DI & DI Stats
CI & DI Stats

Lifetime probability of developing and dying from cancer

Male Female
Type Developing Dying Developing Dying
All Cancers 41.2% 27.4% 37.6% 23.1%
Prostate 12% 3.6% - -
Breast - - 11.4% 3.7%
Lung 8.8% 8.3% 5.5% 5%
Colorectal 6.7% 3.5% 6.1% 3.3%
Lymphoma 2.9% 1.6% 2.5% 1.4%
Bladder 2.7% 1% 1% 0.4%
Body of Uterus - - 2.3% 0.6%
Ovary - - 1.6% 1.1%
Kidney 1.6% 0.7% 1% 0.4%
Stomach 1.4% 1% 0.8% 0.7%
Leukemia 1.4% 1% 1.1% 0.7%
Pancreas 1.3% 1.2% 1.3% 1.3%
Melanoma 1.1 0.3% 1% 0.2%
Cervix - - 0.7% 0.3%

Source: Lifetime probability of deveoping and dying from cancer, retrieved july 30 2007 from www.statscan.ca