Table 2
Age-standardized incidence-to-mortiality rate ratios (ASRR1), by sex and cancer site, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, 2003 to 2007

Table 2
Age-standardized incidence-to-mortiality rate ratios (ASRR1), by sex and cancer site, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, 2003 to 2007
Table summary
This table displays the results of age-standardized incidence-to-mortiality rate ratios (asrr1). The information is grouped by cancer site (appearing as row headers), males, females, asrr1 and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Cancer site Males Females
ASRR1 95% confidence interval ASRR1 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Oral cavity, pharynx  
Alberta 3.00 2.62 3.43 3.43 2.82 4.18
Saskatchewan 3.50 2.76 4.43 3.76 2.68 5.29
Manitoba 3.25 2.70 3.93 3.69 2.78 4.90
New Brunswick 3.69 2.87 4.74 4.85 3.16 7.44
Prince Edward Island 3.56 1.90 6.65 4.28 1.91 9.60
Esophagus  
Alberta 0.99 0.88 1.13 1.16 0.91 1.48
Saskatchewan 0.82 0.66 1.02 0.88 0.60 1.28
Manitoba 0.79 0.65 0.96 0.84 0.59 1.21
New Brunswick 0.98 0.79 1.23 1.07 0.72 1.58
Prince Edward Island 1.08 0.62 1.87 1.22 0.46 3.26
Stomach  
Alberta 1.86 1.65 2.10 1.64 1.40 1.92
Saskatchewan 1.80 1.47 2.20 2.00 1.51 2.65
Manitoba 1.80 1.52 2.13 1.35 1.08 1.69
New Brunswick 1.80 1.47 2.20 1.79 1.37 2.32
Prince Edward Island 1.61 0.94 2.76 1.44 0.79 2.64
Colon, rectum  
Alberta 2.57 2.43 2.73 2.57 2.41 2.73
Saskatchewan 2.62 2.40 2.85 2.57 2.33 2.83
Manitoba 2.38 2.19 2.58 2.54 2.32 2.78
New Brunswick 2.51 2.27 2.78 2.51 2.24 2.80
Prince Edward Island 2.80 2.21 3.55 2.17 1.72 2.73
Liver  
Alberta 1.30 1.13 1.49 1.17 0.94 1.47
Saskatchewan 1.03 0.77 1.38 0.73 0.48 1.12
Manitoba 1.20 0.96 1.52 1.03 0.73 1.46
New Brunswick 1.08 0.77 1.51 0.97 0.54 1.73
Prince Edward Island 1.01 0.51 2.00 X X X
Pancreas  
Alberta 1.12 1.01 1.24 1.08 0.98 1.19
Saskatchewan 1.06 0.90 1.25 1.20 1.01 1.41
Manitoba 1.03 0.88 1.20 1.04 0.88 1.22
New Brunswick 1.12 0.95 1.33 1.12 0.94 1.33
Prince Edward Island 1.16 0.77 1.75 1.32 0.83 2.10
Bronchus, lung  
Alberta 1.24 1.18 1.29 1.36 1.30 1.43
Saskatchewan 1.25 1.16 1.33 1.38 1.27 1.49
Manitoba 1.24 1.16 1.32 1.34 1.25 1.44
New Brunswick 1.21 1.13 1.30 1.31 1.21 1.42
Prince Edward Island 1.22 1.03 1.44 1.33 1.10 1.61
Melanoma of skin  
Alberta 4.96 4.27 5.76 7.51 6.28 8.98
Saskatchewan 4.42 3.42 5.71 6.11 4.38 8.52
Manitoba 4.53 3.51 5.84 6.24 4.59 8.50
New Brunswick 6.56 4.86 8.86 8.40 5.91 11.92
Prince Edward Island 5.88 3.22 10.76 14.47 5.75 36.44
BreastNote †  
Alberta Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 4.65 4.42 4.89
Saskatchewan Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 4.37 4.02 4.75
Manitoba Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 4.01 3.73 4.31
New Brunswick Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 4.69 4.27 5.15
Prince Edward Island Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 4.04 3.28 4.96
Cervix uteri  
Alberta Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 4.16 3.54 4.88
Saskatchewan Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 4.47 3.26 6.14
Manitoba Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 3.39 2.60 4.42
New Brunswick Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 4.28 3.07 5.95
Prince Edward Island Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 5.36 2.54 11.33
Corpus uterus, uterus not otherwise specified  
