State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Pennsylvania by County

Colon & Rectum (Late Stage^), 2018-2022

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by Name

Explanation of Column Headers
Incidence Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The incidence rate is based upon 100,000 people and is an annual rate (or average annual rate) based on the time period indicated. Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population.

Percent of Cases with Late Stage - This is the number of late stages cases compared to the number of cases for all stages.

Other Notes

• Larger confidence intervals indicate less stability of the data. This is often due to low counts that are not quite low enough to be suppressed.
• Data is currently being suppressed if there are fewer than 16 counts for the time period.

Line by Line Interpretation of the Report

Pennsylvania²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 23.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.0 to 23.7 and 3,958 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A

US (SEER+NPCR)¹

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 22.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.9 to 22.1 and 86,932 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A

Adams County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 26.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.5 to 30.5 and 38 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 21 (2, 53)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Allegheny County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 25.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 24.0 to 26.3 and 416 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 24 (13, 37)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Armstrong County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 27.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.4 to 32.4 and 27 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (1, 56)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Beaver County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 25.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.2 to 28.3 and 61 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 25 (6, 52)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Bedford County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 24.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 19.7 to 31.1 and 18 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 28 (1, 63)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Berks County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 22.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.7 to 24.5 and 119 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 42 (22, 57)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Blair County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 28.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 24.7 to 32.2 and 50 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (1, 40)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Bradford County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 28.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.0 to 34.6 and 23 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (1, 55)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Bucks County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 22.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.9 to 23.8 and 200 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 44 (25, 56)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Butler County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 18.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 16.3 to 21.3 and 49 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 62 (38, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Cambria County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 29.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 26.2 to 33.6 and 59 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (1, 31)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Carbon County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 27.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.9 to 33.3 and 26 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (1, 54)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Centre County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 19.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 16.9 to 23.2 and 33 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 57 (25, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Chester County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 19.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 18.2 to 21.4 and 130 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 58 (39, 63)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Clarion County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 25.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 19.1 to 33.1 and 12 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 23 (1, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Clearfield County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 27.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.8 to 32.0 and 31 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (1, 52)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Clinton County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 25.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 19.0 to 32.4 and 13 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 26 (1, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Columbia County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 25.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.1 to 31.4 and 23 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 22 (1, 61)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Crawford County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 26.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.5 to 31.2 and 33 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 19 (1, 54)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Cumberland County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 19.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 17.1 to 21.6 and 63 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 59 (37, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Dauphin County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 20.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 18.7 to 23.2 and 71 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 52 (27, 63)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Delaware County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 22.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.2 to 24.5 and 161 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 38 (21, 54)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Elk County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 28.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.6 to 36.5 and 14 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (1, 61)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Erie County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 23.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.0 to 25.9 and 78 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 35 (14, 57)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Fayette County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 27.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.8 to 31.1 and 51 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (2, 45)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Franklin County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 20.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 17.6 to 23.6 and 41 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 56 (24, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Fulton County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 26.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 17.4 to 39.1 and 6 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 20 (1, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Greene County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 32.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 25.6 to 41.2 and 16 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 48)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Huntingdon County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 18.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 14.4 to 24.6 and 12 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 60 (16, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Indiana County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 29.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 25.0 to 35.3 and 31 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 40)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Jefferson County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 20.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 15.6 to 26.9 and 13 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 54 (6, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Juniata County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 21.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 15.0 to 30.5 and 8 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 48 (1, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Lackawanna County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 22.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.3 to 25.3 and 70 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 39 (17, 59)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Lancaster County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 20.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 19.3 to 22.5 and 143 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 51 (33, 61)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Lawrence County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 24.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.0 to 29.4 and 33 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 27 (3, 59)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Lebanon County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 22.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 19.0 to 25.3 and 43 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 47 (15, 63)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Lehigh County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 24.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.2 to 26.4 and 111 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 32 (12, 50)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Luzerne County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 26.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 24.8 to 29.3 and 121 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (4, 35)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Lycoming County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 22.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 18.9 to 26.3 and 33 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 43 (11, 63)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

McKean County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 22.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 17.0 to 29.7 and 12 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 41 (2, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Mercer County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 24.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.4 to 28.7 and 42 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 29 (5, 57)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Mifflin County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 27.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.8 to 34.0 and 18 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (1, 60)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Monroe County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 26.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.5 to 30.0 and 60 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 18 (3, 45)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Montgomery County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 20.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 19.3 to 21.8 and 227 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 55 (39, 61)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Montour County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 26.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 18.1 to 38.3 and 7 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 16 (1, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Northampton County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 24.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.2 to 26.6 and 104 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 30 (12, 51)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Northumberland County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 29.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 25.2 to 33.9 and 40 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (1, 38)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Perry County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 18.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 14.0 to 24.8 and 11 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 61 (14, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Philadelphia County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 23.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.1 to 24.2 and 392 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 36 (24, 49)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Pike County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 23.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 19.1 to 29.4 and 21 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 33 (3, 63)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Potter County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 23.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 15.8 to 35.0 and 7 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 34 (1, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Schuylkill County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 32.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 28.6 to 35.9 and 66 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 18)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Snyder County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 16.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.8 to 22.8 and 9 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 64 (20, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Somerset County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 24.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.1 to 29.2 and 26 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 31 (4, 62)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Susquehanna County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 20.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 16.1 to 26.5 and 15 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 53 (9, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Tioga County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 22.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 17.4 to 29.2 and 14 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 40 (2, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Union County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 21.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 16.0 to 27.5 and 12 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 50 (5, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Venango County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 18.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 13.8 to 23.4 and 14 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 63 (20, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Warren County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 21.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 16.0 to 28.2 and 12 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 49 (5, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Washington County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 26.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.9 to 29.5 and 79 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 17 (4, 43)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Wayne County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 22.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 17.4 to 27.9 and 18 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 45 (5, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Westmoreland County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 22.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.2 to 24.0 and 119 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 46 (23, 59)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Wyoming County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 31.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.8 to 41.5 and 12 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 57)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

York County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 23.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.2 to 24.9 and 133 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 37 (19, 55)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Cameron County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Forest County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Sullivan County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 4:19 pm.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.



† Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (SEER areas use 20 age groups and NPCR areas use 19 age groups). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.

Rates are computed using cancers classified as malignant based on ICD-O-3. For more information see malignant.html.

^ Late Stage is defined as cases determined to be regional or distant. Due to changes in stage coding, Combined Summary Stage with Expanded Regional Codes (2004+) is used for data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) databases and Merged Summary Stage is used for data from National Program of Cancer Registries databases. Due to the increased complexity with staging, other staging variables maybe used if necessary.

⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. The rates used in CI*Rank are all age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population using 19 age groups for SEER and NPCR areas. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.

Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.

¹ Source: National Program of Cancer Registries and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute. Based on the 2024 submission.

² Source: National Program of Cancer Registries SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (based on the 2024 submission).

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.