Table 3.

Subsites (colon and rectum) AAIRs, male/female and colon/rectum ratios, 2005–2010

	Colon			Rectum			Colon/rectum
	Male	Female	M/F	Male	Female	M/F	Male	Female	M+F
Cyprus	23.8	17.9	1.33	9.9	6.5	1.52	2.4	2.8	2.5
Israel Jews	32.6	25.8	1.26	14.1	9.8	1.44	2.3	2.6	2.5
Israel Arabs	22.4	20.9	1.07	12.5	8.2	1.52	1.8	2.5	2.1
İzmir	15.5	9.7	1.60	10.3	6.0	1.72	1.5	1.6	1.6
Jordan	13.2	10.1	1.31	6.4	4.8	1.33	2.1	2.1	2.1
SEER 18	24.6	19.8	1.24	11.9	7.5	1.59	2.07	2.64	2.3

^*per 100,000,

^*WHO World Standard Population 2000–2025

CRC: colorectal cancer; M: male; F: female; SEER: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results; AAIR: age-adjusted incidence rates