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Cancer in Canada

Estimated number of deaths, 1998

Males

Table 1.a Mortality Rates per 100,000 persons, Males, Canada, 1998 - Age 00-39
Table 1.b Mortality Rates per 100,000 persons, Males, Canada, 1998 - Age 40-59
Table 1.c Mortality Rates per 100,000 persons, Males, Canada, 1998 - Age 60-74
Table 1.d Mortality Rates per 100,000 persons, Males, Canada, 1998 - Age 75-85+

Females

Table 2.a Mortality Rates per 100,000 persons, Females, Canada, 1998 - Age 00-39
Table 2.b Mortality Rates per 100,000 persons, Females, Canada, 1998 - Age 40-59
Table 2.c Mortality Rates per 100,000 persons, Females, Canada, 1998 - Age 60-74
Table 2.d Mortality Rates per 100,000 persons, Females, Canada, 1998 - Age 75-85+

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Table 1.a Mortality Rates per 100,000 persons, Males, Canada, 1998

Type of cancer	Age 00-24	Age 25-29	Age 30-34	Age 35-39
Stomach			0.28	0.71
Intestines including rectum		0.34	0.69	1.65
Liver	0.11	0.18	0.38	0.88
Pancreas				0.74
Lung		0.28	0.91	3.35
Prostate
Bladder and other urinary organs			0.28	0.84
Brain	0.87	1.17	1.88	2.69
Lymphoma	0.60	1.56	1.94	3.19
Leukemia	1.37	1.17	1.41	1.80
Other cancers	1.63	3.21	4.06	6.43

Source: Cancer Bureau, Health Canada based on data supplied by Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada.
Note: Cells where the number of deaths is less than 2 percent of the total cancer deaths are left blank and the numbers are included in the other cancers category.

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Table 1.b Mortality Rates per 100,000 persons, Males, Canada, 1998

Type of cancer	Age 40-44	Age 45-49	Age 50-54	Age 55-59
Stomach	1.59	3.12	6.33	10.79
Intestines including rectum	3.67	8.29	16.76	31.91
Liver	1.51	2.55	4.46	8.95
Pancreas	1.94	4.68	9.05	17.37
Lung	10.63	30.46	71.46	145.33
Prostate				12.46
Bladder and other urinary organs	2.05	4.85	9.63	17.30
Brain	3.89	6.09	8.48	12.74
Lymphoma	4.60	7.59	13.73	20.37
Leukemia	2.42	3.54	5.62	9.72
Other cancers	11.87	23.24	47.18	80.14

Source: Cancer Bureau, Health Canada based on data supplied by Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada.

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Table 1.c Mortality Rates per 100,000 persons, Males, Canada, 1998

Type of cancer	Age 60-64	Age 65-69	Age 70-74
Stomach	18.41	28.63	43.51
Intestines including rectum	53.93	81.80	119.99
Liver	15.53	23.52	30.35
Pancreas	28.68	42.26	59.90
Lung	251.11	370.93	487.08
Prostate	33.41	74.21	153.88
Bladder and other urinary organs	28.39	45.58	68.42
Brain	16.89	20.83
Lymphoma	32.07	47.70	71.37
Leukemia	16.18	24.14	38.78
Other cancers	124.44	166.71	244.18

Source: Cancer Bureau, Health Canada based on data supplied by Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada.

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Table 1.d Mortality Rates per 100,000 persons, Males, Canada, 1998

Type of cancer	Age 75-79	Age 80-84	Age 85+
Stomach	61.10	87.70	109.74
Intestines including rectum	163.25	224.58	304.24
Liver
Pancreas	76.06	94.34	109.79
Lung	576.68	625.57	554.01
Prostate	277.05	460.98	822.25
Bladder and other urinary organs	103.68	148.92	227.74
Brain
Lymphoma	95.92	120.76	131.28
Leukemia	58.32	85.69	113.06
Other cancers	348.74	435.92	564.18

Source: Cancer Bureau, Health Canada based on data supplied by Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada.

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Table 2.a Mortality Rates per 100,000 persons, Females, Canada, 1998

Cause of cancer	Age 00-24	Age 25-29	Age 30-34	Age 35-39
Stomach
Intestines including rectum		0.26	0.68	1.65
Liver	0.09
Pancreas
Lung		0.31	1.46	4.48
Breast		1.02	4.17	11.33
Cervix uteri and other uterus		0.70	1.48	2.38
Ovary		0.33	0.66	1.51
Bladder and other urinary organs	0.09
Brain	0.69	0.79	1.16	1.63
Lymphoma	0.37	0.99	1.20	1.70
Leukemia	0.97	0.88	0.83	1.37
Other cancers	1.14	1.94	3.59	6.38

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Table 2.b Mortality Rates per 100,000 persons, Females, Canada, 1998

Cause of cancer	Age 40-44	Age 45-49	Age 50-54	Age 55-59
Stomach
Intestines including rectum	3.33	7.35	14.40	22.77
Liver
Pancreas	1.52	3.16	6.04	12.32
Lung	12.31	27.93	54.11	87.68
Breast	22.14	36.36	53.15	72.64
Cervix uteri and other uterus	3.46	5.17	6.21	9.15
Ovary	3.19	7.15	12.42	18.21
Bladder and other urinary organs				6.96
Brain	2.24	3.51	5.79	8.34
Lymphoma	2.73	5.09	9.05	14.06
Leukemia	2.19	3.04	3.98
Other cancers	10.78	18.84	32.98	53.51

Source: Cancer Bureau, Health Canada based on data supplied by Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada.

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Table 2.c Mortality Rates per 100,000 persons, Females, Canada, 1998

Cause of cancer	Age 60-64	Age 65-69	Age 70-74
Stomach		12.08	18.12
Intestines including rectum	35.42	53.64	75.67
Liver
Pancreas	19.25	31.29	47.52
Lung	127.44	173.38	205.79
Breast	89.00	104.47	124.44
Cervix uteri and other uterus	13.77	20.80	26.84
Ovary	25.40	31.24	38.03
Bladder and other urinary organs	10.16	16.28	24.24
Brain	11.56	13.49	16.69
Lymphoma	22.20	33.52	50.17
Leukemia		12.97	20.68
Other cancers	83.00	94.76	132.45

Source: Cancer Bureau, Health Canada based on data supplied by Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada.

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Table 2.d Mortality Rates per 100,000 persons, Females, Canada, 1998

Cause of cancer	Age 75-79	Age 80-84	Age 85+
Stomach	26.52	40.30	59.11
Intestines including rectum	107.69	154.52	243.98
Liver
Pancreas	62.14	79.62	96.36
Lung	215.21	196.48	161.71
Breast	149.86	177.54	238.02
Cervix uteri and other uterus	32.57	39.95	48.20
Ovary	43.94	47.36	48.51
Bladder and other urinary organs	38.06	53.71	81.37
Brain
Lymphoma	69.57	87.67	85.76
Leukemia	28.60	41.49	61.58
Other cancers	206.65	275.13	404.30

Source: Cancer Bureau, Health Canada based on data supplied by Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada.