Data and Statistics

This workbook provides an overview of the main points contained in the book Making Data Talk: Communicating Public Health Data to the Public, Policy Makers, and the Press, as well as practical exercises for applying the book’s concepts and communication principles to your unique situation.
In this report, the authors provide comprehensive and up-to-date US data on disparities in cancer occurrence, major risk factors, and access to and utilization of preventive measures and screening by sociodemographic characteristics.
Based on their seven best and promising practices for state programs, the National LGBT Cancer Network regularly assesses how inclusive states cancer programs are.
The objective of the NCI/CDC State Cancer Profiles Web site is to provide a system to characterize the cancer burden in a standardized manner in order to motivate action, integrate surveillance into cancer control planning, characterize areas and demographic groups, and expose health disparities.
This U.S. Cancer Statistics data brief analyzes screening-detectable cancer rates among non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations in Purchased/Referred Care Delivery Areas (PRCDA) counties across six regions: Alaska, Northern Plains, Southern Plains, Pacific Coast, East, and…
This BWHS (Black Women’s Health Study) Breast Cancer Risk Calculator allows health professionals to estimate a woman’s risk of developing invasive breast cancer over the next 5 years.
The Health Equity Tracker aims to give a detailed view of health outcomes by race, ethnicity, sex, socioeconomic status, and other critical factors.
The U.S. Cancer Statistics Data Visualizations tool displays the official federal statistics on cancer incidence (newly diagnosed cases).
This website from the National Cancer Institute contains maps of lung cancer cancer incidence, mortality and survival.
This website from the National Cancer Institute contains maps of cancer incidence and mortality that reveal the areas across the rural-urban continuum where the incidence and death rates from cancer are elevated.