Projected estimates of deaths and age-standardized mortality rates for cancers by sex, Canada, 2022*
| Type of cancer | No. of deaths | ASMR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total† | Males | Females | Both sexes | Males | Females | |
| All cancers | 85 100 | 45 100 | 40 000 | 181.6 | 212.3 | 158.5 |
| Lung and bronchus | 20 700 | 10 600 | 10 100 | 43.4 | 48.6 | 39.5 |
| Colorectal | 9400 | 5200 | 4200 | 20.2 | 24.9 | 16.2 |
| Pancreas | 5700 | 3000 | 2800 | 12.2 | 13.7 | 10.8 |
| Breast | 5500 | 55 | 5500 | 12.2 | 0.2 | 22.6 |
| Prostate | 4600 | 4600 | NA | NA | 22.6 | NA |
| Leukemia | 3100 | 1800 | 1300 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 5.1 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 3000 | 1700 | 1250 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 4.9 |
| Bladder | 2500 | 1800 | 720 | 5.3 | 8.8 | 2.7 |
| Brain or CNS | 2500 | 1450 | 1050 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 4.6 |
| Esophagus | 2400 | 1800 | 540 | 5.0 | 8.4 | 2.1 |
| Head and neck | 2100 | 1500 | 560 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 2.2 |
| Stomach | 2000 | 1250 | 730 | 4.3 | 5.9 | 2.9 |
| Ovary | 1950 | NA | 1950 | NA | NA | 8.0 |
| Kidney and renal pelvis | 1950 | 1300 | 670 | 4.2 | 6.1 | 2.6 |
| Liver‡ | 1650 | 1350 | 340 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 1.4 |
| Multiple myeloma | 1650 | 970 | 700 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 2.7 |
| Uterus (body, NOS) | 1500 | NA | 1500 | NA | NA | 5.9 |
| Melanoma | 1200 | 770 | 440 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 1.8 |
| Cervix | 380 | NA | 380 | NA | NA | 1.8 |
| Thyroid | 250 | 120 | 130 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 110 | 65 | 40 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Testis | 35 | 35 | NA | NA | 0.2 | NA |
| All other cancers | 10 900 | 5700 | 5200 | 23.2 | 27.2 | 20.0 |
Note: ASMR = age-standardized mortality rate, CNS = central nervous system, ICD-10 = International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision, NA = not applicable, NOS = not otherwise specified.
↵* Rates are age standardized to the 2011 Canadian standard population. The complete definition of the specific cancers included here can be found in Appendix 1, Supplementary Table 1, available at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.212097/tab-related-content.
↵† Column totals may not sum to row totals due to rounding.
↵‡ Liver cancer mortality was underestimated because deaths from liver cancer, unspecified (ICD-10 code C22.9), were excluded.