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Table 1.7: National Screening for Colorectal Cancer, 2000
| Rate of colorectal cancer incidence per 100,000 men and women age 50 and over diagnosed at advanced stage (tumors diagnosed at regional or distant stage), United States, 2000 |
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| Population group a |
Rate |
Standard error |
| |
|
|
| Total |
95.6 |
1.0 |
| Ageb |
| 50 and over |
93.1 |
1.0 |
| 50-64 |
43.4 |
0.9 |
| 65 and over |
157.1 |
1.9 |
| Race |
| White |
94.3 |
1.1 |
| Black |
119.3 |
4.0 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native |
54.8 |
9.1 |
| Asian Pacific Islander |
87.0 |
3.1 |
| Ethnicity |
| Hispanic |
74.0 |
3.1 |
| Non-Hispanic |
96.5 |
1.2 |
| White |
96.3 |
1.3 |
| Gender |
| Male |
111.1 |
1.7 |
| Female |
84.0 |
1.2 |
| Residence location |
| MSA |
96.2 |
1.1 |
| Non-MSA |
90.7 |
2.8 |
aSEER Program, 12 areas except for Ethnicity which excludes Alaska Natives, Detroit, & Hawaii. All rates except as noted are per 100,000 men and women age 50 and over and are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Standard million by 5-year age groups.
bAge 50 and over. Crude incidence rates; not age adjusted.
Source: National Cancer Institute, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program.
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