Predicted relative excess risks (RERs) of death for women compared with men, by cancer and follow-up interval, ages 15 to 99, Canada excluding Quebec, 2004-to-2008 periodNote †
Table 5Cancer | Follow-up interval (years) | ||||||||
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0 to 1 | 1 to 3 | 3 to 5 | |||||||
RER | 95% confidence interval | RER | 95% confidence interval | RER | 95% confidence interval | ||||
from | to | from | to | from | to | ||||
All cancersNote ‡ | 0.92 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.81 | 0.89 |
Oral cavity and pharynx | 0.83 | 0.75 | 0.91 | 0.79 | 0.70 | 0.89 | 0.72 | 0.57 | 0.91 |
Esophagus | 0.98 | 0.90 | 1.05 | 0.78 | 0.67 | 0.91 | 0.94 | 0.62 | 1.41 |
Stomach | 1.01 | 0.96 | 1.07 | 0.80 | 0.72 | 0.88 | 0.77 | 0.59 | 1.00 |
Colon | 1.01 | 0.97 | 1.05 | 0.95 | 0.89 | 1.01 | 0.81 | 0.72 | 0.91 |
Rectum | 0.93 | 0.86 | 1.00 | 0.88 | 0.81 | 0.96 | 0.82 | 0.72 | 0.94 |
Liver | 0.93 | 0.85 | 1.02 | 1.07 | 0.90 | 1.28 | 0.86 | 0.58 | 1.25 |
Pancreas | 0.91 | 0.87 | 0.95 | 0.93 | 0.84 | 1.03 | 0.75 | 0.55 | 1.03 |
Larynx | 1.01 | 0.79 | 1.28 | 0.92 | 0.71 | 1.21 | 1.22 | 0.83 | 1.80 |
Lung and bronchus | 0.81 | 0.80 | 0.83 | 0.81 | 0.78 | 0.84 | 0.92 | 0.84 | 1.00 |
Skin melanoma | 0.49 | 0.40 | 0.61 | 0.55 | 0.46 | 0.65 | 0.48 | 0.36 | 0.64 |
Bladder (including in situ) | 1.47 | 1.36 | 1.60 | 1.04 | 0.92 | 1.18 | 0.94 | 0.74 | 1.21 |
Kidney and renal pelvis | 0.93 | 0.86 | 1.00 | 0.77 | 0.67 | 0.88 | 0.92 | 0.73 | 1.15 |
Brain and other nervous system | 0.95 | 0.90 | 1.01 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.63 | 1.01 |
Thyroid | 0.43 | 0.32 | 0.57 | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.60 | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period | Note ..: not available for a specific reference period |
Hodgkin lymphoma | 0.56 | 0.43 | 0.73 | 0.87 | 0.60 | 1.27 | 0.74 | 0.43 | 1.27 |
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 0.86 | 0.81 | 0.91 | 0.76 | 0.69 | 0.85 | 0.76 | 0.65 | 0.88 |
Multiple myeloma | 0.92 | 0.84 | 1.01 | 1.00 | 0.89 | 1.12 | 1.03 | 0.87 | 1.22 |
Leukemia | 1.10 | 1.04 | 1.17 | 0.88 | 0.77 | 1.00 | 0.69 | 0.56 | 0.87 |
OtherNote ‡ and unknown | 1.01 | 0.98 | 1.04 | 0.97 | 0.91 | 1.03 | 0.94 | 0.84 | 1.06 |
.. data not available (model did not converge)
Sources: Canadian Cancer Registry database; life tables; Canadian Vital Statistics Death database. |
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