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Thursday, July 31, 2003 Cancer survival statisticsFive-year observed and relative survival estimates are now available for prostate, breast, colorectal and lung cancer cases diagnosed in Canada, excluding Quebec, from 1992 to 1994 (mortality follow-up until 1999). Free tables on CANSIM provide the most current annual and grouped (3 years of data) survival statistics and are supplemented by background methodology, general interpretation and complementary information. Available on CANSIM: tables 103-1501 to 103-1512. Definitions, data sources and methods: survey numbers, including related surveys, 3207, 3233 and 3604. The publication Cancer survival statistics (84-601-XIE, free) is now available on Statistics Canada's website (http://www.statcan.gc.ca). From the Our products and services page, under Browse our Internet publications, choose Free, then Health. For more information, contact Client Services (613-951-1746; hd-ds@statcan.gc.ca). To enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Larry Ellison (613-951-5244; larry.ellison@statcan.gc.ca) or Ghislaine Villeneuve (613-951-1641; ghislaine.villeneuve@statcan.gc.ca), Health Statistics Division. |
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