NWT cancer rates disproportionately impact Indigenous communities - Yellowknifer

NWT cancer rates disproportionately impact Indigenous communities

The NWT’s cancer rates are higher outside of Yellowknife, according to a newly-released GNWT report on territorial cancer statistics from 2011 to 2022.

NWT cancer rates disproportionately impact Indigenous communities - Yellowknifer

The NWT’s cancer rates are higher outside of Yellowknife, according to a newly-released GNWT report on territorial cancer statistics from 2011 to 2022. The report’s key findings note an average of 164 invasive cancer diagnoses each year for that time period. When accounting for population age, NWT cancer rates were similar to the rest of Canada. However, cancer was more common on a per capita basis in communities outside of the NWT capital, with…