Table 6
New cancer cases, by primary site of cancer, Canada, 1992 to 2007
Primary site of cancer | 1992 | 1997 | 2002 | 2007 | % increase 1992 to 2007 |
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number of new cancer cases | |||||
Females | |||||
Total – All primary sites of cancer | 53,838 | 59,974 | 69,404 | 78,099 | 45 |
Breast | 15,707 | 17,633 | 19,644 | 21,021 | 34 |
Lung and bronchus | 6,197 | 7,318 | 8,892 | 10,404 | 68 |
Colorectal | 7,047 | 7,380 | 8,592 | 9,267 | 32 |
Corpus uteri | 2,828 | 3,149 | 3,658 | 4,359 | 54 |
Thyroid | 995 | 1,240 | 2,209 | 3,250 | 227 |
Others | 21,064 | 23,254 | 26,409 | 29,798 | 41 |
Males | |||||
Total – All primary sites of cancer | 61,813 | 64,954 | 74,463 | 85,430 | 38 |
Prostate | 15,302 | 15,995 | 19,601 | 23,181 | 51 |
Lung and bronchus | 11,491 | 11,179 | 11,855 | 12,461 | 8 |
Colorectal | 7,922 | 8,299 | 10,014 | 11,198 | 41 |
Bladder (including in situ) | 3,732 | 4,108 | 4,445 | 4,933 | 32 |
Non-Hodgkin's lymphomas | 2,259 | 2,729 | 3,056 | 3,763 | 67 |
Others | 21,107 | 22,644 | 25,492 | 29,894 | 42 |
Notes: Only the five main primary sites for females and males were included in this table. For more details on other sites, see CANSIM table 103-0550. Source: Statistics Canada, Database of the Canadian Cancer Registry. |
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