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ArticlePreventing chronic disease2010

Choropleth map design for cancer incidence, part 1.

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

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Article in Preventing chronic disease, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Thomas B RichardsCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, USA. TRichards@cdc.gov
Zahava Berkowitz
Cheryll C Thomas
Stephanie Lee Foster
Annette Gardner
Jessica Blythe King
Karen Ledford
Janet Royalty

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.HumansIncidenceNeoplasmsPopulation SurveillanceRegistriesUnited States

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PMID20040238
PMCPMC2811518

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