Table 1
Percentage of deaths due to cancer, by age group, sex,Note † and selected cancers, Canada, 2006 to 2008

Table 1
Percentage of deaths due to cancer, by age group, sex, and selected cancers, Canada, 2006 to 2008
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage of deaths due to cancer. The information is grouped by Age group (years) (appearing as row headers), All cancers, Colorectal, Lung and bronchus, Skin melanoma, Female breast, Prostate, Bladder, Kidney and renal pelvis, Thyroid, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Leukemia, Male and Female (appearing as column headers).
Age group (years) All cancers Colorectal Lung and bronchus Skin melanoma Female breastNote ‡ ProstateNote ‡ Bladder Kidney and renal pelvis Thyroid Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Leukemia
Male Female Male Female Male Female
Percentage
All ages 30.8 28.4 3.8 3.4 8.7 7.0 0.4 4.3 3.1 0.8 0.7 0.1 1.1 1.0
Less than 1 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
1 to 4 13.6 16.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.5 3.9
5 to 9 22.7 18.6 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 1.0 4.1
10 to 14 15.2 14.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 4.2
15 to 19 5.9 7.9 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.3
20 to 24 6.1 11.0 0.2 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5 1.3
25 to 29 7.9 14.6 0.8 1.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.2
30 to 34 10.8 25.6 1.0 2.3 0.3 0.9 1.0 6.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.9 1.4
35 to 39 14.2 33.2 1.4 2.6 1.2 1.9 1.1 10.3 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.9 1.5
40 to 44 17.5 40.9 2.2 3.4 2.8 5.7 0.9 12.5 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.1 1.2 1.1
45 to 49 25.5 49.3 2.9 3.6 6.2 11.6 1.0 13.2 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.1 1.1 1.0
50 to 54 34.0 53.8 4.3 4.6 8.9 13.9 0.9 12.1 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.1 1.4 1.0
55 to 59 39.5 56.7 4.9 5.2 12.0 15.6 0.8 11.2 1.0 0.7 1.2 0.1 1.6 1.0
60 to 64 43.7 55.5 5.3 4.9 14.2 17.7 0.7 9.5 1.9 0.8 1.2 0.1 1.6 1.2
65 to 69 43.7 52.1 5.3 5.0 14.8 16.7 0.5 7.1 2.6 0.9 1.0 0.1 1.7 1.5
70 to 74 41.4 44.1 5.0 4.6 13.6 13.6 0.4 5.3 3.3 1.0 0.9 0.1 1.6 1.4
75 to 79 35.5 35.3 4.4 4.3 10.7 9.6 0.4 3.9 3.9 1.0 0.8 0.1 1.4 1.2
80 to 84 28.8 25.3 3.6 3.5 7.6 5.6 0.3 3.1 4.6 1.0 0.6 0.1 1.1 1.0
85 to 89 22.1 17.3 2.9 3.0 4.7 3.0 0.2 2.2 4.6 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.8 0.7
90 to 94 16.3 10.9 2.1 2.1 2.7 1.4 0.1 1.6 4.1 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.5
95 or older 11.8 6.7 1.3 1.4 1.2 0.6 0.1 1.3 4.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.3
Note †

sex-specific percentages provided for selected cancers constituting 2% or more of deaths for all ages combined in given period

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Note ‡

sex-specific denominators used to determine percentages for female breast and prostate cancer

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Source: Canadian Vital Statistics Death database.
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