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	Compare by Region: The colored gauge gives a visual representation of how your community is doing in comparison to other communities. The three-colored dial represents the distribution of values from the reporting regions (e.g. counties in the state) ordered from those doing the best to those doing the worst (sometimes lower values are better and in other cases higher values are better). From that distribution, the green represents the top 50th percentile, the yellow represents the 25th to 50th percentile, and the red represents the "worst" quartile.
	Compare by Average: This gauge shows how the San Francisco County value compares with the median or mean value for all counties in the state (or all US counties). The gauge is blue and white when being higher (or lower) is not necessarily good or bad and is multi-colored when being higher (or lower) is good or bad.
	Compare by Time Period: This gauge shows whether the San Francisco County value is increasing or decreasing over time. A green arrow means the value is improving and a red arrow means the value is getting worse. The = (equal) sign means that there is not a significant increase or decrease since the last measurement.
	Target: This gauge shows whether or not the San Francisco County value meets a specific target. The San Francisco County value is represented by the left bar and the target value by the right bar.
	Target: This gauge shows whether or not a specific target is met. A green check means the target is met and a red "X" means the target is not met.

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44.6

47.0

Red > 47.0
Green <= 44.6
In-between = Yellow
Unit: cases/100,000 population
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Colorectal Cancer Incidence Rate

Value:	45.4 cases/100,000 population
Measurement Period:	2003-2007
Location:	County : San Francisco
Categories:	Health / Cancer

What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the age-adjusted incidence rate for colorectal cancer. Rates are for invasive cancer only, unless otherwise specified.

Why this is important: Colorectal cancer—cancer of the colon or rectum—is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. In the U.S. in 2009, it is estimated that there will be 106,100 new cases and 49,920 deaths from colorectal cancer.

Technical note: The distribution for this indicator is based on data from 56 California counties. Rates were not calculated for counties with 3 or fewer reported cases.

Source: National Cancer Institute

URL of Source: http://www.cancer.gov

URL of Data: http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/incidencerates/

Time Series Data

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Colorectal Cancer Incidence Rate by Gender

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Colorectal Cancer Incidence Rate by Race/Ethnicity

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