National Healthcare Quality Report 2004

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Table 1.7: Rate of colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 men and women age 50 and over diagnosed at advanced stage (tumors diagnosed at regional or distant stage), United States, 2000 and 2001

	2001		2000
Population group	Rate^b	Standard error	Rate^b	Standard error
Total	91.9	1.0	95.6	1.0
Age^a
50 and over	88.8	0.9	93.1	1.0
50-64	42.4	0.9	43.4	0.9
65 and over	150.7	1.9	157.1	1.9
Race
White	90.3	1.1	94.3	1.1
Black	110.2	3.8	119.3	4.0
American Indian/Alaska Native	58.3	8.2	54.8	9.1
Asian or Pacific Islander	87.8	3.0	87.0	3.1
Ethnicity
Hispanic	71.2	2.9	74.0	3.1
Non-Hispanic	91.6	1.1	96.5	1.2
White, non-Hispanic	91.3	1.2	96.3	1.3
Gender
Male	106.0	1.6	111.1	1.7
Female	80.6	1.2	84.0	1.2
Residence location
MSA	91.3	1.0	96.2	1.1
Non-MSA	94.6	2.9	90.7	2.8

^a Not age adjusted.

^b Data are from the SEER 12 registries, except the Ethnicity category (which excludes the Alaska Native, Detroit and Hawaii registries). All rates except as noted are per 100,000 men and women age 50 and over, and are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard million population by 5-year age groups.

Source: National Cancer Institute, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program.

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