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Media release 2017

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This annual publication provides health professionals, researchers, policy-makers and the general public with detailed information about incidence, mortality and other statistics for the most common types of cancer by age, sex, year and province or territory. It is developed through collaboration between the Canadian Cancer Society, the Public Health Agency of Canada, Statistics Canada and provincial and territorial cancer registries with input from the Canadian Cancer Statistics Advisory Committee.

Material in this publication may be reproduced with the following suggested citation:
Canadian Cancer Statistics Advisory Committee. Canadian Cancer Statistics 2017. Toronto, ON: Canadian Cancer Society; 2017. Available at: cancer.ca/Canadian-Cancer-Statistics-2017-EN.pdf (accessed [date]).

• 2017 resources

  Figures in PowerPoint

  Introductory figures A–E
  Figures 1.1–1.10 – incidence
  Figures 2.1–2.10 – mortality
  Figures 3.1–4.2 – survival and prevalence
  Figures 6.1–6.7 – pancreatic cancer

  Source data for figures (Excel file)

  CANSIM tutorial

• National cancer statistics at a glance 
  • An estimated 206,200 new cases of cancer and 80,800 deaths from cancer will occur in Canada in 2017.
  • Half of all new cases will be lung, colorectal, breast and prostate cancers.
  • About 1 in 2 Canadians will develop cancer in their lifetimes and 1 in 4 will die of the disease.
  • 60% of Canadians diagnosed with cancer will survive at least 5 years after their diagnosis.
  • At the beginning of 2009, there were about 810,000 Canadians living with a cancer that had been diagnosed in the previous 10 years.
• Newfoundland cancer statistics at a glance

  Overview of new cases and deaths

  An estimated 206,200 new cases of cancer and 80,800 deaths from cancer will occur in Canada in 2017.

  Lung, colorectal, breast, and prostate cancer account for the top 4 newly diagnosed cancers.

  In 2017, an estimated 1,550 people will die of cancer in Newfoundland, and 3,900 new cases will be diagnosed.

  Cancer statistics for men in Newfoundland and Labrador

  For men in Newfoundland, prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed type of cancer.
  In 2017:

  • An estimated 450 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. 
  • An estimated 360 men will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer. 
  • An estimated 320 men will be diagnosed with lung cancer.

  For men in Newfoundland, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death.
  In 2017:

  • An estimated 230 men will die of lung cancer. 
  • An estimated 140 men will die of colorectal cancer. 
  • An estimated 75 men will die of prostate cancer.

  Cancer statistics for women in Newfoundland and Labrador

  For women in Newfoundland, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed type of cancer.
  In 2017:

  • An estimated 510 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. 
  • An estimated 270 women will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
  • An estimated 220 women will be diagnosed with lung cancer.

  For women in Newfoundland, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death.
  In 2017:

  • An estimated 140 women will die of lung cancer.
  • An estimated 100 women will die of breast cancer. 
  • An estimated 95 women will die of colorectal cancer.

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  The above figures are taken from Canadian Cancer Statistics 2017. These statistics are prepared through a collaboration of the Canadian Cancer Society, the Public Health Agency of Canada, Statistics Canada and provincial and territorial cancer registries.