Colorectal cancer incidence and mortality: trends from the Pennsylvania Cancer Registry across three decades

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographic data for colon cancer from Pennsylvania Cancer Registry 1990–2019.

Variables	Number of cases (%)
Age
0–49	16,768 (7.1)
50+	219,592 (92.9)
Gender
Female	118,120 (50.0)
Male	118,237 (50.0)
Race
White	213,936 (90.5)
Black	17,967 (7.5)
Hispanic (2002–2019)	1,959 (1.0)
Asian (2000–2019)	1,445 (1.0)
SEER Stage
Local	84,846 (39.3)
Regional	90,941 (41.1)
Distant	43,415 (19.6)

Figure 1. Incidence and mortality in overall cohort.

(A) Incidence by stage: age-adjusted incidence rate per 100,000 in Pennsylvania between 1990 and 2019 stratified by stage of cancer at presentation. (B) Mortality: age-adjusted mortality rate per 100,000 from 1990 to 2019.

*Statistical significance at p < 0.05.

APC: Annual percentage change.

Figure 2. Incidence stratified by age (less than 50 versus 50+).

(A) Incidence by age: plotted age-adjusted incidence per 100,000 from 1990–2019 with Joinpoint analysis for patients younger and older than 50 years old. (B) Incidence by stage and age (50+): age-adjusted incidence per 100,000 between 1990–2019 for patients older than 50 years old stratified by stage of disease. (C) Incidence by stage and age (<50): age-adjusted incidence per 100,000 between 1990–2019 for patients younger than 50 years old stratified by stage of disease.

*Statistical significance at p < 0.05.

APC: Annual percentage change.

Figure 3. Incidence and mortality by race.

(A) Incidence by race: age-adjusted incidence rate per 10,000 in Pennsylvania between 1990 and 2019 stratified by race. (B) Mortality by race: age-adjusted mortality rate per 100,000 in Pennsylvania from 1990 to 2019 stratified by race.

*Statistical significance at p < 0.05.

APC: Annual percentage change.

Figure 4. Incidence and mortality by gender.

(A) Incidence by gender: age-adjusted incidence rate per 10,000 in Pennsylvania between 1990 and 2019 stratified by gender. (B) Mortality by gender: age-adjusted mortality rate per 100,000 in Pennsylvania from 1990 to 2019 stratified by gender.

*Statistical significance at p < 0.05.

APC: Annual percentage change.

Figure 5. Incidence and mortality by rurality.

(A) Incidence for rural and urban counties: age-adjusted incidence rate per 10,000 in Pennsylvania stratified by urban and rural counties. (B) Mortality for rural and urban counties: age-adjusted mortality rate per 100,000 in Pennsylvania stratified by urban and rural counties.