Breast Cancer Advice Center

How to find cancer rates?

Does anyone know how you would go about finding out if the cancer rates in your area are abnormally high? Where would I go? What if I don't want to know if just ONE certain type is high where I live, but look at all different types and different age groups? It seems like where I live, people everywhere are finding out they have cancer here and there. My own mother passed away due to metastatic breast cancer 2 years ago, and my best friend has now lost both her mother and father to cancer. i think it is weird....is cancer really this bad everywhere anymore...or just where I live? Just looking for #'s I guess...wondering if anyone even studies these things, or cares if certain towns seem to be "hot spots"?

Public Comments

1. You can check the
   1. world health organization
   1. the CDC (center for disease)
   1. I dont know what state you are in, but sometimes there is a state website that has a public health division with current statistics, although they are usally AIDs stuff like that.
   
   Unfortunately, statistics are not always accurate, because NOT everyone reports cancer cases and not everyone can get to a doctor to get diagnosed.
   
   If you need more help let me know, I studied public health for a year
   
   I also found this site:
   http://www.imaginis.com/breasthealth/sta...
2. The National Cancer Institute has a cancer mortality and mapping site that you can check for some information:
   
   http://www3.cancer.gov/atlasplus/index.h...
   
   http://healthyamericans.org/reports/file...
   
   If you have a specific location, check with your state government Cancer Registry. The information for the state may be online.
   
   http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=can...
   
   http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/npcr/