State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for South Carolina 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

South Carolina²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 22.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.3 to 23.3 and 1,459 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

Abbeville County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 18.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 13.0 to 26.9 and 7 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 39 (10, 45)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Aiken County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 17.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 14.8 to 20.1 and 38 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 44 (29, 45)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Anderson County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 29.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 26.6 to 32.8 and 76 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (3, 21)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Bamberg County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 36.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 24.0 to 54.2 and 6 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 40)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Barnwell County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 20.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 13.5 to 29.2 and 6 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 35 (6, 45)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Beaufort County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 17.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 15.3 to 20.4 and 50 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 42 (29, 45)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Berkeley County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 19.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 17.3 to 22.5 and 50 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 37 (22, 44)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Calhoun County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 38.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 26.0 to 54.7 and 7 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 37)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Charleston County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 20.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 18.4 to 22.2 and 97 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 33 (24, 43)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Cherokee County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 30.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 24.8 to 37.2 and 21 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (1, 29)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Chester County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 27.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.9 to 35.7 and 12 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (1, 41)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Chesterfield County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 22.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 16.7 to 29.0 and 12 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 28 (6, 45)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Clarendon County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 29.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.8 to 38.2 and 13 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (1, 40)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Colleton County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 28.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.3 to 37.0 and 15 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (1, 39)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Darlington County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 25.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.4 to 31.0 and 20 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 20 (4, 40)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Dillon County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 33.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 25.6 to 44.2 and 12 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 30)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Dorchester County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 24.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.8 to 27.6 and 42 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 24 (10, 38)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Edgefield County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 15.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.1 to 23.5 and 5 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 45 (18, 45)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Fairfield County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 26.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 18.2 to 37.1 and 8 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 17 (1, 45)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Florence County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 22.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 19.5 to 26.3 and 38 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 27 (12, 41)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Georgetown County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 28.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.0 to 34.2 and 28 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (2, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Greenville County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 21.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 19.5 to 22.9 and 131 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 30 (22, 40)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Greenwood County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 26.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.7 to 32.1 and 23 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 16 (3, 37)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Hampton County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 31.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.2 to 44.5 and 8 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (1, 41)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Horry County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 22.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.1 to 24.1 and 117 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 29 (19, 38)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Jasper County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 17.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.0 to 25.6 and 7 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 41 (12, 45)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Kershaw County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 17.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 13.4 to 22.2 and 14 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 43 (21, 45)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Lancaster County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 19.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 16.3 to 23.5 and 26 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 38 (19, 45)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Laurens County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 28.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.7 to 34.1 and 26 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (2, 32)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Lee County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 18.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.5 to 28.8 and 5 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 40 (8, 45)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Lexington County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 24.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.2 to 27.0 and 85 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 23 (11, 32)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Marion County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 33.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 25.8 to 42.5 and 15 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (1, 29)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Marlboro County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 25.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 18.7 to 34.9 and 9 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 18 (2, 44)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

McCormick County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 23.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.5 to 45.2 and 3 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 25 (1, 45)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Newberry County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 30.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.1 to 38.4 and 14 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (1, 38)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Oconee County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 24.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.8 to 29.8 and 29 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 21 (6, 39)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Orangeburg County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 34.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 29.0 to 39.5 and 38 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 17)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Pickens County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 23.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 19.7 to 27.0 and 35 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 26 (11, 41)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Richland County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 20.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 18.6 to 22.7 and 86 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 32 (22, 42)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Saluda County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 20.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.5 to 31.1 and 5 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 34 (3, 45)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Spartanburg County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 25.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.4 to 28.1 and 100 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 19 (9, 29)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Sumter County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 21.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 17.6 to 25.0 and 28 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 31 (15, 44)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Union County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 31.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.5 to 41.2 and 12 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (1, 36)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Williamsburg County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 24.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 18.3 to 33.1 and 11 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 22 (3, 44)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

York County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 20.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 17.8 to 22.4 and 63 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 36 (23, 43)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Allendale 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 10:23 am.

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.