Cancer Data and Statistics For the General Public
Cancer data and statistics are available in several forms:
Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry Reports and Publications
The types of reports and publications currently available on this website are:
If you would rather obtain hard copies of any of the above reports, please e-mail our Data Release Coordinator, Sheena Cresswell at scresswe@nccc.org, or call 510-608-5036.
Other Registry Reports and Publications
Reports and publications from other cancer registries that might be of interest:
National
California
Custom Tabulated Data
If you need cancer data that you cannot find in published reports (like those listed above), here are two ways to obtain it: 1) through interactive websites that allow you to specify, calculate and display the data you want, or; 2) through a data request to us at the Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry (GBACR).
Interactive Cancer Data Websites
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Fast Stats: Interactive tool to access key SEER and US cancer statistics by age, sex, and race
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Data Request to the GBACR: Community Cancer Concerns
As a state-mandated regional cancer registry, one of the responsibilities of the GBACR is to respond to requests from the public for cancer data about the Greater Bay Area. One of the most common type of requests stems from a concern that environmental hazards may be causing excess cancer in a community (sometimes called a "community cancer concern" or a "cancer cluster").
The GBACR responds to these concerns through a combination of education, information, and statistical analysis. Although the occurrence of cancer may seem high in an area, people are often unaware of how common cancer is in the United States. Current statistics show that 1 in 3 Americans will develop some form of cancer during his or her lifetime. In addition, cancer is not just one disease, but in fact, many different diseases caused by a wide variety of environmental and non-environmental factors. For example, the factors that cause breast cancer are very different from the factors that cause colorectal cancer.
Cancer clusters can and often do occur by chance alone. If a computer randomly assigns 100 dots to a grid with 100 squares - some squares will have several dots and some will have no dots. In the same way, many cancer clusters are groupings of cancer cases in time and geographic area, due to chance alone. Therefore, we conduct statistical analyses when appropriate to determine if there is a significantly higher number of cancer cases likely to be occurring within a geographic location, or if this excess number of cases is occurring merely by chance.
For more information about community cancer concerns, please visit the California Cancer Registry's Frequently Asked Questions about Neighborhood Cancer Concerns webpage.
If you would like to request data from the GBACR, please contact Sheena Cresswell, Epidemiologist, at scresswe@nccc.org, or call 510-608-5036.
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