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The tables below give information about the countries with the highest rates, incidence and mortality from colorectal cancer.</p> <h3>Colorectal cancer age-standardised rates</h3> <div style="background-color: #dff2fa;width: 100%;padding: 20px;margin-bottom: 10px"> <p>Age-standardised rates (ASR) are a summary measure of the rate of disease that a population would have if it had a standard age structure. Standardisation is necessary when comparing populations that differ with respect to age because age has a powerful influence on the risk of developing/dying from cancer.</p> <p>It is important to note that some countries have a high ASR but a low total number of cases, while other have a low ASR but a high number of cases. This is because ASRs are reported per 100,000 people. So, for example, an ASR of 10 in a population of 100,000 = 10 cases of cancer, but an ASR of 1 in a population of 10 million = 100 cases.</p> </div> <p>The following table gives the top 5 countries by ASR for colorectal cancer incidence for both sexes combined.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="copy copy-table spacing-collapse-top"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x"> <div class="cell large-8"> <table class="stack"> <thead> <tr> <th>Country</th> <th>New cases 2022</th> <th>ASR</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Denmark </td> <td>6,878 </td> <td>48.1 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Norway </td> <td>5,617 </td> <td>45.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hungary </td> <td>9,607 </td> <td>44.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Netherlands</td> <td>17,670</td> <td>42.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Croatia </td> <td>4,190</td> <td>41.1</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="copy copy-text spacing-collapse"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x"> <div class="cell large-8"> <p>The following tables give the top 5 countries by ASR for colorectal cancer incidence for men and women.  </p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="copy copy-table spacing-collapse"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x"> <div class="cell large-8"> <table class="stack"> <thead> <tr> <th>Country </th> <th>New cases in men 2022</th> <th>ASR</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Hungary </td> <td>5,611 </td> <td>62.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Croatia </td> <td>2,498</td> <td>55.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Denmark </td> <td>3,791</td> <td>55.1 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Portugal </td> <td>6,092 </td> <td>50.8 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Netherlands</td> <td>10,090 </td> <td>50.1</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="copy copy-table spacing-collapse"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x"> <div class="cell large-8"> <table class="stack"> <thead> <tr> <th>Country </th> <th>New cases in women 2022</th> <th>ASR</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>Norway</td> <td>2,806</td> <td>43.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Denmark </td> <td>3,087</td> <td>41.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Netherlands</td> <td>7,580</td> <td>35.9 </td> </tr> <tr> <td>New Zealand </td> <td>1,815</td> <td>32.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Australia </td> <td>8,143</td> <td>31.7</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="copy copy-text spacing-collapse-bottom"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x"> <div class="cell large-8"> <h2>Colorectal cancer incidence (cases)</h2> <p>China, the US and Japan had the highest number of colorectal cancer cases in 2022.</p> <p>The following 3 tables show the 10 countries with the highest colorectal cancer incidence in 2022 – 1st for both sexes, then men and women separately. We have also included the ASRs for each of these countries.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="copy copy-table spacing-collapse"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x align-left"> <div class="cell large-8"> <table class="stack"> <thead> <tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Country</th> <th>Number</th> <th>ASR/100,000</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td>World</td> <td>1,926,425</td> <td>18.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>China</td> <td>517,106</td> <td>20.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>US</td> <td>160,186</td> <td>27.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Japan</td> <td>145,756</td> <td>36.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Russia</td> <td>83,693</td> <td>29.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>India</td> <td>70,038</td> <td>4.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Germany</td> <td>62,544</td> <td>25.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Brazil</td> <td>60,118</td> <td>19.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Italy</td> <td>54,784</td> <td>30.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>France (metropolitan)</td> <td>51,636</td> <td>32.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>UK</td> <td>49,249</td> <td>30.9</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="copy copy-table spacing-collapse"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x align-left"> <div class="cell large-8"> <table class="stack"> <thead> <tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Country</th> <th>New cases in men</th> <th>ASR/100,000</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td>World</td> <td>1,069,446</td> <td>22.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>China</td> <td>307,688</td> <td>24.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>US</td> <td>84,172</td> <td>30.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Japan</td> <td>80,435</td> <td>45.