Table G
Cancer deaths and crude and age-standardized mortality rate per 100,000 person-years at risk for immigrants, by sex and world region of birth, compared with Canadian-born cohort members, non-institutional population aged 25 or older at baseline, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, 1991 to 2001

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Table G Cancer deaths and crude and age-standardized mortality rate per 100,000 person-years at risk for immigrants, by sex and world region of birth, compared with Canadian-born cohort members, non-institutional population aged 25 or older at baseline, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, 1991 to 2001
  Men Women
Deaths Mortality rate Deaths Mortality rate
Crude Age-standardized 95% confidence interval Crude Age-standardized 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Canadian-born  
Toronto 2,916 326 395 381 410 2,591 262 274 263 285
Montreal 4,727 398 459 445 472 3,569 267 252 244 261
Vancouver 1,533 327 360 342 379 1,343 265 256 243 271
Immigrant  
Toronto 2,942 330 321Note * 309 333 1,971 215 204Note * 195 214
Montreal 1,222 368 326Note * 307 345 624 196 165Note * 152 178
Vancouver 1,062 360 321Note * 302 341 741 244 206Note * 192 222
United States  
Toronto 73 399 370 292 468 66 274 254 198 326
Montreal 40 520 390 276 552 41 415 285 201 404
Vancouver 46 393 334 248 449 50 334 278 203 380
Caribbean/Central and South America  
Toronto 157 149 260Note * 213 317 166 123 181Note * 151 217
Montreal 53 130 256Note * 188 347 57 109 144Note * 109 189
Vancouver 7 F F F F 13 125 177 93 339
Western Europe  
Toronto 1,673 429 353Note * 336 371 1,093 287 227Note * 213 241
Montreal 691 452 355Note * 328 385 296 216 168Note * 149 189
Vancouver 600 544 364 335 395 397 369 235 211 261
Eastern Europe  
Toronto 655 595 348Note * 321 377 380 353 220Note * 197 246
Montreal 256 792 336Note * 291 389 136 421 173Note * 141 213
Vancouver 131 528 325 273 387 70 329 196Note * 152 252
Sub-Saharan Africa  
Toronto 22 79 143Note * 83 249 22 87 137Note * 84 223
Montreal 7 F F F F 3 F F F F
Vancouver 17 186 305 165 566 9 F F F F
North Africa/Middle East/West Asiav  
Toronto 32 102 159Note * 106 237 26 106 164Note * 108 249
Montreal 96 192 252Note * 205 311 44 111 123Note * 91 165
Vancouver F F F F F F F F F F
South Asia  
Toronto 59 91 141Note * 105 190 44 81 126Note * 91 174
Montreal 12 F FNote * F F F F F F F
Vancouver 21 84 119Note * 75 187 22 94 145Note * 90 234
South East Asia  
Toronto 63 121 193Note * 146 256 47 73 108Note * 77 150
Montreal 30 156 247Note * 169 360 21 95 114Note * 73 180
Vancouver 37 160 255 182 358 35 121 186 129 270
East Asia  
Toronto 205 231 289Note * 250 334 123 129 153Note * 128 183
Montreal 32 301 277Note * 189 407 21 190 189 122 292
Vancouver 182 275 287Note * 247 334 138 186 191Note * 162 227
* significantly different from Canadian-born population
F too unreliable to be published
Note: Reference population (person-years at risk) for age standardization was taken from age distribution of entire cohort (5-year age groups).
Source: 1991 to 2001 Canadian census mortality follow-up study.
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