Table 24
Cancer mortality rates for population aged 65 and over, by sex and type of cancer, Canada, 1981Note 1 and 2012Note 2
Table 24
Cancer mortality rates for population aged 65 and over, by sex and type of cancer, Canada, 1981Note 1 and 2012Note 2
Table 24
Cancer mortality rates for population aged 65 and over, by sex and type of cancer, Canada, 1981 and 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Cancer mortality rates for population aged 65 and over. The information is grouped by Type of cancer (appearing as row headers), 65 to 74 years, 75 to 84 years, 85 years and over, 1981 and 2012, calculated using per 100,000 population units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Type of cancer
65 to 74 years
75 to 84 years
85 years and over
1981
2012
1981
2012
1981
2012
per 100,000 population
Lung
214
218
261
359
182
367
Women
81
185
83
279
69
263
Men
373
253
527
462
414
582
Breast (women)
108
68
143
117
224
217
Prostate (men)
94
49
324
204
676
589
Colorectal
81
65
156
145
245
275
Women
73
48
138
113
232
243
Men
90
83
181
185
270
340
Other cancers
425
382
728
803
1,053
1,434
Women
349
265
613
533
920
929
Men
516
385
901
795
1,325
1,326
Note 1.
World Health Organization (WHO). International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Ninth Revision (ICD-9).
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Deaths Database, 1981 and 2012, Survey 3233 and Demography Division, Population Estimates Program.
