Invasive Colorectal Cancer
Incidence & Mortality Trends
St. Joseph County, Michigan Residents,1985-2021
Year of
Diagnosis
or Death		 Cases Diagnosed Deaths
Number Age-Adjusted
Rate		 Michigan
Rate		 Number Age-Adjusted
Rate		 Michigan
Rate
2021 --- ---   ---   8   *   14.4  
2020 33   42.8  ±15.2 32.1   10   *   14.3  
2019 32   42.7  ±14.9 38.5   13   *   13.4  
2018 24   30.1  ±12.3 37.5   11   *   13.4  
2017 31   39.4  ±14.1 39.9   13   *   13.9  
2016 31   46.0  ±16.7 40.2   17   *   14.0  
2015 22   31.3  ±13.3 39.2   11   *   14.1  
2014 22   26.9  ±10.9 39.7   14   *   14.6  
2013 25   36.4  ±14.3 39.3   16   *   14.9  
2012 33   44.4  ±14.2 40.4   13   *   14.6  
2011 29   39.2  ±13.9 41.2   14   *   15.7  
2010 31   40.3  ±13.8 42.9   16   *   15.9  
2009 33   45.8  ±14.7 44.8   13   *   16.4  
2008 35   47.6  ±15.0 45.9   10   *   16.6  
2007 34   48.0  ±15.9 49.2   13   *   16.8  
2006 40   59.3  ±16.9 50.8   21   31.2  ±12.0 17.8  
2005 41   59.7  ±17.1 51.5   14   *   18.5  
2004 32   48.3  ±15.6 51.6   17   *   18.3  
2003 36   54.4  ±16.8 55.3   12   *   18.9  
2002 31   47.3  ±15.8 56.4   13   *   19.4  
2001 65   101.2  ±22.7 56.3   21   32.9  ±12.8 19.3  
2000 34   52.4  ±16.6 55.8   16   *   20.2  
1999 45   70.1  ±18.2 56.8   22   33.9  ±10.7 21.4  
1998 45   70.6  ±18.9 60.9   14   *   21.3  
1997 28   44.1  ±16.0 58.2   11   *   21.7  
1996 37   59.4  ±18.5 58.1   15   *   22.1  
1995 32   53.3  ±17.3 56.6   23   37.9  ±14.8 22.6  
1994 34   57.3  ±17.7 58.3   16   *   23.0  
1993 43   69.6  ±18.4 59.2   18   *   23.1  
1992 36   58.4  ±17.4 63.3   13   *   23.6  
1991 37   62.4  ±18.7 65.8   16   *   25.3  
1990 39   70.9  ±19.6 64.7   19   *   24.6  
1989 32   56.9  ±18.7 67.0   12   *   25.4  
1988 33   59.3  ±18.9 62.6   17   *   24.4  
1987 32   57.6  ±18.6 64.3   6   *   23.9  
1986 29   52.8  ±15.6 64.0   10   *   24.9  
1985 28   49.6  ±17.7 66.1   12   *   27.0  
                 

 

Notes:

Age-Adjusted Rates are per 100,000 population. Age-adjusted rates are computed by the direct method, using as the standard population the age distribution of the total population of the United States for the year 2000. Adding and subtracting the number shown after the ± symbol from the rate creates a confidence interval indicating that the true rate lies between the lower and upper bounds of this interval with 95 % statistical confidence. Underlying causes of death for 1985-1998 were classified in accordance with the Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9). Beginning with 1999, causes of death were classified using ICD-10. Because the comparability between classifications for cancer deaths is high, the change should have little or no impact on comparisons of mortality statistics over time.

COVID-19 Pandemic: In 2020, the highly publicized impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health services and the consequential delays and reductions in cancer screening and diagnosis led to a decline in the 2020 incidence rates for most cancer sites. Because 2020 was a temporary, anomalous year, it can bias estimates such as cancer incidence trends.

* : A rate is not calculated when there are fewer than 20 events, because the width of the confidence interval would negate any usefulness for comparative purposes.

---: Not available.
Case: A case is defined as a person with any newly diagnosed cancer with a behavior code of 3 (malignant primary site). Both in-situ and invasive urinary bladder cancer cases are included, in order to be consistent with national tabulations from the National Cancer Institute.
Source of Michigan Cases Diagnosed: Michigan Resident Cancer Incidence File. Updated with cases processed through November 30, 2022. Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.
Source of Michigan Death Data: 1985 - 2021 Michigan Resident Death Files, Division for Vital Records & Health Statistics, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services.
Source of National CDC Data: U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999 - 2018 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. Atlanta : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute; 2022. Available at: www.cdc.gov/uscs.
Last Updated: April 13, 2023