Bowel Cancer Subtypes (C18-C20): 2011 Numbers of New Cases and European Age-Standardised Incidence (AS) Rates per 100,000, UK Male Female Persons Cases 14,279 13,076 27,355 Crude Rate 45.9 40.7 43.3 Colon (C18) AS Rate 35.2 26.2 30.3 AS Rate - 95% LCL 34.7 25.8 29.9 AS Rate - 95% UCL 35.8 26.7 30.7 Cases 8,892 5,334 14,226 Crude Rate 28.6 16.6 22.5 Rectum and Rectosigmoid AS Rate 22.8 11.4 16.7 Junction (C19-C20) AS Rate - 95% LCL 22.3 11.1 16.4 AS Rate - 95% UCL 23.2 11.7 17.0 95% LCL and 95% UCL are the 95% lower and upper confidence limits around the AS Rate Please include the citation provided in our Frequently Asked Questions when reproducing this chart: http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancerstats/faqs/#How Prepared by Cancer Research UK Original data sources: 1. Office for National Statistics. Cancer Statistics: Registrations Series MB1. http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/search/index.html?newquery=series+mb1 2. Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit. http://www.wcisu.wales.nhs.uk 3. Information Services Division Scotland. Cancer Information Programme. www.isdscotland.org/cancer 4. N. Ireland Cancer Registry. www.qub.ac.uk/nicr.