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Selected leading causes of death, by sex
Related tables: Measures of health, Births and deaths.
| 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | Both sexes | Males | Females | ||
| number | % | Rate1 | |||
| All causes | 215,669 | 100.0 | 658.7 | 844.0 | 521.6 |
| Cancers | 58,703 | 27.2 | 181.5 | 229.7 | 148.5 |
| Diseases of the heart | 57,417 | 26.6 | 173.0 | 230.8 | 129.7 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 16,051 | 7.4 | 47.8 | 52.8 | 43.9 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and allied conditions | 9,618 | 4.5 | 29.0 | 44.5 | 20.1 |
| Unintentional injuries | 8,626 | 4.0 | 27.6 | 37.8 | 17.9 |
| Pneumonia and influenza | 8,032 | 3.7 | 23.7 | 31.5 | 19.2 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 5,699 | 2.6 | 17.4 | 20.6 | 14.8 |
| Hereditary and degenerative diseases of the central nervous system | 5,049 | 2.3 | 15.0 | 16.7 | 13.9 |
| Diseases of arteries, arterioles and capillaries | 4,767 | 2.2 | 14.3 | 19.5 | 10.6 |
| Psychoses | 4,645 | 2.2 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 13.4 |
| Suicide | 3,681 | 1.7 | 12.0 | 19.5 | 4.9 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis | 2,654 | 1.2 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 6.1 |
| Chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis | 2,030 | 0.9 | 6.4 | 8.9 | 4.2 |
| Neurotic disorders, personality disorders and other nonpsychotic mental disorders | 1,163 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 2.5 |
| HIV infection | 626 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 3.6 | 0.5 |
| 1. Age-standardized mortality rate per 100,000 population. Source: Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division. Last modified: 2008-05-14. | |||||
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