Researchers used the Scottish Cancer Registry and analyzed the incidence and death rates for five socio-economic sections from 2004-2009 for 18,000 cases of colon and rectal cancer. Researchers found an increased incidence of 48.4-54.4 for colorectal cancer and an increased mortality rate of 8.6-10.1 and 11.5-13.5 for rectal and colon cancer respectively.
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