:
"All Invasive Cancer Sites Combined" are the summary or combined aggregate total for all invasive cancer sites, except urinary bladder, which includes invasive and in situ. Data for in situ breast cancers are listed separately from invasive cancers and are not included in the "All Invasive Cancer Sites Combined" nor in the "Male and Female Breast" cancer categories. The "Show Totals" control on the Table screen is disabled when aggregate values are displayed. Note that pies charts and data distributions in maps are affected by the inclusion of the "All Invasive Cancer Sites Combined" aggregate data. -
About sex-specific breast and genital system cancers:
Note that genital system cancers and breast cancers are sex-specific. The rates and population denominators for calculating rates represent the associated sex for the cancer site. Cells representing data for the other sex are labeled "Not Applicable."The Cancer Site sex-specific cancers are:
Female Genital System Cervix Uteri Corpus Uteri Uterus, Not Otherwise Specified Ovary Vagina Vulva Other Female Genital Organs Male Genital System Prostate Testis Penis Other Male Genital Organs Breast cancers: Female Breast Male Breast Female Breast, In Situ Male Breast, In Situ
The following table shows the Cancer Site code values and descriptions, as specified for data export. Whenever applicable, the revised SEER Cause of Death Recodes are used.
Code | Description | |
0 | All Invasive Cancer Sites Combined * | |
20010-20100 | Oral Cavity and Pharynx | |
20010 | Lip | |
20020 | Tongue | |
20030 | Salivary Gland | |
20040 | Floor of Mouth | |
20050 | Gum and Other Mouth | |
20060 | Nasopharynx | |
20070 | Tonsil | |
20080 | Oropharynx | |
20090 | Hypopharynx | |
20100 | Other Oral Cavity and Pharynx | |
21010-21130 | Digestive System | |
21010 | Esophagus | |
21020 | Stomach | |
21030 | Small Intestine | |
21041-21052 | Colon and Rectum | |
21041-21049 | Colon excluding Rectum | |
21041 | Cecum | |
21042 | Appendix | |
21043 | Ascending Colon | |
21044 | Hepatic Flexure | |
21045 | Transverse Colon | |
21046 | Splenic Flexure | |
21047 | Descending Colon | |
21048 | Sigmoid Colon | |
21049 | Large Intestine, NOS | |
21051-21052 | Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction | |
21051 | Rectosigmoid Junction | |
21052 | Rectum | |
21060 | Anus, Anal Canal and Anorectum | |
21071-21072 | Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct | |
21071 | Liver | |
21072 | Intrahepatic Bile Duct | |
21080 | Gallbladder | |
21090 | Other Biliary | |
21100 | Pancreas | |
21110 | Retroperitoneum | |
21120 | Peritoneum, Omentum and Mesentery | |
21130 | Other Digestive Organs | |
22010-22060 | Respiratory System | |
22010 | Nose, Nasal Cavity and Middle Ear | |
22020 | Larynx | |
22030 | Lung and Bronchus | |
22050 | Pleura | |
22060 | Trachea, Mediastinum and Other Respiratory Organs | |
23000 | Bones and Joints | |
24000 | Soft Tissue including Heart | |
25010-25020 | Skin excluding Basal and Squamous | |
25010 | Melanoma of the Skin | |
25020 | Other Non-Epithelial Skin | |
46 | Male and Female Breast * | |
26000-Female | Female Breast * | |
26000-Male | Male Breast * | |
27010-27070 | Female Genital System | |
27010 | Cervix Uteri | |
27020 | Corpus Uteri | |
27030 | Uterus, not otherwise specified (NOS) | |
27040 | Ovary | |
27050 | Vagina | |
27060 | Vulva | |
27070 | Other Female Genital Organs | |
28010-28040 | Male Genital System | |
28010 | Prostate | |
28020 | Testis | |
28030 | Penis | |
28040 | Other Male Genital Organs | |
29010-29040 | Urinary System | |
29010 | Urinary Bladder, invasive and in situ ¶ | |
29020 | Kidney and Renal Pelvis | |
29030 | Ureter | |
29040 | Other Urinary Organs | |
30000 | Eye and Orbit | |
31010-31040 | Brain and Other Nervous System | |
31010 | Brain | |
31040 | Cranial Nerves Other Nervous System | |
32010-32020 | Endocrine System | |
32010 | Thyroid | |
32020 | Other Endocrine including Thymus | |
33011-33042 | Lymphomas | |
33011-33012 | Hodgkin lymphoma | |
33011 | Hodgkin - Nodal | |
33012 | Hodgkin - Extranodal | |
33041-33042 | Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma | |
33041 | NHL - Nodal | |
33042 | NHL - Extranodal | |
34000 | Myeloma | |
35011-35043 | Leukemias | |
35011 | Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia | |
35012 | Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia | |
35021 | Acute Myeloid Leukemia | |
35022 | Chronic Myeloid Leukemia | |
35041-35043 | Other Leukemias | |
35013 | Other Lymphocytic Leukemia | |
35031 | Acute Monocytic Leukemia | |
35041 | Other Acute Leukemia | |
35043 | Aleukemic, Subleukemic and not otherwise specified (NOS) | |
35023 | Other Myeloid/Monocytic Leukemia | |
36010 | Mesothelioma | |
36020 | Kaposi Sarcoma | |
37000 | Miscellaneous | |
Breast-InSitu | In Situ Breast Cancer * | |
Breast-InSitu-Female | Female Breast, In Situ * | |
Breast-InSitu-Male | Male Breast, In Situ * | |
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* Data for in situ Breast Cancers are listed separately from Breast Cancers and not included in the "All Invasive Cancer Sites Combined" category. The in situ Breast Cancer categories are not included in the 1999-2002 Archive Cancer Incidence data. | ||
¶ Urinary Bladder includes invasive and in situ. |
Leading Cancer Sites (by Race and Sex)
Select either "All Leading Invasive Cancers Sites" or "All Leading Invasive Cancer Sites Combined," or select any combination of the other values.- This list contains only the top or leading cancer sites, meaning the primary cancers with the highest incidence for each race and sex.
