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Table B
Prevalence proportions (per 100,000), by prevalence-duration, cancer and sex, Canada, January 1, 2005

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Cancer Prevalence-duration
Two-year Five-year Ten-year
Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females Both sexes Males Females
All cancers 661.2 678.8 644.0 1,372.0 1,388.9 1,355.5 2,161.6 2,128.1 2,194.5
Oral cavity and pharynx 16.0 22.0 10.2 33.3 45.0 21.8 53.5 72.4 34.9
Esophagus 3.8 5.7 1.9 5.5 8.3 2.8 7.0 10.3 3.8
Stomach 9.0 12.0 6.0 14.9 19.2 10.7 21.4 26.5 16.3
Colorectal 90.7 99.3 82.3 185.9 202.1 170.0 285.9 306.0 266.3
Colon excluding rectum 59.9 61.2 58.7 123.1 124.7 121.6 191.1 191.2 191.0
Rectum and rectosigmoid 31.4 39.0 24.1 64.3 79.4 49.4 97.4 118.0 77.2
Anus 2.7 2.4 3.0 5.4 4.6 6.2 8.3 7.0 9.6
Liver 2.9 4.5 1.4 4.8 7.4 2.3 6.1 9.2 3.0
Pancreas 5.7 5.5 5.8 7.6 7.5 7.7 9.4 9.2 9.7
Larynx 5.8 9.6 2.1 12.2 20.2 4.3 20.8 34.4 7.5
Lung and bronchus 54.5 57.4 51.7 85.5 88.2 82.8 114.7 118.8 110.7
Soft tissue 4.5 5.0 4.0 9.3 10.3 8.3 15.2 16.5 14.0
Skin melanoma 23.9 25.5 22.4 54.0 56.0 52.2 91.4 91.6 91.3
Breast 115.3 1.9 226.5 266.6 3.7 524.6 456.0 5.9 897.8
Cervix uteri 14.4 33.4 61.6
Corpus uteri 42.4 94.7 163.0
Ovary 20.2 38.6 57.6
Prostate 236.0 539.7 848.1
Testis 9.8 23.9 44.4
Bladder (including in situ) 32.7 49.9 15.9 68.0 103.2 33.5 111.3 167.1 56.5
Kidney and renal pelvis 18.8 22.7 14.9 39.8 48.0 31.8 63.7 76.3 51.3
Brain 6.6 7.7 5.5 11.9 13.7 10.3 18.7 21.1 16.4
Thyroid 18.5 7.6 29.2 40.4 17.5 62.8 63.3 27.6 98.4
Hodgkin lymphoma 5.0 5.5 4.5 11.7 13.1 10.3 21.5 23.9 19.1
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 28.8 31.0 26.6 59.1 62.9 55.3 92.1 96.2 88.1
Multiple myeloma 7.9 8.6 7.2 14.2 15.2 13.2 18.4 19.6 17.1
Leukemias 18.0 21.5 14.6 35.8 42.2 29.5 55.0 63.9 46.3
Other, unknown 40.3 41.2 39.4 75.8 76.3 75.2 115.5 114.8 116.1
Note: Prevalence proportions were determined by a person-based analysis.
Source: Canadian Cancer Registry, Statistics Canada and Provincial/Territorial Cancer Registries.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2009, " Cancer prevalence in the Canadian population", Health Reports, Vol. 20, No. 1, catalogue number 82-003-X.