Predicted five-year relative excess risks (RERs) of death for women compared with men, by cancer and age group, ages 15 to 99, Canada excluding Quebec, 2004-to-2008 periodNote †
Table 4Cancer | Age group (years) | ||||||||
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15 to 99 | 15 to 54 | 55 to 99 | |||||||
RER | 95% confidence interval | RER | 95% confidence interval | RER | 95% confidence interval | ||||
from | to | from | to | from | to | ||||
All cancersNote ‡ | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.77 | 0.75 | 0.80 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.88 |
Oral cavity and pharynx | 0.78 | 0.73 | 0.84 | 0.66 | 0.57 | 0.78 | 0.82 | 0.76 | 0.89 |
Esophagus | 0.89 | 0.84 | 0.96 | 0.79 | 0.64 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.85 | 0.98 |
Stomach | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.95 | 0.86 | 0.77 | 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.86 | 0.96 |
Colon | 0.94 | 0.80 | 0.97 | 0.89 | 0.82 | 0.98 | 0.94 | 0.91 | 0.98 |
Rectum | 0.87 | 0.83 | 0.92 | 0.73 | 0.65 | 0.83 | 0.90 | 0.85 | 0.96 |
Liver | 0.97 | 0.96 | 1.05 | 0.86 | 0.70 | 1.04 | 1.00 | 0.92 | 1.08 |
Pancreas | 0.89 | 0.85 | 0.92 | 0.79 | 0.70 | 0.88 | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.93 |
Larynx | 1.02 | 0.87 | 1.20 | 0.79 | 0.50 | 1.27 | 1.06 | 0.89 | 1.26 |
Lung and bronchus | 0.78 | 0.76 | 0.79 | 0.71 | 0.68 | 0.75 | 0.78 | 0.77 | 0.80 |
Skin melanoma | 0.52 | 0.46 | 0.58 | 0.46 | 0.38 | 0.55 | 0.57 | 0.49 | 0.67 |
Bladder (including in situ) | 1.23 | 1.15 | 1.31 | 1.18 | 0.93 | 1.50 | 1.23 | 1.15 | 1.32 |
Kidney and renal pelvis | 0.87 | 0.81 | 0.92 | 0.68 | 0.58 | 0.81 | 0.91 | 0.85 | 0.97 |
Brain and other nervous system | 0.81 | 0.77 | 0.86 | 0.77 | 0.70 | 0.85 | 0.83 | 0.78 | 0.88 |
Thyroid | 0.31 | 0.23 | 0.44 | 0.12 | 0.04 | 0.33 | 0.38 | 0.27 | 0.53 |
Hodgkin lymphoma | 0.65 | 0.53 | 0.79 | 0.52 | 0.36 | 0.76 | 0.71 | 0.56 | 0.90 |
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 0.79 | 0.75 | 0.83 | 0.70 | 0.62 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.76 | 0.85 |
Multiple myeloma | 0.95 | 0.89 | 1.02 | 0.81 | 0.64 | 1.02 | 0.97 | 0.90 | 1.04 |
Leukemia | 0.98 | 0.93 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 0.89 | 1.16 | 0.98 | 0.92 | 1.04 |
OtherNote ‡ and unknown | 0.98 | 0.95 | 1.00 | 0.86 | 0.80 | 0.92 | 1.00 | 0.97 | 1.02 |
Sources: Canadian Cancer Registry database; life tables; Canadian Vital Statistics Death database. |
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