A geographic information system-based method for estimating cancer rates in non-census defined geographical areas.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To address locally relevant cancer-related health issues, health departments frequently need data beyond that contained in standard census area-based statistics. We describe a geographic information system-based method for calculating age-standardized cancer incidence rates in non-census defined geographical areas using publically available data.

Methods

Aggregated records of cancer cases diagnosed from 2009 through 2013 in each of Chicago's 77 census-defined community areas were obtained from the Illinois State Cancer Registry. Areal interpolation through dasymetric mapping of census blocks was used to redistribute populations and case counts from community areas to Chicago's 50 politically defined aldermanic wards, and ward-level age-standardized 5-year cumulative

SUBMITTER: Freeman VL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5839327 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature