The study shows that cancer is the leading cause of death in Canada. About 90 per cent of all the cancers that are diagnosed in 2017 will be among Canadians 50 years of age and older.
Mortality rates declined over past 30 years. Declines in death rates have been largely driven by decreases in lung cancer incidence and mortality, so tobacco control in general has had a big impact on our death rates.
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