A Picture of Cancer in Iowa: New GIS Smoothed Maps

Gerard Rushton, Professor Emeritus

Geography and Health Management and PolicyThe University of Iowa

2013 Iowa Cancer Summit, October 11, 2013

www.uiowa.edu/iowacancermaps2/

This website updates the former (2008):www.uiowa.edu/iowacancermaps/

• New time period: 1999 through 2010• Maps are for same five cancer sites:• Breast, prostate, lung, colorectal, NHL, cervical• Same three cancer burdens: incidence, late-stage

rate, mortality• One new kind of map: “Persistence maps”

Colorectal Cancer in Iowa:Incidence, Late-Stage Incidence, and Mortality

1999 to 2009

These maps were produced by the University of Iowa, Department of Geography

Published on June 23, 2013

For more information, please visit:http://uiowa.edu/iowacancermaps2/

These maps were produced by the University of Iowa, Department of Geography

Published on June 23, 2013

Data Sources

• Data sources: – Iowa Health Registry for cancer incidence data– Iowa Department of Public Health for mortality

data– US Census Bureau for population and geographic

data. – Support for these maps was provided by the

National Cancer Institute (1RC4 CA153493-01) through the Department of Family Medicine and the Iowa Cancer Consortium

AcknowledgementsThis project was supported by The National Cancer Institute (1RC4 CA153493-01)

PersonnelPrincipal Investigator: Gerry Rushton, PhD: UI -- Department of GeographyProject Manager: Kevin Matthews: UI Department of GeographySenior Cartographer: Dave Haynes: UI Department of Geography

Barcey Levy MD/PhD: UIHC -- Department of Family MedicineCharles Lynch MD/PhD: UI -- Department of EpidemiologyAnne Gaglioti, MD: UIHC -- Department of Family MedicineTina Devery, Iowa Cancer Consortium

Programming Assistance:Michael Lash: UI Department of Computer Science