Statistics

The average rate of colon cancer in the United States is 36 per 100,000 people per year.

Males have the highest at 42 per 100,000 and 32 per 100,000 for females.

Additionally, the risk of developing colon cancer is about 1 in 23 for men and 1 in 25 for women.

Developed countries are at a higher risk of getting colon cancer. Countries including, Southern Europe, Australia/New Zealand, and Northern Europe. North America also has a high rate of colorectal cancer.

Mortality rate of 90% and a morbidity rate (the rate of people who have contracted the disease) of 12.9% each year. There are 106,650 new cases of colorectal cancer each year. People of color, men, and middle aged adults, are more at risk of catching the disease.