Table 2
Distribution of cancer deaths among top 10 cancer types, by ethnicity and sex, Canada, 2006 to 2016


Table 2
Distribution of cancer deaths among top 10 cancer types, by ethnicity and sex, Canada, 2006 to 2016
Table summary
This table displays the results of Distribution of cancer deaths among top 10 cancer types. The information is grouped by Cancer types (appearing as row headers), European, Non-Indigenous North American, East Asian, South Asian, West Central Asian and Middle Eastern, African, Caribbean and Latin, Central and South American, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Cancer types European Non-Indigenous North American East Asian South Asian West Central Asian and Middle Eastern African Caribbean Latin, Central and South American
percent
Females
Lung 25.0 29.0 20.8 9.1 14.9 11.5 10.2 11.8
Breast 14.4 13.7 14.2 18.8 22.6 20.7 21.7 18.2
Colorectal 10.4 10.6 11.7 7.9 8.6 12.1 10.0 7.5
Pancreas 5.9 5.7 6.9 6.2 4.9 7.7 7.1 5.3
Ovary 5.0 4.5 4.8 8.2 5.8 4.7 Note ...: not applicable 7.5
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 3.5 3.2 3.8 4.7 4.4 6.2 5.3 Note ...: not applicable
Leukemia 3.3 2.9 2.5 Note ...: not applicable 4.0 2.4 Note ...: not applicable 6.4
Uterus 2.9 2.2 3.5 5.2 4.4 5.6 7.8 6.4
Brain and central nervous system 2.5 2.5 Note ...: not applicable 4.8 4.0 Note ...: not applicable 3.5 2.7
Stomach 2.0 1.9 6.0 3.3 4.4 3.6 4.0 5.9
Liver Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 2.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Oral Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 3.7 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Multiple myeloma Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 2.4 4.4 3.7
Cervix Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 2.9 Note ...: not applicable
Males
Lung 26.2 31.7 26.3 15.6 23.7 16.4 16.7 22.9
Colorectal 11.2 11.4 13.1 8.6 11.3 13.5 12.3 12.6
Prostate 10.5 7.9 6.1 9.8 8.2 12.9 16.7 7.9
Pancreas 5.8 5.4 5.4 7.5 5.0 8.8 5.8 6.1
Bladder 4.1 3.5 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 5.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Leukemia 3.9 3.6 3.1 5.7 6.0 5.0 4.9 2.8
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 3.9 3.6 4.5 6.9 5.6 4.4 6.0 2.8
Esophagus 3.7 3.5 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 4.1 Note ...: not applicable
Stomach 3.0 2.8 5.2 3.4 3.2 3.5 6.3 7.9
Kidney 2.8 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 3.5 3.0 2.8
Brain and central nervous system Note ...: not applicable 2.8 2.3 5.4 5.8 5.3 3.8 3.7
Liver Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 8.3 4.0 2.8 5.3 Note ...: not applicable 3.3
Oral Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 3.9 4.5 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Multiple myeloma Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 4.1 Note ...: not applicable
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