1. 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
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Prepared by Cancer Research UK
Original data sources:
1. Office for National Statistics. Cancer Statistics: Registrations Series MB1.
2. Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit.
3. Information Services Division Scotland. Cancer Information Programme.
4. N. Ireland Cancer Registry.