Time Trends in Colorectal Cancer Incidence From 1992 to 2016 and Colorectal Cancer Mortality From 1980 to 2018 by Age Group and Geography in Canada.

"CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Guarantor of the article: Kathleen M. Decker, PhD. Specific author contributions: K.M.D.: conceptualization, funding acquisition, methodology, project administration, supervision, writing original draft and review and editing. P.L.: conceptualization, formal analysis, methodology, supervision, writing—review and editing. J.B.: formal analysis, methodology, writing—review and editing. A.D.: conceptualization, funding acquisition, methodology, writing—review and editing. H.S.: conceptualization, funding acquisition, methodology, writing original draft and review and editing. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript. Financial support: This study was supported by the CancerCare Manitoba Foundation. The CancerCare Manitoba Foundation had no role in the design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data. The analysis took place at Statistics Canada's Manitoba Research Data Centre (RDC). The RDC is supported by funds to the Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN) from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR), the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), and Statistics Canada. Although the research and analysis are based on data from Statistics Canada, the opinions expressed do not represent the views of Statistics Canada. Statistics Canada vetted the data for confidentiality but had no role in the design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data. Potential competing interests: None to report. Institutional review board statement: This study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the University of Manitoba's Health Research Ethics Board (HS21853, H2018:217), Manitoba Health's Health Information Privacy Committee, Statistics Canada, and CancerCare Manitoba's Research and Resource Impact Committee. Because data were deidentified, informed consent was not required."

"Financial support: This study was supported by the CancerCare Manitoba Foundation. The CancerCare Manitoba Foundation had no role in the design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data. The analysis took place at Statistics Canada's Manitoba Research Data Centre (RDC). The RDC is supported by funds to the Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN) from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR), the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), and Statistics Canada. Although the research and analysis are based on data from Statistics Canada, the opinions expressed do not represent the views of Statistics Canada. Statistics Canada vetted the data for confidentiality but had no role in the design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data."