Achievement of the Criteria* State and SEER Metropolitan Area Cancer Registries, 1999–2008

• 2008: All registries met the publication criteria.
• 2007: All registries met the publication criteria.
• 2006: All registries met the publication criteria.
• 2005: All registries met the publication criteria.
• 2004: All registries met the publication criteria.
• 2003: All registries met the publication criteria.
• 2002: All registries met the publication criteria except the District of Columbia, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
• 2001: All registries met the publication criteria except Tennessee and Virginia. The Mississippi registry did not submit data.
• 2000: All registries met the publication criteria except Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The Mississippi and South Dakota registries did not submit data.
• 1999: All registries met the publication criteria except Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The Mississippi and South Dakota registries did not submit data.

CDC = Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NCI = National Cancer Institute
NPCR = National Program of Cancer Registries
SEER = Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results
USCS = United States Cancer Statistics

*Publication criteria were assessed based on data submitted to CDC-NPCR and NCI-SEER in November 2010. Criteria must be met for all diagnosis years for the combined 2004–2008 data.

Publication criteria for the California, Kentucky, and New Jersey registries were assessed based on data submitted to CDC-NPCR in November 2009.

‡Greater Bay includes San Francisco-Oakland and San Jose-Monterey Registries.