Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341-3717, USA.
Prev Chronic Dis. 2010 Jan;7(1):A23. Epub 2009 Dec 15.
Choropleth maps are commonly used in cancer reports and community discussions about cancer rates. Cancer registries increasingly use geographic information system techniques. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control convened a Map Work Group to help guide application of geographic information systems mapping techniques and to promote choropleth mapping of data from central cancer registries supported by the National Program of Cancer Registries, especially for planning and evaluation of comprehensive cancer control programs. In this 2-part series in this issue of Preventing Chronic Disease, we answer frequently asked questions about choropleth map design to display cancer incidence data. We recommend that future initiatives consider more advanced mapping, spatial analysis, and spatial statistics techniques, and include usability testing with representatives of state and local programs and other cancer prevention partners.
专题地图通常用于癌症报告和社区讨论癌症发病率。癌症登记处越来越多地使用地理信息系统技术。疾病预防控制中心癌症预防和控制司召集了一个地图工作组，以帮助指导地理信息系统制图技术的应用，并促进国家癌症登记计划支持的中央癌症登记处数据的专题地图绘制，特别是用于综合癌症控制计划的规划和评估。在本期《慢性病预防》的这两部分系列文章中，我们回答了关于显示癌症发病率数据的专题地图设计的常见问题。我们建议未来的计划考虑更先进的地图、空间分析和空间统计技术，并结合州和地方项目以及其他癌症预防合作伙伴的代表进行可用性测试。
