. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.

Published in final edited form as: Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2016 May 7;15(4):e199–e204. doi: 10.1016/j.clcc.2016.04.005

Table 1.

Numbers of New VA Colorectal Cancer Cases and Deaths Among Males by Age, 2009 to 2012.

Age, Years	New Cases		Deaths within 3 years of diagnosis
Age, Years	Male Count (%)	Female Count (%)	Male Count (%)^*	Female Count (%)
00–49	343 (2.7%)	39 (0.3%)	102 (29.7%)	<10 (12.8%)
50–64	5200 (41.4%)	162 (1.3%)	1703 (32.8%)	36 (22.2%)
65–79	4766 (38.0%)	73 (0.6%)	2046 (42.9%)	25 (34.3%)
80+	1920 (15.3%)	48 (0.4%)	1317 (68.6%)	39 (81.3%)
All ages	12,229 (97.4%)	322 (2.6%)	5168 (42.3%)	105 (32.6%)

Notes: Deaths include all-cause mortality.

Percent is percent of those diagnosed with gender in that age category that died within 3 years of diagnosis.