Data analyses and reports

• Detailed incidence and mortality data, lifetime risk, prevalence and survival statistics:
  
  Colorectal cancer
  Cancer of the colon
  Cancer of the rectum and rectosigmoid junction
  
  
  
• A summary table of the main statistics for colorectal cancer.
  
  
• Cancer in Scotland Summary [264KB] is an overview of cancer in Scotland focusing on incidence, mortality and survival for the main cancer sites.
  
  
• A summary of incidence and mortality by ICD10 code [391KB].
  
  
• UK data are available in the Cancer Atlas of the UK and Ireland 1991-2000 and cancer cases and deaths in the UK during 2002-04.
  
  
• Cancer Research UK factsheets provide detailed analyses and interpretation of cancer data.
  
  
• Cancer Scenarios: Projections of cancer rates in Scotland (up to 2014) by site. An updated summary report Cancer incidence projections for Scotland (2001-2020) is also available.
  
  
• Incidence by Local Council Area: Scottish Local Authorities Compendium of Health Statistics.
  
  
• Small neighbourhood statistics (such as postcode area): Scottish Neighbourhood Statistics.
  
  
• Health board survival comparisons: Performance Assessment Framework (PAF; see section 3.07.02).
  
  
• Pilot screening programme information: bowel screening programme pages of this website.
  
  
• Public health intelligence in Scotland: Scottish Public Health Observatory (ScotPHO).

Colorectal cancer: ICD-10 C18-C20

Incidence:	Annual incidence  [2015KB] (1985 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board
	Five year summary of incidence [288KB] by age, sex, network and health board
Mortality:	Annual mortality [454KB] (1985 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board
	Five year summary of mortality [59KB] by age, sex, network and health board
Survival:	Survival [33KB] (by age and sex) at 1, 3, 5 & 10 years after diagnosis (1980 onwards)
	Survival summary [450KB] and interpretation at 1 & 5 years after diagnosis (1980 onwards)
Prevalence:	Cancer prevalence[17KB]
Lifetime risk:	Lifetime risk[17KB] of cancer by sex and age
Deprivation:	Incidence and mortality by deprivation category [35KB]

Cancer of the colon: ICD-10 C18

Incidence:	Annual incidence[2015KB] (1985 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board
	Five year summary of incidence[288KB] by age, sex, network and health board
Mortality:	Annual mortality[449KB] (1985 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board
	Five year summary of mortality[58KB] by age, sex, network and health board
Survival:	Survival[33KB] (by age and sex) at 1, 3, 5 & 10 years after diagnosis (1980 onwards)
	Survival summary [450KB] and interpretation at 1 & 5 years after diagnosis (1980 onwards)
Prevalence:	Cancer prevalence[17KB]
Lifetime risk:	Lifetime risk[17KB] of cancer by sex and age
Deprivation:	Incidence and mortality by deprivation category [35KB]

Cancer of the rectum and rectosigmoid junction: ICD-10 C19-C20

Incidence:	Annual incidence[2015KB] (1985 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board
	Five year summary of incidence[288KB] by age, sex, network and health board
Mortality:	Annual mortality[444KB] (1985 onwards) by age, sex, network and health board
	Five year summary of mortality[58KB] by age, sex, network and health board
Survival:	Survival[33KB] (by age and sex) at 1, 3, 5 & 10 years after diagnosis (1980 onwards)
	Survival summary [450KB] and interpretation at 1 & 5 years after diagnosis (1980 onwards)
Prevalence:	Cancer prevalence[17KB]
Lifetime risk:	Lifetime risk[17KB] of cancer by sex and age
Deprivation:	Incidence and mortality by deprivation category [35KB]

Summary statistics for colorectal cancer

Scotland	Males	Females
Rank	3	3
Percentage frequency of all cancers	14.1%	11.5%
Number of new cases diagnosed in 2006	1,848	1,591
Number of deaths recorded in 2007	812	727
Change in incidence from 1996 to 2006	-10.0%	-10.5%
Change in mortality from 1997 to 2007	-19.4%	-17.2%
1 year relative survival for patients diagnosed between 2000 and 2004	76.1%	71.9%
5 year relative survival for patients diagnosed between 2000 and 2004	54.9%	50.6%

Notes:
1. Survival figures are not age standardised.
2. Change in incidence and mortality is estimated by Poisson regression.