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Epidemiological resources and statistics

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Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)
Surveillance
Outcome Software
Exposure Assessment
Database management software

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California Health Interview Survey

Population-based, standardized, health-related data from households in California

Cancer Survivor Prevalence Statistics

Statistics, definitions of cancer prevalence, references

Children's Environmental Health and Safety Inventory of Research (CHEHSIR)

Database of research related to environmental and safety risks to children

Digital Divide Projects

Demonstration research projects designed to evaluate strategies for providing health information to target populations

Evidence-Based Product Directories

Database of products from the Division of Cancer Control and Populations Sciences

Fast Stats

Provides access to pre-calculated cancer statistics and output options: SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1973-1998

Finding Cancer Statistics

Website for access to recent reports, datasets, and statistical tools for professionals and the public

Health Information National Trends Survey

Survey designed to analyze data to gain insight into people's knowledge about cancer

National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Cancer Control Topical Module

Data collection survey instruments, data processing, data analyses, etc.

Physician Health Plan Surveys

National survey data used to analyze the status of cancer control

Pyramid Servings Database for NHANES III

Examination of dietary data from the National Center for Health Statistics' Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Questionnaire Modules (QMOD)

Collection of sample research questionnaires; includes a search function

Special Populations Networks

Links to cancer information for special populations

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Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)

SEER Public Use File

Individual records on cancers diagnosed in residents of SEER areas

          SEER*Prep Software

          Software to facilitate data analysis

          SEER*Stat Software

          Statistical package for the analysis of SEER and other cancer databases

          SEER-Medicare Database

          Links data from SEER registries with Medicare claims data

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Surveillance

Cancer Atlases

Atlas maps for exploring associations between environmental/occupational factors and cancer

Cancer Mortality Maps & Graphs Web Site

Create customized graphical displays of geographic patterns and time trends of cancer death rates.

DevCan Software Program

Calculates population estimates of the lifetime and age-conditional risks of developing cancer and dying from cancer using cross-sectional incidence and mortality rates

Geographic Information System for Breast Cancer Studies on Long Island (LI GIS)

Investigate potential relationships between environmental exposures and risk for breast cancer

Information on Cancer Statistics (CANQUES)

Web query with access to over 10 million cancer statistics

Joinpoint Software

Statistical software to analyze joinpoint models

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Outcome Software

Calculation of Observed vs. Expected Events Software

Prepares a series of reports to calculate various events in a referent population

POWER Software

Calculates power and sample size for interactions in epidemiological studies

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Exposure Assessment

Datasets from Completed Occupational Epidemiology Studies

Datasets not actively being used in studies by Occupational Epidemiology Branch

Dietary Assessment Calibration/Validation (DACV) Register

Studies and publications comparing dietary intake estimates from various dietary assessment methods

Interactive Risk Attributable Program

Calculates attributable risk for a variety of epidemiologic designs

Job Modules for Occupational Questionnaires

Assessment of occupational exposures in case-control studies

Occupational Code Assignment System (CodeSearch)

Dataset of occupation and industry job codes

Tobacco Use Supplement - Current Population Survey

Source of national and state data on smoking and other tobacco use in the U.S.

I-131 Dose/Risk Calculator

The materials are designed to address the concerns of Americans who were exposed to I-131 from above-ground nuclear testing in the 1950s and earl 1960s.

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Database management software

Biospecimen Inventory Processing System (BSI-II)

Downloadable repository tracking system

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