Louisiana
Colon cancer rate in Louisiana is nearly 50% higher than national average. See parish data.
The national average rate of new colon and rectal cancer patients in 2021 was 36.0 per 100,000. Louisiana’s average rate was nearly 50% higher than the national average, at a 44.5 incidence per 100,000, according to United States Cancer Statistics.
The highest rate of new patients in Louisiana was in West Carroll Parish with a rate of 68.9 per 100,000 — nearly double the national average.
Only West Baton Rouge Parish reported fewer cases than the national average with 29.7 patients per 100,000.
Other parishes with the highest rates of colon and rectal cancer — over 60 per 100,000 between 2017 and 2021 — include Allen, Caldwell, Catahoula, Claiborne, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, La Salle, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Richland, St. James, St. Martin and Winn.
In Louisiana in 2021, there were 2,448 new cases of colon and rectal cancer.
In 2022, 806 people died of colon and rectal cancer in Louisiana.
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