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Table 6.24

Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (Invasive)

Age-adjusted SEER Death Ratesa, 2008-2012, By Registry, Race and Sex
Registry All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
California 14.22 16.77 12.19 14.19 16.80 12.09 21.60 25.11 19.06
Greater Bay Area 13.44 15.56 11.77 13.54 15.81 11.68 20.82 23.73 18.99
San Francisco-Oakland 14.06 16.36 12.25 14.08 16.71 11.96 21.11 24.17 19.15
San Jose-Monterey 12.21 14.00 10.77 12.53 14.22 11.14 18.74 21.70 17.13
Los Angeles 14.62 17.61 12.35 14.18 17.11 11.90 22.74 26.97 19.77
Greater California 14.30 16.82 12.26 14.38 16.97 12.27 20.85 23.95 18.35
Connecticut 12.68 14.79 11.05 12.60 14.74 10.93 14.95 18.02 12.82
Detroit 16.61 19.85 14.34 15.31 18.15 13.26 22.24 28.49 18.27
Georgia 15.76 19.49 13.10 14.38 17.85 11.79 20.91 26.86 17.44
Atlanta 14.99 18.89 12.38 12.79 16.10 10.44 20.32 26.88 16.72
Rural Georgia 19.25 27.39 13.67 15.79 21.79 11.44 25.60 40.55 16.80
Greater Georgia 16.04 19.56 13.45 14.94 18.36 12.32 21.16 26.32 18.05
Hawaii 13.40 16.77 10.68 13.06 15.14 11.00 - - -
Iowa 16.71 19.78 14.35 16.64 19.71 14.26 24.98 25.74 25.21
Kentucky 18.10 21.77 15.17 17.86 21.57 14.93 23.35 25.91 20.53
Louisiana 18.46 22.69 15.14 16.65 20.34 13.65 24.26 31.17 19.42
New Jersey 16.26 19.58 13.79 16.03 19.27 13.57 21.82 28.21 17.79
New Mexico 14.82 18.01 12.16 14.82 18.07 12.11 21.56 17.84 24.65
Seattle-Puget Sound 13.56 15.80 11.75 13.59 15.74 11.82 17.12 20.91 14.20
Utah 11.62 13.19 10.22 11.50 13.02 10.13 - - -
9 SEER Areasb 14.44 17.09 12.37 14.09 16.63 12.07 20.34 25.20 17.22
11 SEER Areasb 14.35 17.02 12.28 14.02 16.59 11.99 20.94 25.57 17.89
13 SEER Areasb 14.38 17.07 12.30 14.01 16.57 11.98 20.98 25.77 17.83
18 SEER Areasb 15.13 18.03 12.87 14.79 17.60 12.55 21.65 26.74 18.22
Total U.S. 15.50 18.59 13.07 15.05 18.03 12.66 21.41 26.92 17.77

Footnotes:

a US Mortality Files, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Std Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130).

b The SEER 9 areas are San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah and Atlanta.
The SEER 11 areas comprise the SEER 9 areas plus San Jose-Monterey and Los Angeles.
The SEER 13 areas comprise the SEER 11 areas plus the Alaska Native Registry and Rural Georgia.
The SEER 18 areas comprise the SEER 13 areas plus California excluding SF/SJM/LA, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey and Georgia excluding ATL/RG.

- Statistic not shown. Rate based on less than 16 cases for the time interval.

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