 |
Lifetime probability of developing and dying from cancer
| |
2003 |
| |
Lifetime probability of: |
| |
developing |
dying |
| |
% |
| Male |
|
| All cancers |
41.2 |
27.4 |
| Prostate |
12.0 |
3.6 |
| Lung |
8.8 |
8.3 |
| Colorectal |
6.7 |
3.5 |
| Lymphoma |
2.9 |
1.6 |
| Bladder |
2.7 |
1.0 |
| Oral |
1.4 |
0.5 |
| Kidney |
1.6 |
0.7 |
| Stomach |
1.4 |
1.0 |
| Leukemia |
1.4 |
1.0 |
| Pancreas |
1.2 |
1.3 |
| Melanoma |
1.1 |
0.3 |
| Female |
|
| All cancers |
37.6 |
23.1 |
| Breast |
11.4 |
3.7 |
| Colorectal |
6.1 |
3.3 |
| Lung |
5.5 |
5.0 |
| Lymphoma |
2.5 |
1.4 |
| Body of uterus |
2.3 |
0.6 |
| Ovary |
1.6 |
1.1 |
| Pancreas |
1.3 |
1.3 |
| Leukemia |
1.1 |
0.7 |
| Kidney |
1.0 |
0.4 |
| Bladder |
1.0 |
0.4 |
| Stomach |
0.8 |
0.7 |
| Melanoma |
1.0 |
0.2 |
| Cervix |
0.7 |
0.3 |
| Oral |
0.6 |
0.3 |
| Source: National Cancer Institute of Canada, Canadian Cancer Statistics 2003, Toronto, 2003. |
| Last modified: 2004-02-06 |
For more information, consult the Internet publication Cancer statistics.
For more information on the concepts, methods and quality of the data contained in this table, consult the Statistical data documentation.
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