1. 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

2. www.uiowa.edu/iowacancermaps2/ This website updates the former (2008): www.uiowa.edu/iowacancermaps/ 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”

3. 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: http://uiowa.edu/iowacancermaps2/

8. These maps were produced by the University of Iowa, Department of Geography Published on June 23, 2013

9. 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 CA153493-01) through the Department of Family Medicine and the Iowa Cancer Consortium

10. Acknowledgements This project was supported by The National Cancer Institute (1RC4 CA153493-01) 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