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Table 5.7 Leading causes of death of children and youth, by age group, 2003 to 2005
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number | rate | number | rate | number | rate | |
| Less than 1 year | ||||||
| Perinatal conditions | 981 | 292.7 | 1,019 | 302.3 | 1,037 | 303.1 |
| Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities | 423 | 126.2 | 412 | 122.2 | 447 | 130.6 |
| Sudden infant death syndrome1 | 96 | 28.6 | 84 | 24.9 | 112 | 32.7 |
| 1 to 4 years | ||||||
| Accidents (unintentional injuries) | 86 | 6.3 | 67 | 4.9 | 74 | 5.4 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 29 | 2.1 | 36 | 2.6 | 28 | 2.1 |
| Congenital conditions | 35 | 2.5 | 38 | 2.8 | 36 | 2.6 |
| 5 to 9 years | ||||||
| Accidents (unintentional injuries) | 69 | 3.5 | 72 | 3.8 | 64 | 3.4 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 45 | 2.3 | 45 | 2.3 | 45 | 2.4 |
| Congenital conditions | 12 | 0.6 | 15 | 0.8 | 13 | 0.7 |
| 10 to 14 years | ||||||
| Accidents (unintentional injuries) | 110 | 5.2 | 90 | 4.2 | 95 | 4.5 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 40 | 1.9 | 52 | 2.5 | 43 | 2.0 |
| Suicide (intentional self-harm) | 27 | 1.3 | 28 | 1.3 | 43 | 2.0 |
| 15 to 19 years | ||||||
| Accidents (unintentional injuries) | 444 | 20.9 | 414 | 19.5 | 458 | 21.3 |
| Suicide (intentional self-harm) | 216 | 10.2 | 210 | 9.9 | 213 | 9.9 |
| Malignant neoplasms | 83 | 3.9 | 66 | 3.1 | 61 | 2.8 |
| Note: Age-specific mortality rate per 100,000 population. | ||||||
| 1. The rate is the number of deaths of infants aged less than one year during a given year per 100,000 live births in the same year. | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM tables 102-0551 and 102-0562. | ||||||
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