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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for New Mexico by County

Colon & Rectum (All Stages^), 2018-2022

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 65+

Sorted by Recentaapc

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.

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC/APC:

AAPC/APC (95% Confidence Interval) - the change in rate over time


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


New Mexico7


US (SEER+NPCR)1


San Miguel County7


Quay County7


Taos County7


Grant County7


Santa Fe County7


Sandoval County7


Chaves County7


Otero County7


Bernalillo County7


Dona Ana County7


San Juan County7


Lincoln County7


Eddy County7


Lea County7


Valencia County7


Sierra County7


Luna County7


Rio Arriba County7


McKinley County7


Roosevelt County7


Curry County7


Torrance County7


Cibola County7


Colfax County7


Catron County7 De Baca County7 Guadalupe County7 Harding County7 Hidalgo County7 Los Alamos County7 Mora County7 Socorro County7 Union County7


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/25/2026 1:41 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 and trends are computed using different standards for malignancy. For more information see malignant.html.

^ All Stages refers to any stage. 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.

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.

Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.

* 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.