Table 1. New cases and age-standardized incidence rates (ASR) by age and sex for the diagnosis colon cancer or rectal cancer in Germany (Bremen, Hamburg, Münster, Rhineland–Palatinate, Saarland, and Schleswig–Holstein) from 1999 to 2018.

Age group (years)	Colon (C18)				Rectum (C19–C20)
	Males		Females		Males		Females
	N (%)	ASR	N (%)	ASR	N (%)	ASR	N (%)	ASR
20–29	158 (0.26)	1.01	217 (0.36)	1.43	70 (0.18)	0.45	57 (0.22)	0.37
30–39	589 (0.97)	3.23	578 (0.95)	3.29	369 (0.96)	2.02	309 (1.17)	1.75
40–49	2089 (3.46)	10.40	1938 (3.19)	9.86	1781 (4.65)	8.86	1374 (5.19)	6.98
≥ 50	57 591 (95.31)	102.18	58 101 (95.51)	74.15	36 053 (94.20)	68.73	24 720 (93.42)	35.59
Total	60 427 (100.0)		60 834 (100.0)		38 273 (100.0)		26 460 (100.0)

ASR. Age-standardized incidence rates per 100 000 persons