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Web trawl

This month’s web trawl looks at two very different web sites, one each from the USA and the UK. What both do have in common, however, is that they may be regarded as national health information resources.

http://www.seer.cancer.gov This is the web site for SEER (surveillance, epidemiology, and end results); a programme of the National Cancer Institute in the USA. SEER has been collecting detailed statistics on cancer incidence and survival in the USA since 1973, and the result is a wealth of information available through this web site. The home page provides links to all other areas of the site. There are around 50 links listed on this page, which can be overwhelming at first view, but they are ordered by category, with subject areas including databases, statistical software, and data collection tools. A drop down menu provides access to basic statistics with regard to a large number of . . . [Full text of this article]