- The primary cancer site is the organ of origin within the body where a given cancer occurs in an individual.
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About All Sites Combined:
"All Invasive Leading Cancer Sites Combined" are the summary or combined aggregate total for all invasive leading cancer sites, except urinary bladder, which includes invasive and in situ. In situ breast cancers are not included in the invasive cancers category. The "Show Totals" control on the Table screen is disabled when aggregate values are displayed. Note that pies charts and data distributions in maps are affected by the inclusion of the "All Leading Sites Combined" aggregate data. -
About genital system cancers:
Note that genital system cancers are sex specific, thus rates and population denominators represent the associated sex. Cells representing data for the opposite sex display a "Not Applicable" label. The following genital system cancers are included in the Leading Cancers Sites list:- Cervix Uteri
- Corpus Uteri
- Ovary
- Prostate
The following table shows the Leading Cancers code values and descriptions, as specified for data export. Whenever applicable, the revised SEER Cause of Death Recodes dated March 1, 2018 are used.
Code | Description | |
31010-31040 | Brain and Other Nervous System | |
26000 | Breast | |
27010 | Cervix Uteri | |
21041-21052 | Colon and Rectum | |
27020 | Corpus Uteri | |
21010 | Esophagus | |
21080 | Gallbladder | |
29020 | Kidney and Renal Pelvis | |
22020 | Larynx | |
35011-35043 | Leukemias | |
21071 | Liver | |
22030 | Lung and Bronchus | |
25010 | Melanoma of the Skin | |
34000 | Myeloma | |
33041-33042 | Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma | |
20010-20100 | Oral Cavity and Pharynx | |
27040 | Ovary | |
21100 | Pancreas | |
28010 | Prostate | |
21020 | Stomach | |
32010 | Thyroid | |
29010 | Urinary Bladder, invasive and in situ | |
Notes: | ||
* | Data for in situ Breast Cancers are listed separately from Breast Cancers and not included in the "all invasive cancer sites combined" category. |
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Data Source Information
Incidence Data Sources: |
The United States Cancer Statistics are the official government statistics on cancer. These statistics include cancer registry data from CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) and the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, as well as mortality data from CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. The statistics provide information on newly diagnosed cancer cases and cancer deaths for the whole U.S. population. For a list of all USCS contributors and partners, visit USCS Contributors. Data are provided by:
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United States: The population estimates for the denominators of incidence rates are race-specific (American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, Black or African American, White), ethnicity-specific (Hispanic, Non-Hispanic) and sex-specific (Female, Male) county population estimates aggregated to the state or metropolitan area level. The population estimates are a slight modification of the annual time series of July 1 county population estimates (by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin) produced by the Population Estimates Program of the U.S. Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) with support from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) through an interagency agreement.For more information on the Census Bureau's population estimates and documentation of the procedures used to develop them, see SEER - US Population Data. In general, July 1 population estimates are used to calculate annual incidence and death rates because these estimates are considered to reflect the average population of a defined geographic area for a calendar year. However, the populations of many counties along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Texas were displaced in the fall of 2005 by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Census Bureau estimates that 203,937 persons were displaced from these four states in 2005. Incidence data are not available for all states in all years, and the state populations are excluded from the national totals when the corresponding incidence data are not available. For more information, see Data Visualizations Tool Technical Notes.Puerto Rico Population estimates used in the calculation of Puerto Rico incidence and death rates are sex-specific, and are not available by race or ethnicity. Population estimates for Puerto Rico for years 2006-2009 are July 1st intercensal estimates of the resident population by sex and age for Puerto Rico, years 2000-2010, released by the U.S. Census Bureau Population Division in September 2011. Population estimates for Puerto Rico for years 2010-2019 are July 1st postcensal estimates of the resident population by sex and age for United States and Puerto Rico Commonwealth, years 2010-2020, released by the U.S. Census Bureau Population Division in May 2021: "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population by Single Year of Age and Sex for the United States, States, and Puerto Rico Commonwealth: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2020." Please note that for the 2017 year, only half of the annual population estimate for Puerto Rico is used as the denominator to calculate incidence rates. Please see impact of Hurricane Maria in 2017 for more information. |
Additional Information
Suggested Data Source Citations: | United States Cancer Statistics - Incidence: 1999-2019, WONDER Online Database. United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute; 2021 submission; 2022 release. | |
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