A Picture of Cancer in Iowa: New GIS Smoothed Maps Gerard Rushton, Professor Emeritus Geography and Health Management and Policy The University of Iowa 2013 Iowa Cancer Summit, October 11, 2013
This website updates the former (2008): New time period: 1999 through 2010 Maps are for same five cancer sites: Breast, prostate, lung, colorectal, NHL, cervical Same three cancer burdens: incidence, late-stage rate, mortality One new kind of map: “Persistence maps”
Colorectal Cancer in Iowa: Incidence, Late-Stage Incidence, and Mortality 1999 to 2009 These maps were produced by the University of Iowa, Department of Geography Published on June 23, 2013 For more information, please visit:
These maps were produced by the University of Iowa, Department of Geography Published on June 23, 2013
Data Sources Data sources: – Iowa Health Registry for cancer incidence data – Iowa Department of Public Health for mortality data – US Census Bureau for population and geographic data. – Support for these maps was provided by the National Cancer Institute (1RC4 CA ) through the Department of Family Medicine and the Iowa Cancer Consortium
Acknowledgements This project was supported by The National Cancer Institute (1RC4 CA ) Personnel Principal Investigator: Gerry Rushton, PhD: UI -- Department of Geography Project Manager: Kevin Matthews: UI Department of GeographyKevin Matthews Senior Cartographer: Dave Haynes: UI Department of Geography Barcey Levy MD/PhD: UIHC -- Department of Family Medicine Charles Lynch MD/PhD: UI -- Department of Epidemiology Anne Gaglioti, MD: UIHC -- Department of Family Medicine Tina Devery, Iowa Cancer Consortium Programming Assistance: Michael Lash: UI Department of Computer Science