Below are links to external websites which have been compiled and evaluated by BC Cancer Agency librarians according to our established Inclusion/Removal Policy. For statistics from the BC Cancer Agency website see BC Cancer Statistics.

For information in other languages see Websites in Other Languages.

Good places to start

International statistics

• CancerMondial (International Agency for Research on Cancer)
• Global Cancer Facts & Figures 2nd edition (American Cancer Society) 
• International Association of Cancer Registries 
• WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) (World Health Organization)

North American statistics

• CINA+ Online Cancer in North America (North American Association of Central Cancer Registries)
• North American Association of Central Cancer Registries   

Canadian statistics

• Canadian Cancer Statistics (Canadian Cancer Society)
• Canadian Institute for Health Information 
• Canadian Statistics (Statistics Canada)
• Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. Canada
• Cancer Prevalence in the Canadian Population (Statistics Canada)
• Chronic Disease Infobase Cancer Data Views (Public Health Agency of Canada)
• Health Reports: Cancer (Statistics Canada)
• Report Card on Cancer in Canada (Cancer Advocacy Coalition of Canada)
• Statistics Canada

British Columbia statistics

• BC Cancer Statistics (BC Cancer Agency)
• BC Stats
• Statistics and Reports (BC Vital Statistics Agency)         

United States statistics

• Cancer Facts & Figures (American Cancer Society)
• Cancer Statistics (US National Cancer Institute)
• DevCan-Probability of Developing or Dying of Cancer (US National Cancer Institute)
• Faststats A to Z (US National Center for Health Statistics)
• Finding Cancer Statistics (US National Cancer Institute)
• Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) (US National Cancer Institute)
• National Cancer Data Base (Commission on Cancer and American Cancer Society)
• National Center for Health Statistics (US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) 
• Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) (US National Cancer Institute)
• Surveillance Research (US National Cancer Institute)