## 4 Results
### Forecasting New Cancer Cases and Incidence Rate
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c} \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Geography/Predicted Years**} & **2022** & **2023** & **2024** & **2025** & **2026** \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Nova Scotia} & New Cancer Cases & 7467 & 7434 & 7445 & 7511 & 7562 \\  & Cancer Incidence Rate & 693.5 & 674.2 & 652.9 & 652.6 & 653.8 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Nunavut} & New Cancer Cases & 84 & 79 & 77 & 79 & 81 \\  & Cancer Incidence Rate & 200.1 & 196.7 & 188.3 & 179.4 & 173.0 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Ontario} & New Cancer Cases & 94,677 & 94,763 & 94,975 & 95,398 & 97,951 \\  & Cancer Incidence Rate & 582.2 & 573.6 & 555.0 & 545.0 & 543.7 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Prince Edward Island} & New Cancer Cases & 1102 & 1111 & 1157 & 1161 & 1181 \\  & Cancer Incidence Rate & 620.0 & 620.8 & 626.4 & 632.8 & 636.9 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Quebec} & New Cancer Cases & 63,803 & 63,841 & 63,932 & 64,073 & 64,264 \\  & Cancer Incidence Rate & 675.7 & 668.7 & 669.5 & 671.8 & 670.4 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Saskatchewan} & New Cancer Cases & 6585 & 6636 & 6666 & 6624 & 6716 \\  & Cancer Incidence Rate & 491.8 & 495.5 & 496.5 & 494.9 & 493.7 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Yukon} & New Cancer Cases & 199 & 198 & 188 & 183 & 188 \\  & Cancer Incidence Rate & 445.4 & 464.5 & 445.8 & 393.0 & 333.6 \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 4: _Cont._ \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c} \hline \multicolumn{2}{c}{**Age Group/Predicted Years**} & **2022** & **2023** & **2024** & **2025** & **2026** \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{0 to 4 years} & New Cancer Cases & 453 & 454 & 452 & 450 & 450 \\  & Cancer Incidence Rate & 23.2 & 23.4 & 23.4 & 23.4 & 23.4 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{5 to 9 years} & New Cancer Cases & 280 & 270 & 265 & 264 & 266 \\  & Cancer Incidence Rate & 13.8 & 13.9 & 13.8 & 13.8 & 13.8 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{10 to 14 years} & New Cancer Cases & 286 & 290 & 291 & 286 & 290 \\  & Cancer Incidence Rate & 13.2 & 13.5 & 13.3 & 13.4 & 13.5 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{15 to 19 years} & New Cancer Cases & 534 & 531 & 535 & 537 & 530 \\  & Cancer Incidence Rate & 24.4 & 24.1 & 24.1 & 24.1 & 24.2 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{20 to 24 years} & New Cancer Cases & 937 & 929 & 936 & 930 & 935 \\  & Cancer Incidence Rate & 36.4 & 35.7 & 35.8 & 35.9 & 35.9 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{25 to 29 years} & New Cancer Cases & 1605 & 1625 & 1633 & 1665 & 1715 \\  & Cancer Incidence Rate & 59.6 & 60.1 & 60.4 & 60.5 & 60.3 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{30 to 34 years} & New Cancer Cases & 2514 & 2526 & 2536 & 2545 & 2555 \\  & Cancer Incidence Rate & 91.4 & 90.9 & 90.7 & 91.1 & 91.5 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{35 to 39 years} & New Cancer Cases & 3960 & 4040 & 4073 & 4095 & 4179 \\  & Cancer Incidence Rate & 137.6 & 136.9 & 135.8 & 135.5 & 136.0 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{40 to 44 years} & New Cancer Cases & 5660 & 5678 & 5705 & 5732 & 5808 \\  & Cancer Incidence Rate & 210.2 & 210.4 & 210.1 & 209.5 & 209.3 \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{45 to 49 years} & New Cancer Cases & 8595 & 8489 & 8379 & 8287 & 8234 \\  & Cancer Incidence Rate & 315.5 & 314.2 & 315.8 & 316.5 & 315.9 \\ \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 5: Predicted number of new cancer cases and cancer incidence rate by age groups in Canada. Compared with the other models, the LSTM model is the best model for forecasting, the values for sex-based categories from 2022 to 2026. Table 6 shows the results extracted from the model mentioned.