In 2000, the most frequently diagnosed cancers will continue to be breast cancer for women and prostate cancer for men.
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death for both genders.
Trends in Incidence and Mortality Among men the cancer mortality rate for all cancers combined has been declining slowly since 1988 as a result of decreases in mortality rates for lung, colorectal, and certain other cancers. From the 1970s to the present, among women, there has been a steady and significant decline in mortality rates for all cancers other than lung cancer. Among Canadian men, prostate cancer will continue to be the most frequently occurring cancer in 2000. Beginning in 1994, incidence rates for prostate cancer began to decline after increasing rapidly for several years. Lung cancer incidence and mortality rates among women continue to increase rapidly and are now more than four times as high as rates in 1971.