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>India</td> <td>43,360</td> <td>6.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Russia</td> <td>39,239</td> <td>36.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Germany</td> <td>33,197</td> <td>31.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Brazil</td> <td>30,164</td> <td>22.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Italy</td> <td>29,225</td> <td>36.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>France (metropolitan)</td> <td>26,952</td> <td>37.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>UK</td> <td>26,593</td> <td>35.1</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="copy copy-table spacing-collapse-top"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x align-left"> <div class="cell large-8"> <table class="stack"> <thead> <tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Country</th> <th>New cases in women</th> <th>ASR/100,000</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td>World</td> <td>856,979</td> <td>15.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>China</td> <td>209,148</td> <td>15.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>US</td> <td>76,014</td> <td>24.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Japan</td> <td>65,321</td> <td>28.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Russia</td> <td>44,454</td> <td>25.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Brazil</td> <td>29,954</td> <td>17.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Germany</td> <td>29,347</td> <td>20.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>India</td> <td>26,678</td> <td>3.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Italy</td> <td>25,559</td> <td>26.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>France (metropolitan)</td> <td>24,684</td> <td>27.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>UK</td> <td>22,836</td> <td>27.1</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="copy copy-text spacing-collapse"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x"> <div class="cell large-8"> <h2>Colorectal cancer deaths</h2> <p>The following 3 tables show total global colorectal cancer mortality in 2022, followed by the figures for men and women. Hungary had the highest overall mortality rate from colorectal cancer in 2022, followed by Croatia</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="copy copy-table spacing-collapse"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x align-left"> <div class="cell large-8"> <table class="stack"> <thead> <tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Country</th> <th>Number</th> <th>ASR/100,000</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td>World</td> <td>904,019</td> <td>8.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>China</td> <td>240,010</td> <td>8.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Japan</td> <td>60,743</td> <td>11.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>US</td> <td>54,614</td> <td>7.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Russia</td> <td>41,447</td> <td>13.3</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>India</td> <td>40,993</td> <td>2.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Brazil</td> <td>28,884</td> <td>9.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Germany</td> <td>26,544</td> <td>9.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Italy</td> <td>24,188</td> <td>10.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>UK</td> <td>22,868</td> <td>11.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>France (metropolitan)</td> <td>21,218</td> <td>10.3</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="copy copy-table spacing-collapse"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x align-left"> <div class="cell large-8"> <table class="stack"> <thead> <tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Country</th> <th>Number in men</th> <th>ASR/100,000</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td>World</td> <td>499,755</td> <td>9.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>China</td> <td>142,599</td> <td>10.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Japan</td> <td>31,065</td> <td>14.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>US</td> <td>29,651</td> <td>9.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>India</td> <td>25,447</td> <td>3.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Russia</td> <td>19,563</td> <td>17.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Brazil</td> <td>14,485</td> <td>10.6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Germany</td> <td>14.465</td> <td>12.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td>Italy</td> <td>12,982</td> <td>13.1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td>UK</td> <td>12,187</td> <td>13.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Indonesia</td> <td>11,741</td> <td>8.8</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="copy copy-table spacing-collapse"> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x align-left"> <div class="cell large-8"> <table class="stack"> <thead> <tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Country</th> <th>Number in women</th> <th>ASR/100,000</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td></td> <td>World</td> <td>404,244</td> <td>6.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td>China</td> <td>97,411</td> <td>6.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Japan</td> <td>29,408</td> <td>8.8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td>US</td> <td>24,963</td> <td>6.4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Russia</td> <td>21,884</td> <td>10.7</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td>India</td> <td>15,546</td> <td>2.2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Brazil</td> <td>14,399</td> <td>8.1</td> </tr> <tr> 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