Table 6
Five-year relative excess risks (RERs) of death for women compared with men, by cancer and time period, ages 15 to 99, Canada excluding Quebec, 1992 to 2008Note †

Table 6
Five-year relative excess risks (RERs) of death for women compared with men, by cancer and time period, ages 15 to 99, Canada excluding Quebec, 1992 to 2008†
Table summary
This table displays the results of Five-year relative excess risks (RERs) of death for women compared with men. The information is grouped by Cancer (appearing as row headers), Time period, 1992 to 1996, 1998 to 2002, 2004 to 2008, RER and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Cancer Time period
1992 to 1996 1998 to 2002 2004 to 2008
RER 95% confidence interval RER 95% confidence interval RER 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
All cancersNote ‡ 0.87 0.87 0.88 0.87 0.86 0.87 0.87 0.86 0.87
Oral cavity and pharynx 0.85 0.79 0.91 0.78 0.73 0.84 0.78 0.73 0.84
Esophagus 0.79 0.74 0.85 0.94 0.88 1.01 0.89 0.84 0.96
Stomach 0.85 0.81 0.89 0.89 0.85 0.93 0.90 0.86 0.95
Colon 0.96 0.92 0.99 0.96 0.92 0.99 0.94 0.80 0.97
Rectum 0.89 0.85 0.94 0.92 0.87 0.97 0.87 0.83 0.92
Liver 0.84 0.76 0.92 1.08 0.99 1.18 0.97 0.96 1.05
Pancreas 0.93 0.90 0.97 0.91 0.87 0.94 0.89 0.85 0.92
Larynx 1.12 0.96 1.30 1.03 0.89 1.20 1.02 0.87 1.20
Lung and bronchus 0.83 0.81 0.84 0.78 0.76 0.79 0.78 0.76 0.79
Skin melanoma 0.54 0.48 0.61 0.48 0.42 0.55 0.52 0.46 0.58
Bladder (including in situ) 1.23 1.14 1.33 1.11 1.04 1.19 1.23 1.15 1.31
Kidney and renal pelvis 0.88 0.82 0.95 0.86 0.80 0.92 0.87 0.81 0.92
Brain and other nervous system 0.78 0.74 0.83 0.81 0.77 0.85 0.81 0.77 0.86
Thyroid 0.59 0.46 0.76 0.41 0.32 0.54 0.31 0.23 0.44
Hodgkin lymphoma 0.74 0.60 0.90 0.85 0.69 1.04 0.65 0.53 0.79
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 0.72 0.68 0.75 0.76 0.72 0.79 0.79 0.75 0.83
Multiple myeloma 0.85 0.79 0.91 0.90 0.84 0.96 0.95 0.89 1.02
Leukemia 1.00 0.95 1.06 0.89 0.84 0.94 0.98 0.93 1.04
OtherNote ‡ and unknown 0.94 0.92 0.97 1.00 0.98 1.03 0.98 0.95 1.00
Note †

period method of survival analysis used for 2004-to-2008 period; otherwise cohort method used

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Note ‡

excluding genital system cancers and breast cancer

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Notes: All results were adjusted for age group. All cancers were also adjusted for case mix.
Sources: Canadian Cancer Registry database; life tables; Canadian Vital Statistics Death database.

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