SEER Data, 1973-2008
(Including July-December 2005 Hurricane Katrina Impacted Louisiana Cases)
SEER Research Data was updated on October 28, 2011:
* An error was identified that affects many statistics published on the web site (View Update History).
* Scope of Regional Lymph Node Surgery information was removed for breast cancer cases.
Mortality data through 2008 are now available.
The SEER research data include SEER incidence and population data associated by age, sex, race, year of diagnosis, and geographic areas (including SEER registry and county). A signed Research Data Agreement is required to access these data. Use of these data for publication purposes should contain a citation which includes submission and release dates. See Citations for SEER Data and SEER*Stat Software for specific suggestions regarding the citation format.
Documentation for the SEER Research Data
Number of Records in the SEER Research Data
The numbers provided in the table below are for the most recent SEER research data release and the previous release. Malignant and In Situ cases are defined using the SEER Behavior Recode for Analysis.
| All Cases* | Malignant Cases | Malignant + In Situ Cases |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-2008 Data (Nov 2010 Submission) | 6,551,087 | 5,937,405 | 6,456,479 |
| 1973-2007 Data (Nov 2009 Submission) | 6,127,828 | 5,564,451 | 6,051,020 |
| Increase from 2009 to 2010 Submission | 423,259 | 372,954 | 405,459 |
| Number of 2008 cases | 407,256 | 360,289 | 391,876 |
* All Cases includes benign brain and CNS tumors.
SEER Registry Database Details
SEER 9 Registries Database
The SEER 9 registries are Atlanta, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, San Francisco-Oakland, Seattle-Puget Sound, and Utah. In this data set, cases diagnosed from 1973 through 2008 are available for all registries except Seattle-Puget Sound (1974+) and Atlanta (1975+). The database contains one record for each of 4,021,996 tumors. Cases are associated with the population data using three racial groups: White, Black, and Other. The Other race category used in the SEER 9 Registry database consists of American Indian/Alaska Native and Asian/Pacific Islander combined.
SEER 13 Registries Database
This database contains data from the SEER 9 registries (listed above), plus Los Angeles, San Jose-Monterey, Rural Georgia, and the Alaska Native Tumor Registry. In population-linked versions of these data, cases diagnosed from 1992 through 2008 are available, one record for each of 3,156,203 tumors. Cases are associated with the population data using four racial groups: White, Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Hispanic origin.
SEER 17 Registries Database
This database contains data from the SEER 13, plus Greater California, Kentucky, Louisiana, and New Jersey. Cases are associated with the population data using four racial groups: White, Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Hispanic origin. This dataset includes cases from 2000-2008, but because of the impact of Hurricane Katrina on Louisiana's population for the July - December 2005 time period, Louisiana cases diagnosed for that six-month time period have been excluded from the research database. This database contains one record for each of 3,438,274 tumors. Hurricane Katrina Impacted Louisiana Cases (cases diagnosed from July-December 2005) are provided with the data, but they are considered supplemental data. The research database plus the Louisiana July-December 2005 cases contain 3,448,794 tumor records. See Adjustments for Areas Impacted by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita for more information.
In SEER*Stat sessions that do not require population data (e.g., frequencies, survival, case listing), all public data for SEER registries are included in one database (SEER 17 Registry 1973-2008 with varying years of diagnosis per registry). This database includes 6,540,567 tumors diagnosed from 1973-2008, and 6,551,087 tumors diagnosed from 1973-2008 including the Hurricane Katrina Impacted Louisiana Cases.
See Number of SEER Participants by Race and Hispanic Ethnicity for the percentage of the U.S. population covered by each registry combination.