Alberta Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 6.60 5.81 7.49
Saskatchewan Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 7.10 5.71 8.83
Manitoba Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 8.38 6.84 10.25
New Brunswick Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 5.93 4.69 7.50
Prince Edward Island Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 7.96 4.26 14.85
Ovary            
Alberta Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 1.37 1.24 1.52
Saskatchewan Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 1.40 1.19 1.64
Manitoba Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 1.43 1.23 1.65
New Brunswick Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 1.57 1.31 1.89
Prince Edward Island Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 1.89 1.13 3.16
ProstateNote †  
Alberta 5.43 5.16 5.72 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Saskatchewan 4.76 4.44 5.10 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Manitoba 4.12 3.83 4.45 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
New Brunswick 6.10 5.55 6.70 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Prince Edward Island 6.55 5.30 8.09 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Kidney, renal pelvis  
Alberta 3.10 2.76 3.48 3.40 2.92 3.97
Saskatchewan 2.75 2.29 3.30 2.80 2.21 3.54
Manitoba 2.87 2.45 3.37 3.35 2.70 4.17
New Brunswick 3.04 2.51 3.67 3.45 2.71 4.40
Prince Edward Island 3.12 1.98 4.90 2.06 1.20 3.56
Bladder  
Alberta 4.86 4.38 5.39 4.74 4.00 5.62
Saskatchewan 4.06 3.48 4.75 4.58 3.48 6.02
Manitoba 3.86 3.34 4.46 5.04 3.84 6.63
New Brunswick 4.82 4.02 5.78 6.59 4.73 9.18
Prince Edward Island 4.57 2.99 6.98 3.91 1.99 7.66
Brain, other parts of central nervous system  
Alberta 1.38 1.22 1.56 1.49 1.28 1.74
Saskatchewan 1.47 1.16 1.85 1.57 1.21 2.03
Manitoba 1.52 1.22 1.89 1.52 1.19 1.96
New Brunswick 1.38 1.09 1.75 1.85 1.40 2.45
Prince Edward Island 1.94 1.11 3.37 1.15 0.63 2.10
Hodgkin lymphoma  
Alberta 6.78 4.68 9.80 12.61 7.68 20.70
Saskatchewan 10.28 5.27 20.05 20.06 7.80 51.57
Manitoba 6.43 3.55 11.65 13.34 5.92 30.08
New Brunswick 12.22 5.28 28.29 7.15 3.14 16.28
Prince Edward Island Note ‡ Note ‡ Note ‡ Note ‡ Note ‡ Note ‡
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma  
Alberta 2.66 2.41 2.94 2.98 2.66 3.33
Saskatchewan 2.34 2.01 2.72 2.57 2.16 3.05
Manitoba 2.15 1.88 2.47 2.39 2.05 2.77
New Brunswick 2.51 2.11 2.99 3.14 2.56 3.84
Prince Edward Island 3.15 2.02 4.91 2.32 1.51 3.55
Leukemia  
Alberta 2.19 1.98 2.43 2.29 2.03 2.58
Saskatchewan 1.99 1.71 2.32 2.13 1.77 2.58
Manitoba 1.79 1.54 2.07 2.08 1.74 2.50
New Brunswick 1.99 1.61 2.45 1.93 1.53 2.44
Prince Edward Island 2.15 1.46 3.16 1.95 1.15 3.32
Multiple myeloma  
Alberta 1.63 1.40 1.89 1.54 1.30 1.83
Saskatchewan 1.64 1.27 2.11 1.53 1.16 2.02
Manitoba 1.57 1.24 1.98 1.27 0.99 1.62
New Brunswick 1.72 1.29 2.28 1.75 1.29 2.38
Prince Edward Island 2.24 1.29 3.90 1.72 0.76 3.87
... not applicable
Note †

non-overlapping confidence intervals across provinces

Note ‡

undefined because there were no deaths with an underlying cause of Hodgkin lymphoma from 2003 through 2007

X suppressed to meet confidentiality requirements of Statistics Act
Sources: Canadian Cancer Registry; Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database; Census of Population.
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