How do CRC incidence rates differ by race/ethnicity and sex?
For all cancer sites in men, CRC had the third highest incidence rate across all U.S. populations, except Hispanic men, in which it had the second highest incidence rate. For all cancer sites in women, CRC had the third highest rate for all races combined and for white, non-Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) women. However, for black, Asian and Pacific Islander (API), and Hispanic women, CRC ranked second and lung cancer ranked third. Incidence rates by major anatomic sub-sites (proximal colon, distal colon, rectum) varied considerably by race, sex, and age. For all ages, incidence rates for distal colon (the portion of the colon that a scope would examine after passing the rectum) and rectal cancers decreased among men and women in every racial/ethnic group, except for distal colon cancer among AI/AN men and women. In contrast, among people younger than 50, incidence rates for distal colon and rectal cancers increased in men and women of all race/ethnicities combined
