From 2001 to 2020, colorectal cancer became more common in younger adults in every part of the U.S., and men were diagnosed at higher rates than women, with their rates rising faster over time.

Between 2001 and 2020, the number of new cases of colorectal cancer in adults aged 20 to 54 rose in every region of the United States, with the fastest increase in the West and the slowest in the South, showing that different areas experienced different rates of growth in this disease.

In the United States, men between the ages of 25 and 44 died from early-onset colorectal cancer at a higher rate than women in 2020, with 2.6 deaths per 10,000 men compared to 2.0 per 10,000 women.

In six regions of Germany, the number of people under age 50 diagnosed with colorectal cancer rose each year between 1999 and 2018, with the fastest increase seen in young adults aged 20 to 29.

Since 2013, the number of new colorectal cancer cases per year has risen by 3% each year among U.S. adults aged 20 to 49, while cases have decreased in older adults.

From 1999 to 2018, the number of new cases of colorectal cancer each year rose by 4.44% in men and 6.40% in women between the ages of 20 and 29 in Germany, with the fastest growth occurring in this younger group, even though colorectal cancer remains uncommon in people this age.