Figure 5
Age-standardized cancer incidence and mortality rates, by ethnicity, sex and immigration status, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Figure 5 Age-standardized cancer incidence and mortality rates, by ethnicity, sex and immigration status, Canada, 2006 to 2016

Data Table for Figure 5 
Data table for Figure 5
Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for Figure 5. The information is grouped by Ethnicity (appearing as row headers), Male, immigrant, Male, non-immigrant, Female, immigrant and Female, non-immigrant, calculated using rate per 100,000 person-years units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Ethnicity Male, immigrant Male, non-immigrant Female, immigrant Female, non-immigrant
rate per 100,000 person-years
a - Cancer incidence
African 659.6284 829.4651 514.6108 662.3043
Caribbean 800.0991 781.5454 578.0607 567.6459
East Asian 616.2452 683.2174 630.9687 686.4301
European 976.6415 929.5645 797.0183 777.2084
LCSA 637.9746 755.7928 490.3157 476.5736
NINA 854.8345 733.2501 765.9000 605.1096
South Asian 487.2001 800.7550 540.6998 665.4379
WCAME 611.8233 831.4664 587.0226 739.6889
b - Cancer mortality
African 98.0257 182.4901 89.5839 133.5648
Caribbean 99.4425 106.9838 73.2083 111.8210
East Asian 95.3083 128.6575 70.5804 97.3619
European 148.6018 161.1757 100.1090 120.0093
LCSA 95.9049 128.7206 56.3186 76.7828
NINA 150.4939 179.3126 115.4270 125.9901
South Asian 61.4705 144.8556 54.0952 138.5074
WCAME 86.1885 152.6993 72.7631 133.2429
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 the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort dataset were available up to 2010 for Quebec residents.
Source: 2006 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort linked to Canadian Cancer Registry (2006 to 2016) and to Canadian Vital Statistics—Death Database (2006 to 2016).

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