The number of new cases of cancer diagnosed in the selected time period.
Age-adjustment is a statistical method that allows comparisons of incidence rates to be made between populations with different age distributions. This is important since the incidence of most cancers increases with age. An age-adjusted cancer incidence (or death) rate is defined as the number of new cancers (or deaths) per 100,000 population that would occur in a certain period of time if that population had a 'standard' age distribution. In the California Health Maps, incidence rates are age-adjusted using the
U.S. 2000 Standard Population.
A statistical measure of the precision of the observed incidence rate. The lower confidence interval (LCI) and upper confidence interval (UCI) provide a range within which the true rate is thought to be with 95% confidence. Rates based on larger numbers are subject to less variation.
Percent of residents who did not have health insurance.
Source: American Community Survey, 2008-2012.
Distribution of residents' race/ethnicity (e.g., % Hispanic, % non-Hispanic White, % non-Hispanic Black, % non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander).
Source: US Census, 2010.
Distribution of residents' race/ethnicity (e.g., % Hispanic, % non-Hispanic White, % non-Hispanic Black, % non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander).
Source: US Census, 2010.
Distribution of residents' race/ethnicity (e.g., % Hispanic, % non-Hispanic White, % non-Hispanic Black, % non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander).
Source: US Census, 2010.
Distribution of residents' race/ethnicity (e.g., % Hispanic, % non-Hispanic White, % non-Hispanic Black, % non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander).
Source: US Census, 2010.
Percent of residents who were born outside the United States.
Source: American Community Survey, 2008-2012.
Percent of residents who reside in blocks that are designated as rural.
Source: Census 2010.
A composite measure of seven indicator variables created by principal component analysis; indicators include: education, blue collar job, unemployment, household income, poverty, rent, and house value. Quintiles based on state distribution, with quintile 1 being the lowest SES and 5 being the highest.
Source: American Community Survey, 2008-2012.
Race/ethnicity is categorized as: All races/ethnicities, Non-Hispanic (NH) White, NH Black, Asian/Pacific Islander, or Hispanic. "All races" includes all of the above, as well as other and unknown race/ethnicity and American Indian/Alaska Native. The latter two groups are not reported separately due to small numbers for many cancer sites.
California Cancer Registry defines this field as the sex or gender of the cancer patient, and codes available are male, female, intersex, transsexual, and transgender (natal male, natal female, or not specified). However, categories beyond male and female are not consistently coded by medical reporting facilities, and population estimates for gender categories beyond male and female are not available. Thus, cancer incidence data are reported for only male and female sex at this time.
All incidence rates are for invasive cancers except for urinary bladder which include both in situ and invasive cancer cases.
Percent of adults aged 50–75 years who have received a fecal occult blood test (FOBT) within the past year, a sigmoidoscopy within the past 5 years and a FOBT within the past 3 years, or a colonoscopy within the past 10 years.
Source: 500 Cities/Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2018.
Percent of women aged 50-74 years who have received a mammogram in the past 2 years.
Source: 500 Cities/Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2018.
Percent of men or women 65 years and older who have received all of the following: an influenza vaccination in the past year; a pneumococcal vaccination ever; either a fecal occult blood test (FOBT) within the past year, a sigmoidoscopy within the past 5 years and a FOBT within the past 3 years, or a colonoscopy within the previous 10 years.
Source: 500 Cities/Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2018.
Percent of residents age 65 years and older.
Source: Census 2010.
Percent of men or women 65 years and older who have received all of the following: an influenza vaccination in the past year; a pneumococcal vaccination ever; either a fecal occult blood test (FOBT) within the past year, a sigmoidoscopy within the past 5 years and a FOBT within the past 3 years, or a colonoscopy within the previous 10 years, and a mammogram in the past 2 years.
Source: 500 Cities/Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2018.
Percent of adults who report having been to a doctor for a routine checkup (e.g., a general physical exam, not an exam for a specific injury, illness, condition) in the previous year.
Source: 500 Cities/Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2018.
Percent of women aged 21–65 years who have not received a hysterectomy and have received a Papanicolaou (Pap) smear within the previous 3 years.
Source: 500 Cities/Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2018.
Delayed Care: Percent of adults who delayed or did not get medicine/medical services in the past year.
Source: California Health Interview Survey, 2015-2016.
Percent of adults who are current smokers.
Source: California Health Interview Survey, 2015-2016; 500 Cities/Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2018.
Percent of adults in low-income households (<200% of the Federal Poverty Line) that are hungry or at risk of hunger.
Source: California Health Interview Survey, 2015-2016.
Percent of adults that walked at least 150 minutes in the past week for either leisure or transportation.
Source: California Health Interview Survey, 2015-2016.
Percent of adults with a body mass index (kilograms/square meter) of 30 or greater.
Source: California Health Interview Survey, 2015-2016; 500 Cities/Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2018.
Non-cancer metrics are not available by sex or race/ethnicity.
Data is suppressed for geographies with ≤90% coverage. Data for delayed care from the California Health Interview Survey may be suppressed, check
AskCHIS NE for availability.
Some data from the California Health Interview Survey may be suppressed, check
AskCHIS NE for availability.