Colorectal cancer

Source: Globocan 2020

Number of new cases in 2020, both sexes, all ages Number of deaths in 2020, both sexes, all ages

Breast
2 261 419 (11.7%) Lung
1 796 144 (18%)

Lung Other cancers

2 206 771 (11.4%) 3 557 464 (35.7%)
Other cancers
8 275 743 (42.9%) Colorectum Colorectum
1 931 590 (10%) 935 173 (9.4%)

Prostate Prostate Liver

1 414 259 (7.3%) 375 304 (3.8%) 830 180 (8.3%)

Oesophagus Stomach Pancreas Stomach

604 100 (3.1%) 1 089 103 (5.6%) 466 003 (4.7%) 768 793 (7.7%)

Cervix uteri Liver Oesophagus Breast

604 127 (3.1%) 905 677 (4.7%) 544 076 (5.5%) 684 996 (6.9%)

Total: 19 292 789 cases Total: 9 958 133 deaths

Cancer incidence and mortality statistics worldwide and by region

Incidence Mortality
Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females
Cum. risk Cum. risk Cum. risk Cum. risk Cum. risk Cum. risk
New cases New cases New cases Deaths Deaths Deaths
0-74 (%) 0-74 (%) 0-74 (%) 0-74 (%) 0-74 (%) 0-74 (%)
Eastern Africa 18 306 0.92 8 888 1.00 9 418 0.85 13 236 0.67 6 365 0.74 6 871 0.62
Middle Africa 5 767 0.80 3 045 0.90 2 722 0.72 4 228 0.59 2 222 0.67 2 006 0.53
Northern Africa 20 858 1.10 10 662 1.17 10 196 1.03 11 530 0.56 5 900 0.60 5 630 0.52
Southern Africa 7 684 1.57 3 919 1.93 3 765 1.30 3 943 0.79 2 052 1.00 1 891 0.64
Western Africa 13 583 0.74 7 546 0.88 6 037 0.63 9 938 0.56 5 507 0.66 4 431 0.47
Caribbean 11 454 2.04 5 327 2.13 6 127 1.97 6 983 1.08 3 307 1.18 3 676 0.98
Central America 19 535 1.19 10 181 1.37 9 354 1.03 10 439 0.61 5 494 0.72 4 945 0.51
South America 103 954 2.09 51 710 2.35 52 244 1.86 52 013 0.95 26 175 1.11 25 838 0.82
Northern America 180 575 2.98 95 138 3.38 85 437 2.61 63 987 0.87 34 105 1.05 29 882 0.70
Eastern Asia 757 849 3.00 431 501 3.64 326 348 2.37 368 072 1.23 208 090 1.57 159 982 0.91
South-Eastern Asia 106 995 1.70 60 505 2.11 46 490 1.33 57 064 0.82 32 205 1.06 24 859 0.62
South-Central Asia 102 987 0.63 61 252 0.76 41 735 0.50 59 206 0.36 35 848 0.44 23 358 0.27
Western Asia 41 569 1.97 23 496 2.35 18 073 1.63 22 107 0.97 12 382 1.18 9 725 0.79
Central and Eastern Europe 172 950 3.63 89 189 4.75 83 761 2.85 93 384 1.72 48 378 2.38 45 006 1.26
Western Europe 141 644 3.27 77 052 3.95 64 592 2.65 62 266 1.06 34 113 1.37 28 153 0.77
Southern Europe 123 588 3.76 71 009 4.81 52 579 2.81 55 406 1.22 31 583 1.60 23 823 0.88
Northern Europe 81 638 3.89 44 464 4.52 37 174 3.31 33 768 1.16 17 811 1.38 15 957 0.96
Australia and New Zealand 19 644 3.70 10 491 4.24 9 153 3.18 7 038 0.87 3 755 1.13 3 283 0.63
Melanesia 804 1.32 466 1.66 338 1.01 452 0.75 279 0.99 173 0.53
Polynesia 113 1.90 68 2.41 45 1.40 60 1.14 37 1.36 23 0.93
Micronesia 93 2.07 51 2.55 42 1.63 53 1.21 29 1.64 24 0.84
Low HDI 37 923 0.84 19 616 0.94 18 307 0.76 27 443 0.62 14 173 0.69 13 270 0.55
Medium HDI 129 206 0.70 74 698 0.85 54 508 0.56 74 912 0.40 43 769 0.49 31 143 0.31
High HDI 812 972 2.39 455 544 2.86 357 428 1.94 421 087 1.10 237 016 1.38 184 071 0.85
Very high HDI 950 563 3.42 515 616 4.15 434 947 2.77 411 289 1.15 220 443 1.47 190 846 0.87
World 1 931 590 2.25 1 065 960 2.71 865 630 1.83 935 173 0.94 515 637 1.18 419 536 0.73

