Figure 2
Top three new cancer cases, by sex and ethnicity, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Figure 2 Top three new cancer cases, by sex and ethnicity, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Data Table for Figure 2 
Data table for Figure 2
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Figure 2. The information is grouped by Ethnicity (appearing as row headers), Upper confidence interval , Lower confidence interval and Rate , calculated using rate per 100,000 person-years units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Ethnicity Upper confidence interval Lower confidence interval Rate
rate per 100,000 person-years
a - Females
Breast cancer
African 167.2963 126.7344 147.0153
Caribbean 166.5752 133.4574 150.0163
East Asian 195.4482 177.1503 186.2992
European 211.8213 206.0452 208.9333
LCSA 138.5052 101.1220 119.8136
NINA 162.1818 154.7464 158.4641
South Asian 178.8427 154.9553 166.8990
WCME Asian 199.2586 159.2834 179.2710
Lung and bronchus cancer
African 45.4416 21.6618 33.5517
Caribbean 37.9197 21.6863 29.8030
East Asian 67.4734 56.2006 61.8370
European 100.8498 97.0619 98.9558
LCSA 35.2596 14.3550 24.8073
NINA 94.1366 88.5137 91.3252
South Asian 22.7293 14.3222 18.5257
WCME Asian 44.7709 25.6257 35.1983
Colorectal cancer
African 66.8832 40.1022 53.4927
Caribbean 67.8272 45.6009 56.7141
East Asian 76.6931 65.3879 71.0405
European 87.4626 83.9111 85.6869
LCSA 63.1178 34.0616 48.5897
NINA 72.0388 67.1185 69.5786
South Asian 44.4131 31.7617 38.0874
WCME Asian 54.4707 33.6757 44.0732
b - Males
Prostate cancer
African 285.5437 225.3474 255.4455
Caribbean 405.3384 339.0258 372.1821
East Asian 158.0077 138.8374 148.4226
European 231.3035 225.4892 228.3964
LCSA 235.0155 170.8819 202.9487
NINA 168.8389 161.3360 165.0875
South Asian 151.8676 127.8102 139.8389
WCME Asian 172.0510 134.1892 153.1201
Lung and bronchus cancer
African 55.7836 30.3941 43.0889
Caribbean 58.6221 32.5380 45.5801
East Asian 96.9962 82.3092 89.6527
European 124.4751 120.0664 122.2708
LCSA 81.3982 34.7021 58.0502
NINA 118.0631 111.4317 114.7474
South Asian 38.8925 27.3113 33.1019
WCME Asian 93.0638 63.3336 78.1987
Colorectal cancer
African 94.3362 59.6235 76.9798
Caribbean 90.9763 56.8115 73.8939
East Asian 95.4946 81.4341 88.4643
European 123.2519 118.6998 120.9758
LCSA 95.0235 52.0301 73.5268
NINA 101.8916 95.4710 98.6813
South Asian 58.7399 44.5143 51.6271
WCME Asian 94.5042 67.1565 80.8304
Notes: NINA represents non-Indigenous North American; WCAME represents West Central Asian and Middle Eastern; and LCSA represents Latin Central and South American. New primary cancers for CanCHEC dataset were available up to 2010 for Quebec residents.
Source: 2006 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC) linked to Canadian Cancer Registry (2006 to 2016).

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