Table 1.
Characteristics of 33,777 Young Adults (20–49 Years of Age) Diagnosed With Colorectal Cancer by Race-Ethnicity (SEER 13, 1992–2013)
| Non-Hispanic White (n = 19,759 [58.5%]) |
Non-Hispanic Black (n = 4728 [14.0%]) |
Non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander (n = 4388 [13.0%]) |
Hispanic (n = 4902 [14.5%]) |
All (N = 33,777 [100%]) |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 20–29 y | 864 | 4.4 | 194 | 4.1 | 217 | 4.9 | 350 | 7.1 | 1625 | 4.8 |
| 30–39 y | 3969 | 20.1 | 967 | 20.5 | 1003 | 22.9 | 1266 | 25.8 | 7205 | 21.3 |
| 40–49 y | 14,926 | 75.5 | 3567 | 75.4 | 3168 | 72.2 | 3286 | 67.0 | 24,947 | 73.9 |
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 10,671 | 54.0 | 2328 | 49.2 | 2271 | 51.8 | 2561 | 52.2 | 17,831 | 52.8 |
| Female | 9088 | 46.0 | 2400 | 50.8 | 2117 | 48.2 | 2341 | 47.8 | 15,946 | 47.2 |
| Stage | ||||||||||
| Local | 6998 | 35.4 | 1493 | 31.6 | 1474 | 33.6 | 1593 | 32.5 | 11,558 | 34.2 |
| Regional | 7504 | 38.0 | 1656 | 35.0 | 1760 | 40.1 | 1829 | 37.3 | 12,749 | 37.7 |
| Distant | 4725 | 23.9 | 1372 | 29.0 | 1029 | 23.5 | 1293 | 26.4 | 8419 | 24.9 |
| Missing | 532 | 2.7 | 207 | 4.4 | 125 | 2.8 | 187 | 3.8 | 1051 | 3.1 |
| Tumor site | ||||||||||
| Proximal colon | 5820 | 29.5 | 1650 | 34.9 | 916 | 20.9 | 1325 | 27.0 | 9711 | 28.8 |
| Distal colon | 5629 | 28.5 | 1317 | 27.9 | 1422 | 32.4 | 1504 | 30.7 | 9872 | 29.2 |
| Rectum | 7795 | 39.4 | 1577 | 33.4 | 1961 | 44.7 | 1906 | 38.9 | 13,239 | 39.2 |
| Missing | 515 | 2.6 | 184 | 3.9 | 89 | 2.0 | 167 | 3.4 | 955 | 2.8 |
SEER, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results.