Table 1.8b
Colorectal cancer incidence rate per 100,000 for men and women age 50 and over diagnosed at advanced stage (regional and distant SEER summary stage), by State, 2002 and 2003
  2003 2002
State Ratea Standard error Ratea Standard error
Alabama 91.3 2.6 86.6 2.6
Alaska 71.6 8.4 95.1 10.5
Arizona N/A N/A 70.7 2.2
Arkansas 92.9 3.3 88.2 3.3
California 84.3 1.0 86.5 1.0
Colorado 80.8 2.8 84.6 2.9
Delaware 109.0 6.7 112.3 7.0
District of Columbia 74.0 7.0 80.7 7.2
Florida 83.6 1.2 86.3 1.2
Georgia 91.7 2.2 94.8 2.2
Idaho 84.8 4.9 79.6 4.8
Illinois 106.1 1.8 108.3 1.8
Indiana 95.2 2.4 104.8 2.5
Kansas 101.6 3.6 91.7 3.4
Kentucky 98.9 2.9 95.4 2.9
Louisiana 107.7 3.0 112.5 3.1
Maine 93.5 4.7 100.2 4.9
Maryland 95.9 2.6 N/A N/A
Massachusetts 103.2 2.3 107.8 2.4
Michigan 83.5 1.7 89.8 1.8
Minnesota 91.7 2.6 97.9 2.7
Mississippi 91.6 3.4 N/A N/A
Missouri 97.4 2.4 98.5 2.4
Montana 82.9 5.4 88.1 5.7
Nebraska 118.4 4.8 111.1 4.7
Nevada 84.1 3.9 95.4 4.2
New Hampshire 95.9 5.2 95.5 5.2
New Jersey 106.9 2.1 113.1 2.1
New York 93.9 1.3 97.6 1.3
North Carolina 84.9 1.9 85.1 2.0
North Dakota 115.4 7.6 107.4 7.3
Ohio 92.4 1.7 96.5 1.7
Oklahoma 93.7 3.0 94.0 3.1
Oregon 92.3 3.0 89.6 3.0
Pennsylvania 106.9 1.6 110.5 1.6
Rhode Island 83.1 5.1 100.8 5.5
South Carolina 92.6 2.8 97.1 2.9
South Dakota 92.4 6.2 88.3 6.2
Tennessee N/A N/A N/A N/A
Texas 79.2 1.3 86.1 1.3
Vermont 87.6 6.9 102.2 7.5
Virginia 90.0 2.2 N/A N/A
Washington 88.9 2.4 92.2 2.4
West Virginia 100.5 4.0 102.2 4.1
Wisconsin 92.9 2.4 94.1 2.4
Wyoming N/A N/A N/A N/A

a Estimates 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.

N/A - Registry did not meet the data quality criteria for all invasive cancers combined. Data quality criteria include: case ascertainment is 90% or more complete; no more than 5% of cases are ascertained solely on the basis of a death certificate; no more than 3% of cases are missing information on sex; no more than 3% of cases are missing information on age; no more than 5% percent are missing information on race; at least 97% of the registry's records passed a set of core single-field, inter-field, and inter-record computerized edits.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Program of Cancer Registries.

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