Table 4
Causes of Mortality – released CF CAMS cohort

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Males Females
Number of deaths SMR (95% CI) Number of deaths SMR (95% CI)
All causes 2,620 0.77 (0.74 to 0.80)* 204 0.70 (0.60 to 0.80)*
External causes
Injury1
826 1.00 (0.93 to 1.07) 38 0.96 (0.68 to 1.31)
Suicide
696 1.46 (1.35 to 4.56)* 29 1.32 (0.88 to 1.89)
Cancer 375 0.62 (0.55 to 0.68)* 89 0.74 (0.89 to 0.91)*
Cardiovascular disease 331 0.49 (0.44 to 0.55)* 25 0.46 (0.30 to 0.68)*
Infectious diseases 103 0.75 (0.60 to 0.89)* x
Digestive diseases 57 0.92 (0.69 to 1.19) x
Endocrine diseases 41 0.58 (0.42 to 0.79)* x
Nervous system 38 0.54 (0.38 to 0.74)* x
Respiratory diseases 27 0.73 (0.22 to 0.63)* x
Mental disorders 26 0.50 (0.33 to 0.74)* x

1 Injuries, poisoning and certain other external causes (excluding suicide and airspace)
*SMR significantly different than 1
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act.

Sources: Department of National Defence and Canadian Mortality Data Base.

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