Cancer statistics in Quebec

Cancer is now the leading cause of death in the country – not just in Quebec – and the disease is still on the rise nationwide.


Fast facts: Canadian Cancer Statistics 2010

• In 2010, there will be an estimated 45,200 new cancer cases in Quebec

• There will be an estimated 124 new cancer cases diagnosed daily in Quebec.

• Overall, incidence and death rates are the highest in Quebec and Atlantic Canada.

• Among women, lung cancer incidence continues to rise – in fact, they have more than tripled since 1975.

  • In Quebec, lung cancer will kill twice as many women as breast cancer.

• Among men, the highest lung cancer incidence continues to be in Quebec.

• More men than women are diagnosed with cancer, but the gap between the two sexes has narrowed in recent years (51.7 per cent of cases are in men vs. 48.3 per cent of women).