Colorectal Cancer Disparities

Compared with White men and women, Black men and women are:

• more likely to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer
• more likely to be diagnosed with harder-to-treat proximal (right-sided) tumors
• less likely to receive optimal surgical treatment
• more likely to die of colorectal cancer

Compared with White men and women, Hispanic men and women are:

• less likely to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer
• less likely to die of colorectal cancer

Alaska Natives have the highest colorectal cancer incidence and death rate in the US.