Choropleth Map Design for Cancer Incidence, Part 1

Richards, Thomas B.; Berkowitz, Zahava; Thomas, Cheryll C.; Foster, Stephanie Lee; Gardner, Annette; King, Jessica Blythe; Ledford, Karen; Royalty, Janet

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Choropleth Map Design for Cancer Incidence, Part 1

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December 15 2009
By Richards, Thomas B. ; Berkowitz, Zahava ; Thomas, Cheryll C. ; ...

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Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
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Richards, Thomas B. ; Berkowitz, Zahava ; Thomas, Cheryll C. ; Foster, Stephanie Lee ; Gardner, Annette ; King, Jessica Blythe ; Ledford, Karen ; Royalty, Janet
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Choropleth maps are commonly used in cancer reports and community discussions about cancer rates. Cancer registries increasingly use geographic information system techniques. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control convened a Map Work Group to help guide application of geographic information systems mapping techniques and to promote choropleth mapping of data from central cancer registries supported by the National Program of Cancer Registries, especially for planning and evaluation of comprehensive cancer control programs. In this 2-part series in this issue of Preventing Chronic Disease, we answer frequently asked questions about choropleth map design to display cancer incidence data. We recommend that future initiatives consider more advanced mapping, spatial analysis, and spatial statistics techniques, and include usability testing with representatives of state and local programs and other cancer prevention partners.
Subjects:

Humans Incidence Neoplasms Population Surveillance Registries Tools And Techniques
Source:

Prev Chronic Dis. 7(1)
ISSN:

1545-1151
Pubmed ID:

20040238
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PMC2811518
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Journal Article
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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United States
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North America
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7
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1
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Preventing Chronic Disease
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