Text Equivalent - Long Description - Figure 3.4

Figure 3.4 - Incidence and death rate by selected cancers and sex, Canadian population aged 65 years and older, 2006

Summary: In 2006 the most common new cases of cancer for senior men and women were not the same as the most common causes of death due to cancer for the same population.

Figure 3.4 - Incidence and death rate by selected cancers and sex, Canadian population aged 65 years and older, 2006

Type of Cancer	Incidence per 100,000 population	Death per 100,000 population
Male - Colorectal	367	149
Male - Lung	441	393
Male - Prostate	741	175
Male - All other	1,066	650
Female - Colorectal	253	107
Female - Lung	262	229
Female - Breast	337	119
Female - All other	751	485

Source: Statistics Canada.

Return to Figure 3.4