Table 4
Percentage of cancers linking with at least one Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) record during follow-up, by age group at diagnosis, type of cancer and province (excluding Quebec), 2005 to 2008

Table 4
Percentage of cancers linking with at least one Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) record during follow-up, by age group at diagnosis, type of cancer and province (excluding Quebec) , 2005 to 2008
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage of cancers linking with at least one Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) record during follow-up. The information is grouped by Type of cancer and province (appearing as row headers), Age group at diagnosis, Total, 0 to 39, 40 to 49, 50 to 59, 60 to 69, 70 to 79 and 80 or older (appearing as column headers).
Type of cancer and province Age group at diagnosis
Total 0 to 39 40 to 49 50 to 59 60 to 69 70 to 79 80 or older
Percentage linking with at least one DAD record
Prostate  
Newfoundland and Labrador 91.6 X X 96.8 92.2 86.9 89.3
Prince Edward Island 83.4 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 93.3 87.3 82.3 80.5 84.1
Nova Scotia 87.2 X X 90.5 88.4 83.0 86.6
New Brunswick 79.5 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 85.7 87.0 81.1 72.4 78.0
Ontario 62.6 46.7 76.5 72.6 66.6 48.0 68.6
Manitoba 77.2 X X 87.4 79.4 69.0 77.2
Saskatchewan 86.9 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 87.5 91.2 87.8 85.2 84.1
Alberta 65.7 X X 73.1 66.3 55.9 68.4
British Columbia 80.9 66.7 90.2 85.9 84.0 75.6 79.7
Female breast  
Newfoundland and Labrador 98.1 100.0 98.0 99.1 98.5 98.7 92.5
Prince Edward Island 96.8 100.0 97.9 97.5 99.1 95.9 89.1
Nova Scotia 96.2 98.9 97.4 98.0 98.2 96.1 88.7
New Brunswick 97.2 100.0 99.1 98.6 99.4 96.9 89.9
Ontario 56.9 61.4 54.2 52.6 54.0 61.0 67.2
Manitoba 95.6 97.7 98.7 98.4 98.5 96.0 84.1
Saskatchewan 97.5 98.7 98.0 99.2 98.6 99.6 90.4
Alberta 86.4 87.1 87.0 86.2 85.9 89.4 82.3
British Columbia 95.6 94.2 95.6 96.8 97.4 96.7 89.2
Colorectal  
Newfoundland and Labrador 98.7 100.0 97.8 98.2 99.4 99.1 97.3
Prince Edward Island 98.6 100.0 100.0 98.2 100.0 97.9 98.0
Nova Scotia 97.4 100.0 98.6 99.1 99.5 98.1 93.3
New Brunswick 97.0 95.7 97.9 98.6 96.0 97.8 95.7
Ontario 93.5 90.9 90.1 92.1 93.3 95.3 93.6
Manitoba 97.8 98.2 97.6 99.6 99.1 98.2 95.3
Saskatchewan 98.0 96.7 98.4 99.4 99.1 99.4 94.9
Alberta 94.4 87.8 93.5 93.9 94.8 95.8 93.5
British Columbia 96.9 97.1 97.8 98.2 98.9 98.4 92.3
Lung  
Newfoundland and Labrador 94.4 X X 98.6 96.9 92.1 86.5
Prince Edward Island 96.3 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 100.0 100.0 97.5 96.9 90.2
Nova Scotia 94.0 92.9 98.4 97.6 96.3 94.4 86.1
New Brunswick 94.9 100.0 99.1 96.8 95.7 95.1 91.1
Ontario 87.4 90.3 88.0 87.2 88.3 88.0 84.7
Manitoba 94.1 90.9 96.9 97.2 96.1 94.3 89.3
Saskatchewan 94.5 100.0 98.9 98.5 97.5 95.6 86.4
Alberta 84.8 85.7 83.5 86.1 84.7 86.1 81.9
British Columbia 92.8 100.0 96.4 95.9 95.0 94.0 85.7
.. not available for a specific reference period
X suppressed to meet confidentiality requirements of Statistics Act
Notes: Follow-up period for colorectal, lung and female breast cancer extended from 31 days before to 365 days after Canadian Cancer Registry date of diagnosis; for prostate cancer, follow-up extended from 31 days before to 730 days after date of diagnosis.
Sources: Canadian Cancer Registry data file, April 4, 2012; Discharge Abstract Database, fiscal years 2004/2005 to 2010/2011.

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