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Table 1.

Estimated Worldwide Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer in 2018

Population	5-Year prevalent case	5-Year prevalence^a	New	Crude incidence^a	Age-standardized incidence^a	Death	Crude mortality^a	Age-standardized mortality^a
Asia	2,356,976	51.9^b	957,896	21.1^b	17.7^b	461,422	10.2^b	8.3^b
Europe	1,403,877	188.7^d	499,667	67.2^d	30.0^c	242,483	32.6^d	12.6^c
North America	534,049	146.8^d	179,771	49.4^d	26.2^c	64,121	17.6^c	8.4^b
Latin America and the Caribbean	315,005	48.3^b	128,006	19.6^b	16.8^b	64,666	9.9^b	8.1^b
Africa	113,625	8.8^b	61,846	4.8^b	8.2^b	40,034	3.1^b	5.5^b
Oceania	66,103	160.2^d	22,332	54.1^d	33.1^c	8,066	19.5^c	10.7^c
World	4,789,635	62.8	1,849,518	24.2	19.7	880,792	11.5	8.9

Proportions per 100,000.

Rate < world proportion.

Rate ≥ world proportion & < 2×world proportion.

Rate ≥ 2×world proportion.

Data source: International Agency for Research on Cancer, GLOBOCAN 2018, World Health Organization (WHO) [4].