Text descriptions and footnotes for the Road to Recovery: Cancer in the COVID-19 era report

Impacts on cancer mortality

DEATH COUNT BY MONTH, PEOPLE WHO DIED WITH BOTH COVID-19 AND CANCER, CANADA, 2020

Month	Deaths
March	30
April	360
May	305
June	80
July	35
August	20
September	25
October	95
November	175
December	300

Note: Database does not include 2020 death records for Yukon.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics Database

DEATHS ATTRIBUTED TO BOTH COVID-19 AND CANCER, BY CANCER TYPE AND SEX, CANADA, 2020

	Lung	Blood	Prostate	Colorectal	Breast
Males	10.6	9.8	12.1	5.6
Females	9.6	7.7	0	5.6	10.8

Note: Database does not include 2020 death records for Yukon.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics Database

MEDIAN AGE FOR DEATHS REPORTED AS BOTH CANCER AND COVID-19

	Lung	Blood	Prostate	Colorectal	Breast
Males	76 years	78 years	87 years	84 years
Females	76 years	84 years		86 years	84 years

Note: Database does not include 2020 death records for Yukon.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics Database

OTHER DISEASES LISTED AS CAUSING DEATH IN PEOPLE WHO DIED OF BOTH CANCER AND COVID-19, AS A PERCENT OF THOSE DEATHS, CANADA, 2020

Other cause of death	Percentage of deaths
Influenza and pneumonia	31.5
Dementia (including Alzheimer’s disease)	26.0
Heart disease	25.0
Essential hypertension	15.4
Chronic lower respiratory disease	12.0
Diabetes mellitus	11.2
Cerebrovascular disease	6.2

Note: Database does not include 2020 death records for Yukon.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics Database