Table 4

Rectal cancer in the European Community: World age-standardized incidence rates [ASR(W)*]; 1988–1992

MALES

FEMALES


F/Bas-Rhin
19.0
D/Saarland
10.9
NL/Maastricht
18.6
DK/Denmark
10.4
L/Luxembourg
17.6
NL/Maastricht
10.4
D/Saarland
17.3
L/Luxembourg
9.2
DK/Denmark
17.0
UK/South Western
9.0
A/Tyrol
14.8
F/Bas-Rhin
8.9
UK/South Western
14.2
A/Tyrol
8.9
CH/St. Gallen
14.1
I/Parma
8.8
E/Basque Country
13.5
S/Sweden
8.3
IRL/Southern
13.1
CH/St. Gallen
7.9
I/Parma
13.0
IRL/Southern
7.2
S/Sweden
12.1
SF/Finland
6.6
SF/Finland
10.5
E/Basque Country
6.4

* Cancer incidence in five continents. Vol. VII period 1988–199217

Scheiden et al. BMC Cancer 2003 3:27   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-3-27