Documentation for the ASCII Text Data Files
Registration is not required to download the documentation.
- TextData.Readme.txt- a list and description of the ASCII text data files.
- SEER Research Data Record Description (PDF) - data dictionary for 1973-2009 SEER incidence data files
- Data Dictionary for the Population Data Files - variable locations, file formats, and codes
- Population Estimates Used in SEER*Stat - methodologic discussion
- SEER Extent of Disease 1988 (PDF) - codes and coding instructions
- SEER Site Recode ICD-O-3
- International Classification of Childhood Cancer (ICCC)
- Primary Sites for which SEER Requires Laterality Information (PDF)
- County Codes (PDF)
- SEER Geo-Codes for Coding Place of Birth (PDF)
- Site-Specific Surgery Codes:
- Two-Digit (1983-1997) (PDF)
- 1998-2002 (PDF)
- 2003+ - See Appendix C on the Historical Staging and Coding Manuals
- Race and Ethnicity Variable Changes
- Localized/Regional/Distant Stage Adjustment (SEER Historic and Summary stage variables)
- SEER Metadata - contains
documentation meeting Federal
Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) standards
.
Please send questions or comments to: seerweb@imsweb.com
