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Table 1
Number and rates (crude and age-standardized) of motor vehicle accident deaths, by sex, Canada, 1979 to 2004
| Both sexes | Males | Females | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Deaths per 100,000 population | Number | Deaths per 100,000 population | Number | Deaths per 100,000 population | ||||
| Crude | Standardized | Crude | Standardized | Crude | Standardized | ||||
| 1979 | 5,933 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 4,327 | 35.9 | 35.9 | 1,606 | 13.2 | 13.2 |
| 1980 | 5,560 | 22.7 | 22.7 | 4,014 | 32.9 | 32.9 | 1,546 | 12.6 | 12.5 |
| 1981 | 5,443 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 4,054 | 32.8 | 32.8 | 1,389 | 11.1 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 4,232 | 16.8 | 16.9 | 3,061 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 1,171 | 9.3 | 9.3 |
| 1983 | 4,334 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 3,153 | 25.0 | 25.1 | 1,181 | 9.3 | 9.3 |
| 1984 | 4,133 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 2,995 | 23.5 | 23.7 | 1,138 | 8.8 | 8.8 |
| 1985 | 4,234 | 16.4 | 16.5 | 2,980 | 23.2 | 23.4 | 1,254 | 9.6 | 9.7 |
| 1986 | 4,072 | 15.6 | 15.9 | 2,891 | 22.3 | 22.7 | 1,181 | 9.0 | 9.1 |
| 1987 | 4,342 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 3,093 | 23.6 | 24.1 | 1,249 | 9.4 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 4,133 | 15.4 | 15.9 | 2,985 | 22.5 | 23.1 | 1,148 | 8.5 | 8.6 |
| 1989 | 4,376 | 16.0 | 16.4 | 3,053 | 22.6 | 23.1 | 1,323 | 9.6 | 9.8 |
| 1990 | 3,824 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 2,691 | 19.6 | 20.2 | 1,133 | 8.1 | 8.2 |
| 1991 | 3,612 | 12.9 | 13.4 | 2,522 | 18.2 | 18.9 | 1,090 | 7.7 | 7.8 |
| 1992 | 3,456 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 2,389 | 17.0 | 17.7 | 1,067 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| 1993 | 3,573 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 2,445 | 17.2 | 18.0 | 1,128 | 7.8 | 8.0 |
| 1994 | 3,195 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 2,246 | 15.6 | 16.4 | 949 | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| 1995 | 3,256 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 2,238 | 15.4 | 16.1 | 1,018 | 6.9 | 7.0 |
| 1996 | 3,088 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 2,157 | 14.7 | 15.2 | 931 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| 1997 | 3,055 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 2,110 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 945 | 6.3 | 6.5 |
| 1998 | 2,947 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 2,016 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 931 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| 1999 | 3,084 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 2,110 | 14.0 | 14.4 | 974 | 6.3 | 6.4 |
| 2000 | 2,696 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 1,871 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 825 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 2001 | 2,617 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 1,835 | 11.9 | 12.2 | 782 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
| 2002 | 2,988 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2,063 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 925 | 5.8 | 5.7 |
| 2003 | 2,906 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 2,034 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 872 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 2004 | 2,875 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 2,035 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 840 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| Total | 97,964 | ... | ... | 69,368 | ... | ... | 28,596 | ... | ... |
| Notes: Ninth Revision of the International Classification of Diseases from 1979 to 1999; Tenth Revision from 2000 to 2004. Age-standardized to 1981 Canadian population. Includes deaths coded as “late effects or “sequelae” of MVAs. | |||||||||
| Source: Canadian Vital Statistics - Death Database. | |||||||||
