Table 5: Summary of cases and proportions of cancer in Alberta in 2012 attributable to active and passive tobacco exposure*

Exposure; cancer site†	Total			Men			Women
Exposure; cancer site†	Observed cases‡	Excess attributable cases§	% attributable¶	Observed cases	Excess attributable cases	% attributable	Observed cases	Excess attributable cases	% attributable
Active tobacco smoking
Lung	1952	1 475	75.6	953	739	77.5	999	733	73.4
Colorectum	1951	223	11.4	1105	141	12.7	846	85	10.1
Kidney	482	95	19.7	326	69	21.1	156	28	18
Pancreas	379	73	19.3	171	36	20.9	208	37	17.7
Oral cavity and pharynx	373	159	42.6	273	123	45	100	39	38.7
Bladder	354	147	41.6	280	125	44.7	74	28	37.8
Stomach	255	53	20.9	158	36	23	97	18	18.9
Liver	217	57	26.4	148	42	28.6	69	17	24.1
Ovary	189	7	3.6				189	7	3.6
Esophagus	183	83	45.4	151	73	48.1	32	14	42.8
Myeloid leukemia	176	22	12.3	99	14	13.8	77	8	10.8
Cervix	132	34	25.9				132	34	25.9
Larynx	76	56	74.3	64	49	76.5	12	8	70.8
All associated cancers	6719	2485	37.0	3728	1446	38.8	2991	1056	35.3
All cancers	15 836	2485	15.7	8155	1 446	17.7	7681	1056	13.7
Passive tobacco exposure
Lung	195	9	5.2	95	5	5.9	100	4	4.7
All associated cancers**	195	9	5.2	95	5	5.9	100	4	4.7
All cancers††	15 836	9	-	8155	5	-	7681	4	-

*Data on prevalence of tobacco exposure from the Canadian Community Health Survey.

†Cancer incidence data for the year 2012 from the Alberta Cancer Registry.

‡Number of observed cancer cases in Alberta in 2012 at individual cancer sites.

§Number of cancer cases at individual cancer sites that can be attributed to active or passive tobacco exposure.

¶Proportion of cancers at individual cancer sites attributable to active or passive tobacco exposure.

**All associated cancers includes all cancers known to be associated with active or passive tobacco exposure (as listed in the current table).

††All cancers includes all incident cancer cases in Alberta for all ages in 2012.