The Cancer Incidence Estimator helps estimate the current and forecasted volumes of cancer cases in your local market. The Cancer Incidence Estimator leverages historical cancer incidence rates published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR), the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program, and local population estimates and projections (zip code or county level) developed by Applied Geographic Solutions (AGS).

Type of tool: Web-based calculator/forecaster

Purpose: Combine current and projected cancer incidence estimates by tumor site for any geography within the United States.

Suggested users: Hospital executives, analysts, finance, oncology program administration, strategic planning

Completion time: Five minutes

Required inputs: Zip code or county definitions

Tool outputs: Current and projected cancer incidence estimates by tumor and sub-tumor site; downloadable Excel output

Data sources: The Cancer Incidence Estimator allows you to use the data source that best fits the goals of your analysis.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) United States Cancer Statistics (USCS) database

What’s the benefit of the CDC USCS dataset?

This pulls from a much larger dataset, that represents about 97% of the US population. In contrast, the NCI’s SEER dataset relies on data from 21 areas, representing only about 34% of the US population.

National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) SEER 21 areas database

What’s the benefit of the NCI SEER data?

Incidence data includes 60 sub-tumor sites, allowing for more granular analysis. In contrast, the CDC's USCS incidence data only includes 26 sub-tumor sites.