The data shows the estimated rate of new cancer cases in Canada by cancer type and gender in 2017. For this year, it is estimated that there will be 11.8 new stomach cancer cases among males per 100,000 population. Cancer is one of the leading causes of premature death and almost half the individuals in Canada will develop this disease during their lifetime.
All cancers | 548.4 | 495.6 |
Lung and bronchus | 76.5 | 65.3 |
Colorectal | 79.6 | 54.9 |
Breast | 1.2 | 130.3 |
Prostate | 110.4 | |
Bladder | 36.3 | 9.8 |
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 24.6 | 17.6 |
Body of uterus and uterus NOS | 35.7 | |
Melanoma | 21.3 | 16.3 |
Thyroid | 8.8 | 29.1 |
Kidney and renal pelvis | 22.3 | 11.3 |
Leukemia | 19.6 | 12 |
Pancreas | 14.7 | 12.4 |
Oral | 17.1 | 7.1 |
Stomach | 11.8 | 5.9 |
Brain/CNS | 9.2 | 6.6 |
Multiple myeloma | 9.1 | 5.6 |
Ovary | 13.7 | |
Liver | 9.9 | 2.7 |
Esophagus | 9.5 | 2.4 |
Cervix | 8.3 | |
Larynx | 5.1 | 0.8 |
Testis | 6.1 | |
Hodgkin lymphoma | 3.1 | 2.3 |
All other cancers | 52.4 | 45.6 |