SEER*Stat Software

The SEER*Stat statistical software provides a convenient, intuitive mechanism for the analysis of SEER and other cancer-related databases. It is a powerful PC tool to view individual cancer records and to produce statistics for studying the impact of cancer on a population. SEER*Stat software is distributed with the SEER Research Data and you must have access to the data before using the software.

 

Source: Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)
Time frame: (as of June, 2010) Latest Release: Version 6.6.2 - April 13, 2010
Available at: http://seer.cancer.gov/seerstat/index.html

Statistics Calculated by SEER*Stat:

• Frequencies & Rates
• Frequencies & distributions
• Crude rates (non-adjusted)
• Trends (percent change, annual percent change)
• Age-adjusted rates
• Incidence-based mortality rates
• Rate ratios for significance testing
• Survival Statistics (See Overview of Cancer Survival Statistics for definitions)
• Observed survival
• Relative survival
• Cause-specific survival
• Conditional survival
• Actuarial and Kaplan-Meier methods
• Period Method
• Limited-duration Prevalence
• Multiple Primary Standardized Incidence Ratios
• Case Listings
• View data values for individual records
• Specify variables and define the cohort of records

The following datasets can be analyzed with the SEER*Stat software and are used to calculate cancer statistics:

• SEER Incidence Data - cancer incidence and survival data from the SEER cancer registries that is distributed with the SEER*Stat software.
• US Mortality Data - data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) that can be analyzed in SEER*Stat.
• US Population Data - data used in SEER*Stat to calculate incidence and mortality rates.
• Standard Populations for Age-adjusting - files distributed with SEER*Stat to create age-adjusted statistics.
• County Attributes - variables inked to SEER Incidence, US Mortality, and US Population data.