QUOTE FOR TUESDAY:

“Approximately 4.1 percent of men and women will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer at some point during their lifetime, based on 2016–2018 data.  Rate of New Cases and Deaths per 100,000: The rate of new cases of colorectal cancer was 37.8 per 100,000 men and women per year. The death rate was 13.4 per 100,000 men and women per year. These rates are age-adjusted and based on 2014–2018 cases and 2015–2019 deaths.  In 2018, there were an estimated 1,365,135 people living with colorectal cancer in the United States.”.

National Cancer Institute (https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts)

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