Table 3 
Top five cancers1, by age group and sex, 2012 

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Top five cancers, by age group and sex, 2012
  rank number % of all cancers
Top five cancers for males      
0 to 24 years old      
All cancers combined ... 1,140 100.0
Testis 1 170 14.9
Brain 2 160 14.0
Hodgkin lymphoma 3 125 11.0
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 4 100 8.8
Acute lymphocytic leukemia2 5 90 7.9
25 to 49 years old      
All cancers combined ... 6,825 100.0
Colon and rectum 1 815 11.9
Testis 2 670 9.8
Thyroid 3 540 7.9
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 4 500 7.3
Melanomas of the skin 5 485 7.1
50 years of age and older      
All cancers combined ... 80,925 100.0
Prostate 1 20,515 25.4
Lung and bronchus 2 12,410 15.3
Colon and rectum 3 10,990 13.6
Bladder 4 5,430 6.7
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 5 3,300 4.1
Top five cancers for females      
0 to 24 years old      
All cancers combined ... 1,020 100.0
Thyroid 1 180 17.6
Brain 2 95 9.3
Hodgkin lymphoma 3 90 8.8
Acute lymphocytic leukemia2 4 60 5.9
Melanomas of the skin 5 55 5.4
Bones and joints 5 55 5.4
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 5 55 5.4
25 to 49 years old      
All cancers combined ... 12,750 100.0
Breast 1 4,420 34.7
Thyroid 2 2,040 16.0
Colon and rectum 3 755 5.9
Cervix uteri 4 725 5.7
Melanomas of the skin 5 720 5.6
50 years of age and older      
All cancers combined ... 72,650 100.0
Breast 1 18,525 25.5
Lung and bronchus 2 11,120 15.3
Colon and rectum 3 9,105 12.5
Corpus uteri 4 4,935 6.8
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 5 2,745 3.8
...
not applicable
Source(s):
CANSIM tables 103-0553 and 051-0001.

Table note 1

Excluding the "other, ill-defined and unknown sites" category.

Table note 2

This figure was calculated without the Ontario data for acute lymphocytic leukemia, which were unavailable for the 2012 reference year.
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