Cancer costs and outcomes for common cancer sites in the Finnish population between 2009–2014

Figures & data

Table 1. The actual costs of cancer by ten most cost causing cancer sites.

	2009		2014
Cancer site	Total costs (€)	Share of all cancers (%)	Total costs (€)	Share of all cancers (%)
Breast	172,000,000	22	186,000,000	20
Prostate	87,000,000	11	92,000,000	10
Colorectal	78,000,000	10	89,000,000	10
Lung	53,000,000	7	56,000,000	6
Non-Hodgkin	44,000,000	6	48,000,000	5
Leukemia	37,000,000	5	44,000,000	5
Brain	28,000,000	4	32,000,000	3
Pancreas	21,000,000	3	29,000,000	3
Ovary	17,000,000	2	18,000,000	2
Stomach	16,000,000	2	16,000,000	2

Figure 1. The cost distribution of five most cost-causing cancer sites in 2009 and 2014.

Figure 2. Share of medication costs of all cancer costs in the five most common cancer sites in years 2009 and 2014.

Table 2. Number of new patients, real costs per new patient (in 2014 prices) and mortality by cancer site in 2009 and 2014.

Cancer site	New patientsin 2009	New patients in 2014	Annualchange %	Real cost per new patientin 2009	Real cost per new patientin 2014	Annual change (%)	Age-adjusted mortalityin 2009a	Age-adjusted mortalityin 2014^a	Annual change (%)
Breast	4620	5008	1.6	41,000	37,100	−2	13,7	11.8	−2.9
Prostate	4616	4596	−0.1	20,700	20,000	−0.7	13.2	11.8	−2.2
Colorectal	2828	3111	1.9	30,300	28,600	−1.1	8.7	8.7	0
Lung	2469	2616	1.2	23,600	21,400	−1.9	18.1	16.4	−2
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma	1180	1338	2.5	41,000	35,900	−2.6	3.6	3.4	−1.1
Leukemia	598	760	4.9	68,100	57,900	−3.2	2.7	2.6	−1.1
Brain	989	1008	1.5	31,100	31,700	0.4	4.1	4.1	0
Pancreas	1073	1132	1.1	21,500	25,600	3.6	7.7	7.7	0
Ovary	475	422	−2.3	39,400	42,700	1.6	5	4.8	−0.8
Stomach	647	647	0	27,200	24,700	−1.9	4.1	3.2	−4.5

^aAge-adjusted for one cancer mortality rates per 100,000 person-years. Adjusted for age to the ‘world standard population’.

Table 3. The sick leaves and disability pensions related to common cancers in Finland between 2009 and 2014.

Cancer site	Sick leave days per new working-agecancer patients in 2009	Sick leave days per working-age cancer patients in 2014	Annual change (%)	Disability pensions per new 100 working-age cancer patients in 2009	Disability pensions per 100 working-agecancer patients in 2014	Annual change (%)
Breast	116	114	−0.3	41	33	−4.2
Prostate	33	26	−4.5	12	10	−3.9
Colorectal	98	102	0.9	48	43	−2.3
Lung	63	61	−0.6	33	32	−0.5
Non-Hodgkin	100	99	−0.2	74	63	−3.2
Leukemia	120	170	7.3	103	95	−1.5
Brain	74	74	−0.1	63	69	1.8
Pancreas	81	84	0.8	19	23	3.5
Ovary	135	131	−0.6	89	86	−0.7
Stomach	83	103	4.5	52	42	−4.1