Small-area based map animations of cancer incidence in the Nordic countries, 1971-2003

Eero Pukkala, Finnish Cancer Registry, Helsinki, Finland
Toni Patama, Finnish Cancer Registry, Helsinki, Finland
Gerda Engholm, Dept. Cancer Prevention & Documentation, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
Guðríður Helga Ólafsdóttir, Icelandic Cancer Registry, Reykjavik, Iceland
Freddie Ian Bray, Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway
Mats Talbäck, Centre for Epidemiology, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, Sweden
Kari Pasanen, National Public Health Institute, Kuopio, Finland

Funded by the Nordic Cancer Union and undertaken by the Association of Nordic Cancer Registries.

1 Visualising spatial-temporal variation of cancer incidence

The purpose of this electronic publication is to visualise spatial and temporal variations by mapping the incidence of a number of common cancer forms in the Nordic countries over a time span of 33 years. The choice of visualisation parameters is set in order that the animations can be easily visually interpreted by researchers, decision makers and the general public, alike.