Wisconsin Cancer Reporting System Statistics and Publications
The Wisconsin Cancer Reporting System provides cancer incidence and mortality data directly to the following online platforms the public can explore for free.
WISH Cancer Modules
Create cancer incidence, mortality, and stage of diagnosis queries on the Wisconsin Interactive Statistics on Health (WISH) cancer modules.
Wisconsin EPHT Program
Wisconsin Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) hosts counts and age-adjusted incidence rates on more than a dozen types of cancer.
County Cancer Profiles
Explore county cancer incidence and mortality alongside other measures of health using the Wisconsin Cancer Collaborative's Profiles.
Cancer Rates
Explore and visualize cancer incidence and mortality data by geography, cancer sites, sex, and race/ethnicity .
Publications
Childhood Cancers in Wisconsin: Data Brief (PDF), Wisconsin Cancer Collaborative
- Wisconsin Cancer Relative Survival Ratios, 2011-2017 (PDF), Wisconsin Cancer Collaborative
- Breast Cancer Disparities Between Black and White Women in Wisconsin (PDF), Wisconsin Cancer Collaborative
- Association of Census-Tract Poverty Level and Early Stage Cancer Diagnosis in Wisconsin, 2012-2016, P-02537 (PDF) December 2019
- Trends in Thyroid Cancer in Wisconsin and the U.S., 1995-2016, P-02543 (PDF) December 2019
- Increasing Rates of Uterine Cancer in Wisconsin, P-02387 (PDF) March 2019
- Wisconsin Northwestern Counties with Apparent Low Cancer Incidence Rates Due to Underreporting of Cancer Cases Treated at Minnesota Facilities, P-00243 (PDF) revised March 2019
- Changing Incidence in Lung Cancer Among Women in Wisconsin: Emerging Trends from the WCRS, P-02329 (PDF) January 2019
- Death Rates for Lung Cancer by Urbanization of County of Residence, United States and Wisconsin, 2006-2016, P-02330 (PDF) January 2019
- Leading Causes of Death by Race and Ethnicity in Wisconsin, 2011-2015, P-02252 (PDF) September 2018
- Contract Health Service Delivery Area (CHSDA) American Indian/Alaskan Native Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Wisconsin, 1995-2016/2017:
- CHSDA Key Points, P-02110 (PDF) August 2019
- CHSDA Technical Notes, P-02110 (PDF) August 2019)
- CHSDA Incidence Tables, P-02110 (Excel) August 2019
- CHSDA Mortality Tables, P-02110 (Excel) August 2019
- Cervical Cancer in Wisconsin, P-00379 (PDF) updated January 2018
- Racial and Ethnic Cancer Disparities Fact Sheet, P-01794 (PDF) May 2017
- Wisconsin Cancer Survival, P-01585 (PDF) September 2016
- 2016 Wisconsin Facts and Figures, P-01573, August 2016
- Understanding the Changing Trajectories of Cancer and Heart Disease Mortality in Wisconsin, P-01058 (PDF) July 2015
Journal publications
- Foote M, Strickland R, Lucas-Pipkorn S, Williamson A, Lamers L. The High Burden of Cancer Among American Indians/Alaska Natives in Wisconsin. Wisconsin Medical Journal, February, 2016;115(1);11-16.
- Foote M. How the WCRS Data Quality Taskforce Started a Cancer Information Management Education Program in Wisconsin. Journal of Registry Management, June 2015.
- Foote M. Comprehensive Cancer Control Surveillance Brief: Trends in Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates in Wisconsin, 1995-2010, December 2014.
- Jones N, Williamson, A, Foote M, et al. Cancer Health Disparities Persist Among African Americans in Wisconsin, Wisconsin Medical Journal 2010; 109(5); 267-273.
- Walsh MC, Trentham-Dietz A, Schroepfer TA, Reding DJ, Campbell B, Foote ML, Kaufman S, Barrett M, Remington PL, Cleary JF. Cancer information sources used by patients to inform and influence treatment decisions. Journal of Health Communication. 2010 Jun;15 (4):445-63.
United States and North American statistics and publications
The Wisconsin Cancer Reporting System provides data that support the following United States and North American statistics and publications:
- United States Cancer Statistics Data Visualizations Tool
- National Cancer Institute GIS Portal for Cancer Research
- National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network Data Explorer Tool
- CDC Wonder United States Cancer Statistics
- North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) Annual Cancer in North America (CiNA) Report provides the most current cancer incidence and mortality statistics for the United States and Canada. It also serves as the foundation for the following publications:
- Annual Cancer Facts & Figures, American Cancer Society’s (ACS)
- Annual Report to the Nation, ACS, CDC, NACCR, and the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
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