Table 2.
Selected Cancer Atlases published from 1995 onwards
| Region | Time period | Outcome | Statistic mapped | Smoothing method | N regionsa | N cancers mappedb | Presentation methodc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada [63] | 1986-1990 | Incidence | CIF | None | 290 | 17 (M, F or P) | Ecumene |
| Europe [64] | ~1981-1990 | Incidence Mortality | DSR | Floating average of neighbouring rates for non-cities | Not stated | 31 (M, F) | Isopleth |
| India [65] | 2001-2002 | Incidence | DSR | None | 593 | 1 (M, F) | Areal |
| Limburg [66] (Belgium) | 1996-1998 | Incidence | SIR | Poisson-Gamma and CAR Bayesian models | 44 | 5 (M, F) | Areal |
| Netherlands [67] | 1989-2003 | Incidence | DSR | Floating average of neighbouring rates for non-cities | 458 | 11 (M, F) | Isopleth |
| New York [68] (USA) | Not stated | Incidence | DSR | None | 62 | 12 (M, F) | Areal |
| New South Wales [46] (Australia) | 1998-2002 | Incidence Mortality | SIR, SMR | CAR Bayesian model | 192 | 22 - inc (M, F) 12-mort (M, F) | Areal |
| Pennsylvania [69] (USA) | 1994-2002 | Incidence | DSR | None | 67 | 2 (M, F, P) | Areal |
| Queensland [20] (Australia) | 1998-2007 | Incidence Survival | SIR, RER | Bayesian hierarchical models: BYM and relative survival | 478 | 19 (M, F) | Areal |
| South Australia [70] (Australia) | 1991-2000 | Incidence Mortality | DSR | None | 117 | 11 (P) | Ecumene |
| Spain [71] | 1987-1995 | Mortality | SIR | Non-parametric empirical Bayes estimation method | 2218 | 4 (M, F) out of 14 maps | Areal |
| Sweden [72] | 1971-1989 | Incidence | DSR, CIF | None | 286 | 37 (M, F) | Areal |
| UK [73] | 2003-2005 | Incidence Survival Mortality | DSR, RS | None | 350 | 17 (M, F, P) | Areal |
| UK/Ireland [74] | 1991-2000 | Incidence Mortality | CIF or CMF | None | 127 | 21 (M, F) | Areal |
| USA [75] | 1950-1994 | Mortality | DSR, CIF | None | 3055 | 41 (M, F) | Areal |
a. When multiple areas are available, as for some of the online Atlases, the number of regions is the number at the most detailed level.
b. M = males, F = females and P = persons.
c. Ecumene means only populated areas were coloured, Areal indicates that each individual region was coloured, and Isopleth means a continuous gradient was used.
BYM = Besag, York and Mollié
CAR = Conditional AutoRegressive
CIF/CMF = Comparative Incidence/Mortality Figure, and is the ratio of the DSR of the area to the DSR of the entire region or country
DSR = Directly age Standardised Rates
RER = Relative Excess Risk of death
RS = Relative Survival
SIR/SMR = indirectly Standardised Incidence/Mortality Ratio