GCO - Cancer Today - 2018 estimates
Cancer Today is a tool to visualise estimates of incidence, mortality and prevalence for 36 cancer sites in 185 countries/territories of the world in 2018, by sex and age group and is a part of the GLOBOCAN project.
The options for choosing burden indicators, standardization method, sex, cancer sites, age groups, geographical areas, etc. depends on the chosen type of visualisation. To show data it is possible to use 11 different type of data presentation - table, bar chart, dual bars, scatter plot, map, globe, pie chart, tree map, sunburst diagram, circle packing in bubbles. In the Explore tab we can see which type of visualisation is more appropriate for the type of data or comparison we want to show, and in the Data & Methods section there is an explanation of the different burden indicators and lists of cancer sites and populations. There are also fact sheets on cancer and populations.
Usage examples
- Map for age-standardized estimated incidence rates worldwide in 2018 – all cancers, both sexes, all ages, using world standard population
- Scatterplot for comparison of mortality and incidence estimates for breast cancer in 2018 (World) – all ages, using world standard population for age-standardization
- Bar chart of incidence estimates and 5-year prevalence for 10 most common cancer sites (Europe) – both sexes, all ages
Visualisations can be exported to PNG, PDF, PPTX and SVG, and data to text formats JSON and CSV.