Table 4: Summary of cases and proportions of cancer in Alberta in 2012 attributable to insufficient fibre consumption

Cancer site	Total			Men			Women
Cancer site	Observed cases*	Excess attributable cases†	% Attributable‡	Observed cases*	Excess attributable cases†	% Attributable‡	Observed cases*	Excess attributable cases†	% Attributable‡
Colorectum	1899	114	6.0	1079	71	6.6	820	42	5.2
Colon	1151	68	6.0	614	48	7.8	537	21	3.8
Rectum	748	42	5.6	465	25	5.4	283	17	5.9
All associated cancers§	1899	114	6.0	1079	71	6.6	820	42	5.2
All cancers¶	15836	114	0.7	8155	71	0.9	7681	42	0.5

*Represents total number of incident cancer cases in 2012 from the Alberta Cancer Registry.

†Number of cancer cases at individual cancer sites that can be attributed to insufficient fibre consumption.

‡Proportion of cancers at individual cancer sites attributable to insufficient fibre consumption. Estimated as excess attributable cases/observed cases.

§Represents all cancers with a known association with insufficient fibre consumption, as listed in table. Here this represents colorectal cancer, as colon and rectal cancers are subsets of this.

¶Represents all incident cancers in Alberta in 2012 in all age groups.