Map Details – Colorectal Cancer Incidence Rates by State

Impact Statement

In this map, colorectal cancer incidence rates by state are displayed for diagnosis year 2007. The states are divided into groups based on the rates at which people developed colorectal cancer in 2007. The rates are the numbers out of 100,000 people who developed colorectal cancer each year.

Colorectal Cancer Incidence Rates, by State, 2007

The purpose of this map is to study variations in the risk of getting colorectal cancer from state to state for diagnosis year 2007.

Manually created.

United States Cancer Statistics: 1999-2007 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report; 2010.

Rates per 100,000 and age-adjusted to 2000 U.S. standard population.

Simple Singh, Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(770) 488-4292
sdsingh@cdc.gov

Colorectal Cancer Incidence Rates, by State, 2007 U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999-2007 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Cancer Institute; 2010. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/uscs, [TODAY’S DATE].