The Cancer e-Atlas

A new interactive web-based resource, called 'Cancer e-Atlas', has been developed to improve access to cancer statistics across England.  It aims to provide health care professionals, commissioners, health service managers and the public with information on incidence, mortality and survival for the common types of cancers in men and women.

Text Box: Cancer e-Atlas has been jointly developed for NCIN by: Yorkshire & Humber PHO (YHPHO) - on behalf of the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) and, Northern & Yorkshire Cancer Registry and Information Service (NYCRIS) - on behalf of the UK Association of Cancer Registries (UKACR). Text Box: Hints and tips on using the Cancer e-Atlas are shown below Text Box: Hints & Tips on How To Use Cancer e-Atlas The 'data' button allows you to choose the cancer site, gender and cancer statistic you are interested (e.g. mortality in cancer of the lung in males). The 'filter' button allows you to narrow down the data shown into smaller areas, for example by each region, cancer network or comparing health inequality 'Spearhead' areas. You can hover and click over any area on the map to highlight a particular Local Authority area e.g. Leeds. This can be repeated any number of times for separate areas. You can also click on any regional or network name in the 'Comparison Areas' to show how the local areas highlighted compare to regional and network averages. The 'double map' button feature allows you to look at two different cancer types at once or comparing incidence of a specific cancer site against its mortality rate. There is a 'help' button in Cancer e-Atlas with more details on how to use it. To help provide extra context and interpretation/background to the statistics you’ve chosen on Cancer e-Atlas, there is a link to relevant sections on the Cancer Research UK’s CancerStats website. To get to this, go to the Data button on the E-Atlas page and click on the small ‘paper’ icons (next to the arrows in the expanded drop down menus). We hope you find this information useful. We welcome your feedback.

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Using data from English cancer registries and the Office for National Statistics, cancer statistics (incidence and mortality) are shown for Local Authorities and Cancer Networks. 

Survival statistics are also shown but at Cancer Network level only.  This is because any observed variations in survival rates across Local Authority areas are more likely to be caused by the natural variations that occur when dealing with smaller numbers of patients rather than showing real differences.

 

This is the first national version of Cancer e-Atlas so we are very keen to receive your comments and indeed any suggestions for improvements. Please send an e-mail to eatlas@ncin.org.uk with your ideas and views.

View the Cancer e-Atlas statistics at Cancer Network Level (opens in new window)

View the Cancer e-Atlas statistics at Local Authority Level (opens in new window)

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