Five-year relative excess risks (RERs) of death for women compared with men, by cancer and time period, ages 15 to 99, Canada excluding Quebec, 1992 to 2008Note †
Table 6Cancer | Time period | ||||||||
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1992 to 1996 | 1998 to 2002 | 2004 to 2008 | |||||||
RER | 95% confidence interval | RER | 95% confidence interval | RER | 95% confidence interval | ||||
from | to | from | to | from | to | ||||
All cancersNote ‡ | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.88 | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.87 |
Oral cavity and pharynx | 0.85 | 0.79 | 0.91 | 0.78 | 0.73 | 0.84 | 0.78 | 0.73 | 0.84 |
Esophagus | 0.79 | 0.74 | 0.85 | 0.94 | 0.88 | 1.01 | 0.89 | 0.84 | 0.96 |
Stomach | 0.85 | 0.81 | 0.89 | 0.89 | 0.85 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.95 |
Colon | 0.96 | 0.92 | 0.99 | 0.96 | 0.92 | 0.99 | 0.94 | 0.80 | 0.97 |
Rectum | 0.89 | 0.85 | 0.94 | 0.92 | 0.87 | 0.97 | 0.87 | 0.83 | 0.92 |
Liver | 0.84 | 0.76 | 0.92 | 1.08 | 0.99 | 1.18 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 1.05 |
Pancreas | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.97 | 0.91 | 0.87 | 0.94 | 0.89 | 0.85 | 0.92 |
Larynx | 1.12 | 0.96 | 1.30 | 1.03 | 0.89 | 1.20 | 1.02 | 0.87 | 1.20 |
Lung and bronchus | 0.83 | 0.81 | 0.84 | 0.78 | 0.76 | 0.79 | 0.78 | 0.76 | 0.79 |
Skin melanoma | 0.54 | 0.48 | 0.61 | 0.48 | 0.42 | 0.55 | 0.52 | 0.46 | 0.58 |
Bladder (including in situ) | 1.23 | 1.14 | 1.33 | 1.11 | 1.04 | 1.19 | 1.23 | 1.15 | 1.31 |
Kidney and renal pelvis | 0.88 | 0.82 | 0.95 | 0.86 | 0.80 | 0.92 | 0.87 | 0.81 | 0.92 |
Brain and other nervous system | 0.78 | 0.74 | 0.83 | 0.81 | 0.77 | 0.85 | 0.81 | 0.77 | 0.86 |
Thyroid | 0.59 | 0.46 | 0.76 | 0.41 | 0.32 | 0.54 | 0.31 | 0.23 | 0.44 |
Hodgkin lymphoma | 0.74 | 0.60 | 0.90 | 0.85 | 0.69 | 1.04 | 0.65 | 0.53 | 0.79 |
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 0.72 | 0.68 | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.72 | 0.79 | 0.79 | 0.75 | 0.83 |
Multiple myeloma | 0.85 | 0.79 | 0.91 | 0.90 | 0.84 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.89 | 1.02 |
Leukemia | 1.00 | 0.95 | 1.06 | 0.89 | 0.84 | 0.94 | 0.98 | 0.93 | 1.04 |
OtherNote ‡ and unknown | 0.94 | 0.92 | 0.97 | 1.00 | 0.98 | 1.03 | 0.98 | 0.95 | 1.00 |
Sources: Canadian Cancer Registry database; life tables; Canadian Vital Statistics Death database. |
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