Colorectal Cancer In New Jersey 1979-1997
Table 19 Colorectal Cancer Age-Specific Incidence And Incidence Rates By Race, Females, New Jersey 1979-1997*

	ALL RACES		WHITE		BLACK		OTHER	UNKNOWN
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Number
less than 20	13	0.1	10	0.1	2	-	1	0
20-24	43	0.8	33	0.8	8	0.9	2	0
25-29	83	1.4	59	1.3	18	2.0	4	2
30-34	205	3.3	162	3.2	33	3.6	7	3
35-39	383	6.5	281	5.9	74	9.0	19	9
40-44	738	14.2	569	13.3	126	17.9	30	13
45-49	1,311	29.4	1,023	27.6	234	39.7	43	11
50-54	2,149	53.7	1,799	53.0	288	58.0	37	25
55-59	3,392	88.9	2,889	87.5	423	97.8	48	32
60-64	5,159	141.3	4,563	141.6	508	140.1	48	40
65-69	7,140	208.1	6,381	207.7	661	216.6	54	44
70-74	8,530	294.2	7,825	296.9	611	271.5	55	39
75-79	8,846	391.6	8,238	397.4	529	326.8	39	40
80-84	7,482	498.3	6,992	501.3	426	450.6	40	24
85+	7,052	550.2	6,627	555.0	368	463.7	31	25
TOTAL	52,525	69.5	47,451	75.9	4,309	41.1	458	307

*Incidence rates - per 100,000 population. Includes invasive cancer cases. Does not include in situ colorectal cancer cases. Rates were not calculated for numbers of cases fewer than five or for women of unknown age or other or unknown race. Source: New Jersey State Cancer Registry. Return to main page