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 - IARC
• Global Cancer Facts & Figures 2007: American Cancer Society - ACS
• International Association of Cancer Registries - IACR 
• WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS): World Health Organization

North American statistics

• CINA+ Online Cancer in North America: North American Association of Central Cancer Registries - NAACR
• North American Association of Central Cancer Registries - NAACR   

Canadian statistics

• Canadian Cancer Statistics: National Cancer Institute of Canada/Canadian Cancer Society/Health Canada 
• Canadian Institute for Health Information - CIHI 
• Canadian Statistics: Statistics Canada
• Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. Canada
• Cancer Surveillance On-line: Health Canada. Laboratory Centre for Disease Control
• Report Card on Cancer in Canada: Cancer Advocacy Coalition of Canada
• Statistics Canada

British Columbia statistics

• BC Cancer Statistics
• BC Stats
• BC Vital Statistics Agency         

United States statistics

• American Cancer Society - ACS
• Cancer Statistics: National Cancer Institute - NCI
• DevCan-Probability of Developing or Dying of Cancer: National Cancer Institute - NCI 
• Faststats A to Z: National Center for Health Statistics - NCHS
• Finding Cancer Statistics: National Cancer Institute - NCI
• Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS): National Cancer Institute - NCI 
• National Center for Health Statistics: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC    
• Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER): National Cancer Institute - NCI
• Surveillance Research: National Cancer Institute - NCI