Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Data

Alternate Titles(s): SEER
UID: 10108
Description
The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the authoritative source of information on cancer incidence and survival in the United States. SEER collects data on cancer incidence and population data associated by age, sex, race, year of diagnosis, and geographic area. Sub-directories break the dataset in cancer sites, including breast, colon and rectum, female genitals, male genitals, lymphoma and leukemia, respiratory, and urinary. Data is collected yearly in November and is released the following spring. Data runs from 1973 to the present. Data Documentation provides information related to reporting and using SEER data. SEER*Stat and SEER*Prep software programs are available to analyze and convert the data as needed.
Publisher
Timeframe
1973 - Present
Geographic Coverage
United States
Subject Domain
Keywords

Access

Restrictions
Free to All
Application Required
Instructions
There are three ways to obtain the research data: two require access through an Internet connection from the website, and the third is a DVD sent via US mail. A signed SEER Research Data Agreement is required in each case. Forms submitted for previous data submissions are not valid for access to the current data. The research data is available in ASCII format or in a specialty format meant to be read in SEER*Stat Software.
Access via NCI

Research data and software

Data Type
Software Used
SEER*Prep
SEER*Stat
Study Type
Observational
Dataset Format(s)
ASCII, Plain Text
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