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The Ugly Truth New cancer cases will rise 70% by 2015 Statistics courtesy: Canadian Cancer Society, Health Canada Visit: www.cancer.ca/stats It is estimated that 134,100 Canadians will be diagnosed with some form of cancer in 2001, and 65,300 will die of cancer. Only heart disease kills more. Statistical highlights An estimated 134,100 new cases of cancer and 65,300 deaths from cancer will occur in Canada this year. Cancer costs the Canadian economy about $14.5-billion annually. The most frequently diagnosed cancers will continue to be breast cancer and prostate cancer. 19,500 women will be diagnosed as having breast cancer and about 5,500 will die from the disease. 17,800 men will be diagnosed as having prostate cancer and about 4,300 will die. Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women. One-third of cancer deaths in men and one-quarter in women are because of lung cancer. |
Lung-cancer incidence and mortality rates among women are half as high as rates among men. However, they are four times as high as rates in 1971. Cancer is the leading cause of premature death in Canada, being responsible for almost one-third of all potential years of life lost. It is estimated that the number of new cancer cases will increase by 70 per cent by the year 2015. The vast majority of cancer diagnoses and deaths occur in people over 50. Cancer mortality rates for men have been declining slowly since 1988. For women, cancer mortality rates have been declining steadily since the early 1970s -- with the exception of lung cancer. |
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