Where can I find cancer rates for the Greater Bay Area and the counties it includes?
The Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry (GBACR) produces annual reports on cancer incidence and mortality rates. The reports are usually published in the spring of each year, and are available by request or can be found on our website under the link, Cancer Data and Statistics for the General Public. To obtain a hard copy of the report, please contact Kari Fish at kari.fish@CPIC.org or by calling 510-608-5036. The estimated numbers of new cancer cases and deaths for the current year in California and in each county are provided in the document, California Cancer Facts and Figures, published each year by the American Cancer Society and the California Cancer Registry. This publication is available by request to ACS (1-800-ACS-2345), and is also available on our website under Other Registry Reports and Publications. The GBACR does not annually produce cancer rates for cities because population data are not available in the age group, gender, and race/ethnicity categories required to calculat
