Cancer Prevalence Statistics
Prevalence is defined as the number or percent of people alive on a certain date in a population who previously had a diagnosis of the disease. It includes new (incidence) and pre-existing cases and is a function of both past incidence and survival. Information on prevalence can be used for health planning, resource allocation, and as an estimate of cancer survivorship. Overview of Cancer Prevalence contains a description of the methodology and the types of prevalence statistics.
Interactive Tools for Accessing Precalculated Prevalence Statistics
SEER*Explorer is an interactive website that provides easy access to a wide range of SEER cancer statistics. It provides detailed statistics for a cancer site by sex, race, calendar year, age, and for a selected number of cancer sites, by stage and histology.
Cancer Query Systems: Cancer Prevalence Database is a Web-based program that allows you to select statistics by defining a variety of parameters.
The Cancer Prevalence & Cost of Care Projections website provides projections of cancer prevalence and costs of cancer care through the year 2020.