Incidence, both sexes Mortality, both sexes 5-year prevalence, both sexes

Africa Africa Africa

(3.4%) (4.6%) (2.5%)

LAC** N.America* LAC**

(7%) (6.8%) (6.6%)
Asia
N.America* Asia LAC** Asia N.America* (49.9%)
(9.3%) (52.3%) (7.4%) (54.2%) (10.6%)

Europe Europe Europe

(26.9%) (26.2%) (29.2%)

Population Number Population Number Population Number

Asia 1 009 400 Asia 506 449 Asia 2 622 900
Europe 519 820 Europe 244 824 Europe 1 536 168
*Northern America 180 575 **Latin America and the Caribbean 69 435 *Northern America 554 680
**Latin America and the Caribbean 134 943 *Northern America 63 987 **Latin America and the Caribbean 345 715
Africa 66 198 Africa 42 875 Africa 130 338
Oceania 20 654 Oceania 7 603 Oceania 63 534
Total 1 931 590 Total 935 173 Total 5 253 335

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 Age standardized (World) incidence rates, colorectal cancer, males, all ages

≥ 35.0
23.0–35.0
15.2–23.0
10.2–15.2 Not applicable
6.8–10.2 No data
< 6.8

Age standardized (World) incidence rates, colorectal cancer, females, all ages

≥ 22.8
17.3–22.8
11.9–17.3
7.8–11.9 Not applicable
5.7–7.8 No data
< 5.7

Data source: GLOBOCAN 2020

Graph production: IARC (https://gco.iarc.fr/today)
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Age standardized (World) incidence rates, colorectal cancer, by sex Age standardized (World) incidence and mortality rates, colorectal cancer

Males Females Incidence Mortality

Southern Europe 40.6 24.5 Northern Europe 33.6 11.4

Northern Europe 39.2 28.8 Australia and New Zealand 33.2 9.5
Central and Eastern Europe 38.4 23.4 Southern Europe 31.9 11.5
Australia and New Zealand 37.4 29.2 Central and Eastern Europe 29.3 14.5
Western Europe 34.3 23.9 Western Europe 28.7 10.2
Eastern Asia 31.2 21.0 Northern America 26.2 8.2
Northern America 29.4 23.4 Eastern Asia 25.9 11.8
World 23.4 16.2 World 19.5 9.0
South America 20.6 16.8 South America 18.5 8.9
Western Asia 19.9 14.0 Caribbean 18.2 10.4
Micronesia 19.5 14.2 Western Asia 16.8 8.9
Polynesia 19.2 11.9 Micronesia 16.6 9.5
Caribbean 18.5 17.8 Polynesia 15.5 8.4
South-Eastern Asia 18.4 11.9 South-Eastern Asia 14.8 7.9
Southern Africa 16.7 11.7 Southern Africa 13.7 7.2
Melanesia 14.2 9.0 Melanesia 11.4 6.7
Central America 12.0 9.1 Central America 10.4 5.5
Northern Africa 10.4 9.1 Northern Africa 9.7 5.4
Eastern Africa 8.6 7.5 Eastern Africa 7.9 5.9
Western Africa 7.9 5.7 Middle Africa 6.8 5.2
Middle Africa 7.7 6.1 Western Africa 6.7 5.1
South-Central Asia 6.6 4.4 South-Central Asia 5.5 3.2

60 40 20 0 20 40 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 10 20 30 40 50
ASR (World) per 100 000 ASR (World) per 100 000

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