Table 1.
Age-standardized incidence (1999-2012) and mortality (2000-2013) rates of colorectal cancer1 by sex in Korea and Japan
| Korea |
Japan |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C18-C20 |
C18-C21 |
C18-C20 |
C18-C21 |
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| Incidence rate (per 100,000)2 |
Mortality rate (per 100,000)2 |
Incidence rate (per 100,000)2 |
Mortality rate (per 100,000)2 |
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| Year | Both sexes | Male | Female | Both sexes | Male | Female | Both sexes | Male | Female | Both sexes | Male | Female |
| 1999 | 20.9 | 26.7 | 16.9 | - | - | - | 35.6 | 47.1 | 26.1 | - | - | - |
| 2000 | 21.6 | 27.8 | 17.0 | 8.5 | 11.3 | 6.8 | 35.3 | 47.0 | 25.4 | 10.7 | 16.4 | 9.4 |
| 2001 | 23.5 | 30.2 | 18.5 | 8.9 | 12.0 | 6.8 | 37.6 | 49.0 | 28.0 | 12.4 | 16.2 | 9.4 |
| 2002 | 25.3 | 33.3 | 19.4 | 9.5 | 13.1 | 7.2 | 38.3 | 50.7 | 27.8 | 12.2 | 15.8 | 9.3 |
| 2003 | 27.5 | 35.8 | 21.2 | 9.9 | 13.4 | 7.6 | 34.5 | 45.1 | 25.5 | 12.2 | 15.7 | 9.4 |
| 2004 | 29.3 | 38.7 | 22.2 | 10.1 | 13.8 | 7.7 | 33.4 | 43.6 | 24.7 | 8.7 | 15.8 | 9.3 |
| 2005 | 31.7 | 41.7 | 23.8 | 10.0 | 13.4 | 7.6 | 35.1 | 44.7 | 26.9 | 11.9 | 15.3 | 9.1 |
| 2006 | 33.3 | 44.0 | 24.9 | 9.9 | 13.4 | 7.5 | 35.3 | 45.9 | 26.0 | 11.6 | 15.1 | 8.8 |
| 2007 | 34.6 | 46.1 | 25.5 | 10.1 | 14.0 | 7.3 | 34.9 | 45.3 | 25.8 | 11.6 | 15.0 | 8.7 |
| 2008 | 35.9 | 48.0 | 26.2 | 9.9 | 13.5 | 7.4 | 35.1 | 45.8 | 25.9 | 11.4 | 14.8 | 8.5 |
| 2009 | 37.9 | 50.9 | 27.4 | 9.7 | 13.2 | 7.3 | 35.6 | 45.8 | 26.9 | 10.9 | 14.0 | 8.4 |
| 2010 | 35.7 | 48.2 | 25.3 | 10.0 | 13.9 | 7.3 | 35.3 | 45.4 | 26.7 | 11.1 | 14.3 | 8.4 |
| 2011 | 37.1 | 50.2 | 26.0 | 9.6 | 13.3 | 7.0 | - | - | - | 11.3 | 14.7 | 8.4 |
| 2012 | 38.0 | 50.3 | 27.7 | 9.7 | 13.6 | 6.8 | 32.2 | 42.1 | 23.5 | 11.3 | 14.6 | 8.6 |
| 2013 | - | - | - | 9.3 | 12.9 | 6.7 | - | - | - | 11.2 | 14.4 | 8.5 |
Source from Korean Statistical Information Service Office. Death causes by 5-year age group and gender, mortality rates (1983-2013) [13]; Korean Statistical Information Service. Number of cancer patients, relative frequency, crude rate, age-adjusted incidence by cancer site and sex from 1999 to 2012 [14]; Cancer Information Service, National Cancer Center, Japan. National estimates of cancer incidence based on cancer registries in Japan (1975-2010) [16]; Cancer Information Service, National Cancer Center, Japan. Cancer mortality from Vital Statistics in Japan (1958-2013) [17]. ICD-10, International Classification of Disease 10th revision.
ICD-10 codes of C18-C20 and C18-C21.
Age-standardized rate per 100,000 using Segi’s world standard population of 1960. Age-standardization of incidence and mortality adapted from Bray [4].