SEER*Stat was developed by the NCI for the analysis and reporting of cancer statistics, in particular, statistics regarding cancer incidence, mortality, survival, and prevalence. The SEER*Stat program uses sessions as a means to logically organize these statistics. Survival, Limited-Duration Prevalence and MP-SIR (Multiple Primary -- Standardized Incidence Ratios) sessions can only be used to calculate statistics related to those topics. Frequency and Rate sessions, however, are named for the calculations and not their application. Frequency and Rate sessions are typically used to calculate statistics related to incidence and mortality, but the calculations performed in these sessions are generic in nature and could be applied to other types of data.
Case Listing is the only type of SEER*Stat session that is not used to calculate statistics. Instead, Case Listing sessions are used to create tables showing the actual values stored in the database. They provide a mechanism for displaying individual cancer records.
The following provides an overview of the statistics calculated in each of the SEER*Stat sessions. Follow the heading links for a complete listing of all available statistics.
Counts of records
Percentages (row, column, cumulative)
Trends over time based on frequencies (percent change, annual percent change)
Crude rates (that is, not adjusted)
Age-adjusted rates
Trends over time based on rates (percent change, annual percent change)
Other statistics related to the calculation of rates
Observed survival
Net survival (relative or cause-specific)
Crude probability of death (presence of other causes of death)
Conditional survival
Limited-Duration Prevalence results:
Prevalence counts
Crude (non-adjusted) percent
Age-adjusted percent
Comparison of cancer incidence in a defined cohort of persons previously diagnosed with cancer to cancer incidence in the general population
Values stored in the database for individual records. You choose the variables displayed and select the records included in the table.