New select cancer cases share Canada by age 2013-2017

This statistic displays the distribution of new cancer cases in Canada by select types of cancer and by age group, between 2013 and 2017. During this period, 6 percent of cancer cases among individuals aged 15 to 29 years were due to leukemia.

Distribution of selected new cancer cases in Canada between 2013 and 2017, by age group

Age group	Leukemia	CNS/Brain	Lymphoma	Neuroblastoma and other PNC	Soft tissue	Renal tumours	Other malignant epithelial	Malignant bone	Germ cell tumours	Thyroid	Testis	Hodgkin lymphoma	Melanoma	Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	Breast	Colorectal	Lung	Prostate	Bladder	Kidney and renal pelvis	Cervix	Uterus (body, NOS)	Pancreas	Other	Stomach
0-14 years	35%	17%	13%	7%	7%	5%	5%	4%	3%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4%	-
15-29 years	6%	5%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16%	13%	11%	6%	7%	4%	6%	-	-	-	-	3%	-	-	22%	-
30-49 years	3%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12%	3%	-	7%	5%	23%	9%	3%	-	-	4%	4%	4%	-	22%	-
50-69 years	3%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3%	-	-	4%	4%	14%	11%	12%	14%	4%	4%	-	4%	-	19%	-
70-84 years	3%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3%	5%	9%	13%	17%	12%	7%	3%	-	3%	3%	22%	-
85+ years	4%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4%	5%	9%	15%	14%	-	7%	-	-	-	4%	29%	3%

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Release date

November 2021

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Canada

Survey time period

2013 to 2017

Supplementary notes

Cancers in children (ages 0–14 years) are classified according to ICCC-3.
CNS: central nervous system; PNC: peripheral nervous cell tumours.
Excluding Quebec

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