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| 2 | out-of-province admissions and agreement on diagnosis for canadian cancer registry (ccr) cancers linking to discharge abstract database (dad) during follow-up, by province (excluding quebec), 2005 to 2008 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | type of cancer and linkage characteristics | new-foundland and labrador | prince edward island | nova scotia | new brunswick | ontario | manitoba | saskatch-ewan | alberta | british columbia |
| 4 | prostate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 5 | number of cancers linking to at least one dad record | 1,425 | 447 | 2,852 | 2,347 | 22,911 | 1,978 | 2,807 | 5,442 | 9,973 |
| 6 | % of linked cancers with at least one out-of-province admission | 4.5 | 27.7 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 9.4 | 1.5 | 1.2 |
| 7 | % of linked cancers with at least one dad record documenting cancer diagnosis | 83.7 | 81.2 | 87.8 | 81.6 | 83.1 | 79.1 | 85.2 | 84.9 | 77.4 |
| 8 | female breast |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 9 | number of cancers linking to at least one dad record | 1,264 | 358 | 2,792 | 2,088 | 17,800 | 2,985 | 2,601 | 6,608 | 10,642 |
| 10 | % of linked cancers with at least one out-of-province admission | 0.5 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
| 11 | % of linked cancers with at least one dad record documenting cancer diagnosis | 95.7 | 97.2 | 96.6 | 94.9 | 86.8 | 95.9 | 96.6 | 93.3 | 95.8 |
| 12 | colorectal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 13 | number of cancers linking to at least one dad record | 1,842 | 411 | 3,146 | 2,042 | 27,767 | 3,069 | 2,674 | 6,265 | 9,945 |
| 14 | % of linked cancers with at least one out-of-province admission | 1.4 | 10.2 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| 15 | % of linked cancers with at least one dad record documenting cancer diagnosis | 96.6 | 96.6 | 96.9 | 94.6 | 96.1 | 97.2 | 97.7 | 96.6 | 97.1 |
| 16 | lung and bronchus |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 17 | number of cancers linking to at least one dad record | 1,233 | 448 | 3,251 | 2,659 | 26,251 | 3,096 | 2,648 | 5,981 | 10,245 |
| 18 | % of linked cancers with at least one out-of-province admission | 1.1 | 27.0 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 |
| 19 | % of linked cancers with at least one dad record documenting cancer diagnosis | 91.0 | 95.5 | 93.7 | 90.3 | 93.6 | 93.5 | 92.9 | 93.4 | 91.5 |

Question: list the cancer which was most likely and least likely to link to an out-of-province hospital admission respectively.
Answer: prostate, female breast

Question: for prostate cancers,which province had the highest percentage linking to at least one out-of-province admission?
Answer: prince edward island

Question: list the cancer which was least likely and most likely to link to at least one dad record with a consistent cancer diagnosis respectively.
Answer: prostate, colorectal