National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

For Everyone

What to know

Compare the number of colorectal cancer deaths over 4 years. These and more death data are available through the CDC WONDER system.
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Summary

A data story from the National Center for Health Statistics

Author: NCHS

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Bar chart showing Colorectal cancer deaths in the United States
SOURCE: National Vital Statistics System, CDC WONDER
  • Colorectal cancer deaths remained relatively stable between 2018 and 2020, at about 53,000 deaths annually.
  • The 2021 provisional estimate is slightly higher than the previous years.
  • The overall variation across the four years is small, on the order of only a few hundred deaths.
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