TABLE I.

Cancer incidence and mortality for First Nations compared with other Canadians in various Canadian provinces^10–13

Region	Rates	Comments
British Columbia	The rate of cervical cancer is higher in the First Nations female population than the general female population	Breast cancer is diagnosed at a later stage in First Nations women
Manitoba and Saskatchewan	The rates of cervical cancer in women and kidney cancer in men and women are higher in the First Nations population than in the general population	Breast cancer survival is poorer in northern First Nations populations than in southern non–First Nations populations, even after adjustment for stage
Ontario	The incidences for all cancers combined and for the four most common cancers (breast, prostate, lung, and colorectal) are increasing in the First Nations population; rates for colorectal and lung cancers are approaching rates in the Ontario general population	Survival for all cancers combined is significantly worse for the First Nations populations compared with the Ontario general population