Iowa Cancer InFocus
Cancer InFocus is a data gathering and visualization platform. The suite of tools provides interactive maps where one can examine county-level cancer incidence and mortality data alongside population demographics, social drivers of health, and behavioral risk factors. County Profiles can be generated for individual counties, consolidating all listed data items into a report.
Geography: County, Census-Tract
Data Views: Maps, Downloadable Tables, County Profiles
View tools here: Cancer InFocus, (CIF)² (Bivariate), CIF Profiles
ZIP Code Level Cancer Maps
These maps illustrate areas of the state where risk for developing or dying from certain cancers is higher than average for selected cancers. They use Bayesian statistics to provide cancer rates for small areas: at the ZIP-code level.
Who should use this resource? You should use this resource if you are interested in cancer risk at the ZIP-code level, or if you’re interested in identifying locations in Iowa where risk of certain cancers is higher.
Geography: ZIP codes
Data Views: Map
View tool here.
Iowa Cancer Zones Map
This interactive mapping tool helps one examine cancer incidence and population demographics by zones. The Iowa Cancer Registry identified 48 cancer zones throughout Iowa that combine and/or split counties in meaningful ways for Iowans. For example, some rural counties (where rates would typically be censored due to small counts) have been grouped together in one zone, whereas many of our urban areas have been assigned to their own zone. With these zones the Iowa Cancer Registry aims to provide data for geographies beyond county-level statistics to better serve cancer control, public health, and policy efforts. Zones have been designed so that they have a minimum population of 50,000 residents, have similar demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, and are geographically compact.
Geography: Zones
Data Views: Maps, Downloadable Table
View tool here.