County-level Cancer Rates
This interactive Iowa cancer data tool allows users to compute case counts, incidence and mortality rates for specific cancer sites by year of diagnosis, age, gender, race and county. Data can be displayed in tabular form, or depicted in maps or bar charts. The tool was developed by the Kentucky Cancer Registry and is updated annually.
Geography: County
Data Views: Maps, Downloadable Tables
View tool here.
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.