County-level cancer incidence over time from CDC EPHT, with animated slider maps showing how geographic patterns evolve across 16 rolling 5-year windows (2001–2020).
Cancer incidence panel data from the CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHT). Nine cancer types across 16 rolling 5-year windows, covering 2,727 counties with available data.
Click any card to load the animated map. Use the year slider at the bottom of each map to explore temporal trends.
Animated slider: incidence per 100k (2001–2020)
Animated slider: incidence per 100k (2001–2020)
Animated slider: incidence per 100k (2001–2020)
Animated slider: incidence per 100k (2001–2020)
Animated slider: incidence per 100k (2001–2020)
Agricultural pesticide application trends
County-level obesity trends
Side-by-side temporal comparison
Side-by-side temporal comparison
Side-by-side temporal: kidney incidence & pesticide use
Side-by-side temporal: colorectal incidence & pesticide use
P(observed > expected) with food/nitrate covariates
The temporal maps reveal several important geographic patterns:
These temporal maps provide visual context for the long-difference analysis. The animated sliders show that kidney cancer is rising in precisely the regions where pesticide application is highest. See the causal identification results for the statistical within-county long-difference analysis.