Infographic: Cancer in Canada 2016

Melissa Corbin from Carleton University

202,400 Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer in 2016. This is 5,500 more than in 2015.

The lifetime probability of developing cancer by sex is:

Two in five Canadians will develop cancer in their lifetime. 78,000 Canadians will die of cancer in 2016.

These four cancers combined are expected to account for half (50%) of all cancer diagnoses in 2016:

The following table shows the percent distribution of estimated new cancer cases in males by type of cancer.

Percentage distribution of estimated new cancer cases in males:
Types of Cancer Percentage of New Cases in Males
Prostate 21.0%
Colorectal 14.1%
Lung and Bronchitis 14.0%
Bladder 6.4%
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 4.3%
Kidney and Renal Pelvis 4.0%
Melanoma 3.6%
Leukemia 3.4%
Oral 3.1%
Pancreas 2.5%
Stomach 2.1%
Esophagus 1.7%
Liver 1.7%
Brain/CNS 1.7%
Multiple Melanoma 1.6%
Thyroid 1.5%
Testis 1.1%
Larynx 0.9%
Hodgkin Lymphoma 0.5%
Breast 0.2%
All Other Cancers 10.7%

The following table shows the percent distribution of estimated new cancer cases in females by type of cancer.

Percentage distribution of estimated new cancer cases in females:
Types of Cancer Percentage of New Cases in Females
Breast 25.8%
Lung and Bronchus 14.1%
Colorectal 11.7%
Body of Uterus and Uterus NOS 6.6%
Thyroid 5.3%
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 3.6%
Melanoma 3.1%
Ovary 2.8%
Pancreas 2.6%
Leukemia 2.4%
Kidney and Renal Pelvis 2.3%
Bladder 2.1%
Cervix 1.5%
Oral 1.5%
Stomach 1.3%
Brain/CNS 1.3%
Multiple Myeloma 1.2%
Liver 0.6%
Esophagus 0.5%
Hodgkin Lymphoma 0.5%
Larynx 0.2%
All Other Cancers 8.9%

The following table shows the percent of the estimated incidence rate by age in 2016.

Estimated incidence rate by age in 2016
Age ranges Percentage of estimated incidence rate
70 and over 44%
60 to 69 28%
50 to 59 17%
20 to 49 10%
0 to 19 1%

Cancer is the 7th most expensive illness in Canada, accounting for $4.4 billion in economic costs.

Six ways to reduce the risk of developing cancer:

Source:

Canadian Cancer Society's Advisory Committee on Cancer Statistics. Canadian Cancer Statistics 2016. Toronto, ON: Canadian Cancer Society; 2016.

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