Table 2.

Colorectal cancer mortality in European countries in 2006

Parameter	Mortality
Countries with the highest mortality	> 40/100 000 men (ASR-E): Hungary (54.4), Czech Republic (51), Slovakia (43.3), Croatia (40.7)
Countries with the highest mortality	> 20/100 000 women (ASR-E): Hungary (26.7), Slovakia (24.4), Czech Republic (24.1), Denmark (24.1), Norway (21.4)
Countries with the lowest mortality	< 20/100 000 men (ASR-E): Albania (7.3), Greece (15.5), Finland (17.9), Switzerland (19.1), Cyprus (19.3), Bosnia Herzegovina (19.5)
Countries with the lowest mortality	< 12/100 000 women (ASR-E): Albania (9.9), Greece (10.8), Finland (11.3), Switzerland (11.6)

Adapted from: Ferlay J, Autier P, Boniol M, Heanue M, Colombet M, Boyle P. Estimates of the cancer incidence and mortality in Europe in 2006. Ann Oncol 2007; 18: 581-592.