| 1. |
Data sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital
Statistics, Death Database and Demography Division (population estimates), 1991 Canadian
Census of Population. |
| 2. |
World Health Organization, International Classification
of Diseases, 10th revision (ICD-10). |
| 3. |
The number of deaths of individuals where the
underlying cause of death is one of those specified, per 100,000 population,
that would have occurred in the standard population if the actual age-specific
rates observed in a given population had occurred in the standard population.
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| 4. |
Rates are age-standardized using the direct
method, and the 1991 Canadian Census of Population structure. All
rates are per 100,000 population. The use of a standard population
results in more meaningful mortality rate comparisons, because it adjusts
for variations in population age distributions over time and across geographic
areas. |
| 5. |
Counts and rates in this table exclude: deaths
of non-residents of Canada; deaths of residents of Canada whose province or
territory of residence was unknown; and, deaths for which age of decedent
was unknown. |
| 6. |
Rates in this table are based on place of residence
for indicators derived from death events. |
| 7. |
Missing data on sex of the deceased were imputed
based on death registration number. |
| 8. |
Age-standardized mortality rates for breast
cancer (ICD-10 code C50) were calculated for females only. |
| 9. |
Age-standardized mortality rates for the Yukon
Territory, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut should be interpreted with
caution due to a small underlying count. |
| 10. |
The following standard symbols are used in
Statistics Canada publications: (..) for figures not available for a specific
reference period and (...) for figures not applicable. |
| 11. |
CANSIM table number 01020126. |