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The life-time risk of a bowel cancer diagnosis is 1 in 16 persons.

Bowel cancer is the fourth most common type of newly diagnosed cancer and second deadliest in Australia.

14534
Australians are told they have bowel cancer each year
5276
lives lost to bowel cancer each year
99 %
of cases can be treated successfully when detected in the earliest stage
160000
Australians living with or beyond bowel cancer.

Bowel cancer is the deadliest cancer and the seventh underlying cause of death overall for Australians aged 25-44.

1708
people under age of 50 are diagnosed with bowel cancer each year (11.7% of all bowel cancer cases).
288
people under age 50 die from bowel cancer each year (5.8% of all bowel cancer deaths).
50.4 %
of early-onset bowel cancer cases are diagnosed in women.
49.6 %
of early-onset bowel cancer cases are diagnosed in men.
86 %
of people diagnosed with early-onset bowel cancer experience symptoms.

Bowel cancer in women

Bowel cancer is the second most common type of newly diagnosed cancer and second deadliest cancer in women.

6701
women are diagnosed with bowel cancer each year, including 860 (13%) under age 50.
2530
women die from bowel cancer each year, including 147 (6%) under age 50.
46 %
of all Australians diagnosed with bowel cancer are women of all ages.

Bowel cancer in men

Bowel cancer is the third most common type of newly diagnosed cancer and third deadliest cancer in men.

7833
men are diagnosed with bowel cancer each year, including 848 (11%) under age 50.
2746
men die from bowel cancer each year, including 141 (5%) under age 50.
54 %
of all Australians diagnosed with bowel cancer are men of all ages.