Table II.
Number of cancer cases, age-standardised incidence ratesa (ASIR) per 100,000, Incidence Rate Ratios (RR) for residents in Inuit Nunangat and the rest of Canada, 1998–2007 by sex and cancer site
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| Number of cases | ASIR | 95% CI | Number of cases | ASIR | 95% CI | RR | 95% CI | ||||
| Males | |||||||||||
| All sites | 461 | 288.5 | 260.4 | 316.5 | 752,283 | 334.0 | 333.2 | 334.7 | 0.86 | 0.78 | 0.95 |
| Lung and bronchus | 167 | 113.2 | 95.1 | 131.3 | 118,253 | 50.9 | 50.6 | 51.1 | 2.23 | 1.90 | 2.61 |
| Prostate | 28 | 17.0 | 11.9 | 24.1 | 197,694 | 85.2 | 84.9 | 85.6 | 0.20 | 0.14 | 0.30 |
| Colorectal | 98 | 62.6 | 49.5 | 75.8 | 99,715 | 43.3 | 43.0 | 43.6 | 1.45 | 1.17 | 1.78 |
| Stomach | 21 | 13.0 | 8.5 | 19.5 | 18,540 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.2 | 1.62 | 1.02 | 2.56 |
| Pancreas | 6 | 4.3 | 1.8 | 9.0 | 16,703 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 0.60 | 0.26 | 1.39 |
| Buccal cavity and pharynxb | 31 | 17.6 | 12.4 | 24.6 | 21,629 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 1.78 | 1.22 | 2.60 |
| Nasopharynx | 22 | 12.0 | 7.9 | 18.0 | 1,492 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 16.44 | 10.46 | 25.82 |
| Kidney and renal pelvis | 16 | 10.3 | 6.3 | 16.4 | 23,324 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 0.97 | 0.58 | 1.65 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 9 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 8.3 | 31,653 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 0.29 | 0.15 | 0.58 |
| Brain and other nervous system | 6 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 13,035 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 0.34 | 0.15 | 0.76 |
| Females | |||||||||||
| All sites | 496 | 357.3 | 322.6 | 392.0 | 690,555 | 276.8 | 276.2 | 277.5 | 1.29 | 1.17 | 1.42 |
| Lung and bronchus | 135 | 123.2 | 101.2 | 145.2 | 89,448 | 33.3 | 33.1 | 33.5 | 3.70 | 3.09 | 4.42 |
| Female breast | 78 | 45.3 | 34.3 | 56.3 | 193,467 | 80.7 | 80.3 | 81.0 | 0.56 | 0.44 | 0.72 |
| Cervix | 22 | 11.3 | 7.3 | 17.7 | 13,414 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 1.76 | 1.10 | 2.81 |
| Colorectal | 80 | 57.6 | 43.7 | 71.5 | 85,459 | 30.8 | 30.6 | 31.0 | 1.87 | 1.47 | 2.38 |
| Stomach | 10 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 10.9 | 10,553 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 1.46 | 0.72 | 2.96 |
| Pancreas | 12 | 11.9 | 6.7 | 19.8 | 17,241 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 1.97 | 1.10 | 3.55 |
| Buccal cavity and pharynxb | 30 | 19.2 | 13.3 | 27.5 | 10,168 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.67 | 3.13 | 6.97 |
| Nasopharynx | 22 | 14.4 | 9.3 | 21.9 | 674 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 44.93 | 28.09 | 71.86 |
| Kidney and renal pelvis | 19 | 12.2 | 7.6 | 19.3 | 15,113 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 2.03 | 1.23 | 3.35 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 9 | 6.4 | 3.1 | 12.3 | 26,880 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 0.60 | 0.29 | 1.23 |
| Brain and other nervous system | 7 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 6.8 | 10,270 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 0.57 | 0.27 | 1.20 |
Sources: Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR) Database (July 2010 file), Demography Division (population estimates), Statistics Canada.
a
Note: Rates have been age-standardised to the World Population. Cancer incidence in 5 continents (9).
b
Includes primary cancers within the following sites: lip, tongue, major salivary gland, floor of mouth, gum and other mouth, nasopharynx, oropharynx, hypopharynx, other buccal cavity.