Cancer probability females Canada by type 2019

There was a lifetime probability of 1.9 percent that a female in Canada would develop melanoma during her lifetime as of 2019. Cancer is one of the leading causes of premature death and around 45 percent of individuals in Canada will develop this disease during their lifetime. This statistic displays the lifetime probability of developing cancer among females in Canada by cancer type, as of 2019.

Lifetime probability of developing cancer among females in Canada as of 2019, by type

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Release date

November 2023

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2019

Supplementary notes

The probability of developing cancer is calculated based on age- and sex-specific cancer incidence and mortality rates for Canada in 2019.
Quebec and Nova Scotia are excluded because cases diagnosed in Quebec from 2011 onward and cases diagnosed in Nova Scotia in 2019 had not been submitted to the Canadian Cancer Registry at the time of analysis.
“All cancers” includes in situ bladder cancer and excludes non-melanoma skin cancer (neoplasms, NOS; epithelial neoplasms, NOS; and basal and squamous).
CNS: central nervous system
NOS: not otherwise specified

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