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Table 6.28

Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (Invasive)

United States Cancer Prevalence Estimates

Estimated United States Cancer Prevalence Counts a on January 1, 2015
By Race/Ethnicity, Sex and Years Since Diagnosis

Race/Ethnicity Sex Years Since Diagnosis Completeh
0 to <5 5 to <10 10 to <15 15 to <20 20 to <25 25 to <30 0 to <23e 0 to <40e >=40g
All Races b Both Sexes 447,553 319,613 230,266 144,957 84,440 50,527 1,226,830 1,317,472 14,613 1,332,085
Males 230,709 159,813 116,063 71,042 40,942 22,968 618,570 656,924 4,967 661,891
Females 216,844 159,800 114,203 73,915 43,498 27,559 608,260 660,548 9,646 670,194
White b Both Sexes 363,785 265,104 195,662 124,291 72,877 43,954 1,021,720 1,101,263 12,801 1,114,064
Males 187,930 134,335 100,036 61,410 35,750 20,338 519,463 553,592 4,393 557,985
Females 175,855 130,769 95,626 62,881 37,127 23,616 502,257 547,671 8,408 556,079
Black b Both Sexes 53,105 35,166 22,389 13,660 7,621 4,579 131,941 139,509 1,103 140,612
Males 26,310 15,480 9,844 6,043 3,272 1,642 60,949 63,465 360 63,825
Females 26,795 19,686 12,545 7,617 4,349 2,937 70,992 76,044 743 76,787
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 21,099 13,834 8,888 + + + 51,045 + + +
Males 11,200 7,073 4,344 + + + 26,176 + + +
Females 9,899 6,761 4,544 + + + 24,869 + + +
Hispanic d Both Sexes 36,634 22,641 12,824 + + + 82,068 + + +
Males 19,270 12,122 6,694 + + + 43,225 + + +
Females 17,364 10,519 6,130 + + + 38,843 + + +

Estimated prevalence percent a on January 1, 2015, of the SEERc population diagnosed in the previous 23 years
By Age at Prevalence, Race/Ethnicity and Sex

Race/Ethnicity Sex Age Specific (Crude) Age-Adjustedf
All Ages 0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80+ All Ages
All Races c Both Sexes 0.3463% - 0.0011% 0.0059% 0.0306% 0.1175% 0.3876% 0.8224% 1.6560% 2.8348% 0.3182%
Males 0.3544% - 0.0009% 0.0054% 0.0309% 0.1219% 0.4212% 0.9449% 1.9405% 3.2643% 0.3641%
Females 0.3384% - 0.0014% 0.0064% 0.0303% 0.1132% 0.3553% 0.7116% 1.4222% 2.5741% 0.2823%
White c Both Sexes 0.3631% - 0.0013% 0.0064% 0.0325% 0.1176% 0.3741% 0.7855% 1.6522% 2.9066% 0.3164%
Males 0.3709% - 0.0010% 0.0057% 0.0325% 0.1207% 0.4052% 0.9065% 1.9374% 3.3212% 0.3612%
Females 0.3552% - 0.0017% 0.0072% 0.0325% 0.1143% 0.3433% 0.6721% 1.4114% 2.6510% 0.2804%
Black c Both Sexes 0.2944% - - 0.0033% 0.0272% 0.1221% 0.4416% 1.0341% 1.8656% 2.7366% 0.3506%
Males 0.2858% - - 0.0032% 0.0293% 0.1230% 0.4572% 1.1520% 2.0796% 3.3274% 0.3948%
Females 0.3022% - - 0.0034% 0.0253% 0.1213% 0.4278% 0.9416% 1.7162% 2.4419% 0.3224%
Asian/
Pacific
Islander c		 Both Sexes 0.3071% - - 0.0042% 0.0222% 0.1076% 0.3846% 0.8274% 1.4876% 2.4516% 0.2924%
Males 0.3244% - - 0.0041% 0.0222% 0.1179% 0.4442% 0.9672% 1.8015% 2.8634% 0.3442%
Females 0.2912% - - 0.0044% 0.0222% 0.0985% 0.3332% 0.7135% 1.2419% 2.1974% 0.2530%
Hispanic d Both Sexes 0.1527% - 0.0007% 0.0038% 0.0239% 0.0842% 0.3041% 0.6918% 1.3015% 2.0040% 0.2466%
Males 0.1587% - - 0.0034% 0.0247% 0.0863% 0.3270% 0.8089% 1.6429% 2.5025% 0.2965%
Females 0.1466% - 0.0010% 0.0043% 0.0229% 0.0820% 0.2819% 0.5898% 1.0450% 1.7023% 0.2098%

Footnotes:

a US 2015 cancer prevalence counts are based on 2015 cancer prevalence proportions from the SEER registries and 1/1/2015 US population estimates based on the average of 2014 and 2015 population estimates from the US Bureau of the Census. Prevalence was calculated using the first invasive tumor for each cancer site diagnosed during the previous 40/23 years.

b Statistics based on SEER 9 Areas.

c Statistics based on SEER 13 Areas excluding the Alaska Native Registry

d Statistics based on NHIA for Hispanic for SEER 13 Areas excluding the Alaska Native Registry.

e Maximum limited-duration prevalence: 40 years for 1975-2015 SEER 9 data; 23 years for 1992-2015 SEER 13 data (excluding the Alaska Navtive Registry) used to calculate prevalence for Hispanics and Asian Pacific Islanders.

f Percentages are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Standard Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130) by 5-year age groups.

g Cases diagnosed more than 40 years ago were estimated using the completeness index method (Capocaccia et. al. 1997, Merrill et. al. 2000).

h Complete prevalence is obtained by summing 0 to <40 and >=40.

i Age-specific completeness index was approximated using empirical data from historical Connecticut tumor registry.

- Statistic not shown. Statistic based on fewer than 5 cases estimated alive in SEER for the time interval.

+ Not available.

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