Table 3.
Epidemiology of colorectal cancer in the Europe (96 individual cancer registries, 1998-2002)
| Parameter incidence | Sex | C18-C21 |
Individual diagnoses |
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| C18 | C19-C20 | C21 | |||
| Crude incidence (cases/100.000 inhabitants) | Men | 63.9 | 37.1 | 26.0 | 0.8 |
| Women | 53.7 | 34.8 | 17.6 | 1.3 | |
| All | 58.6 | 35.9 | 21.7 | 1.1 | |
| ASR-E | Men | 58.0 | 33.5 | 23.7 | 0.8 |
| Women | 36.8 | 23.4 | 12.4 | 1.0 | |
| All | 45.8 | 27.6 | 17.3 | 0.9 | |
| ASR-W | Men | 38.5 | 22.0 | 15.9 | 0.5 |
| Women | 24.6 | 15.5 | 8.4 | 0.7 | |
| All | 30.6 | 18.3 | 11.7 | 0.6 | |
| Mean age (yr) | Men | 69.1 | 69.7 | 68.2 | 65.4 |
| Women | 71.3 | 71.9 | 70.4 | 67.7 | |
| All | 70.1 | 70.8 | 69.1 | 66.8 | |
| Ratio (males: females) (based on No. of cases) | 1.1:1 | 1.0:1 | 1.4:1 | 0.6:1 | |
Adapted from: Curado MP, Edwards B, Shin HR, Storm H, Ferlay J, Heanue M, Boyle P, editors. Cancer Incidence in Five Continents, Vol. IX. IARC Scientific Publications No. 160, Lyon: IARC, 2007. Available from: URL: http://www-dep.iarc.fr/ section CI5 IX. Last accessed on August 8, 2009. ASR-W: World age standardization.