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Iowa CaRI Database Information

Last Reviewed: March 4, 2023

State Health Registry of Iowa



Registry Data

Population Data
  • 3,130,369Total Population Count
  • 1.0%% of US Population
  • 0.3%% of US Black Population
  • 0.4%% of US API Population
  • 0.2%% of US AI/AN* Population
  • 0.3%% of US Hispanic Population
  • 0.3%% of US Hispanic Non-White Population

*CHSDA Counties only

Cancer Data
  • 18,582Malignant Cases
  • 1.1%% of US Malignant Cases

SEER

1973

1973

Yes

1995-2015

2008-2014

Yes

Study Participation

Research Type Experience with Studies Interested in Studies
Case Contacts Studies Yes Yes
Geospatial Studies Yes Yes
Linkage Studies Yes Yes
Rapid Case Ascertainment Studies Yes Yes
Re-Abstracting/Patterns of Care Studies Yes Yes
Survival Studies Yes Yes

Contact Information

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Required Review(s) and Initial Contact

Both local/state IRB review and Registry review

No

Separate IRB and Registry forms

Yes

Cancer Registry

Local/State IRB Review Requirements

University of Iowa Institutional Review Board

FWA00003007

No

Online submission

Weekly

Registry Review Requirements

Registry Data Request Form URL(s)
URL Description
https://shri.public-health.uiowa.edu/contact-us/ send an email to Dr. Charlton or Dr. Bentler
https://shri.public-health.uiowa.edu/research/accessing-registry-data-for-research/ Online application

Email

As needed

Registry Data Release Policy/Procedure URL(s)
URL Description
https://shri.public-health.uiowa.edu/cancer-data/research/ Our Data Release Policy is not currently on our website. Contact the Principal Investigator or Registry Director for more information.
Registry Data Use (or Research) Agreement URL(s)
URL Description
https://shri.public-health.uiowa.edu/cancer-data/research/ Contact the Registry Director (Dr. Bentler) for more information on the DUA process.

Process

1 - 3 months

3-6 months

Yes

Yes

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The ICR may require reimbursement for staff time and other direct costs for the services performed to carry out data requests.
• Data requests, data expertise, and data linkages. Fees will be based on the size of the cohort and time spent creating the IRB application, conducting the linkage, manually reviewing matched cases, creating the dataset, and/or providing dataset or analytic expertise.
• Patient contact studies. Fees will be based on the size of the cohort, the supplies required to conduct the study protocol, and time spent creating the IRB application, identifying eligible cases, creating the dataset(s), and managing the conduct of the study protocol.

No

Data Use and Renewal Requirements

As noted in approved documents (e.g. IRB/Registry Application, DUA, Confidentiality Agreement)

Yes

Investigator Name,
Study Name,
Number of Subjects,
Date of data destruction

30 days in advance

Renewal requirements depend on the terms in the data use agreement.

Annual

60 days

Yes

Consent Requirements

Depends on Study

Registry

Depends on Study

No

Registry fees

Yes

Fees are dependent on the amount of effort/work required by the Iowa Cancer Registry. Studies or requests that require minimal effort may not have any fees.

Before researcher receives data

The ICR may require reimbursement for staff time and other direct costs for the services performed to carry out data requests.
• Data requests, data expertise, and data linkages. Fees will be based on the size of the cohort and time spent creating the IRB application, conducting the linkage, manually reviewing matched cases, creating the dataset, and/or providing dataset or analytic expertise.
• Patient contact studies. Fees will be based on the size of the cohort, the supplies required to conduct the study protocol, and time spent creating the IRB application, identifying eligible cases, creating the dataset(s), and managing the conduct of the study protocol.

IRB fees

No