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Table 3-1
Ten leading causes of death, by sex and geography
1, 2000 to 2004 — Newfounland and Labrador

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Newfounland and Labrador: Part 1
  Canada 2 Newfoundland and Labrador
Deaths Deaths
  rank 3 number  % age-standardized rate 4 rank 3 number  % age-standardized rate 4
2004  
Both sexes  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 226,584 100.0 571.9 . 4,308 100.0 687.4
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 66,947 29.5 173.7 2 1,131 26.3 181.2
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 52,000 22.9 126.8 1 1,153 26.8 180.1
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 14,626 6.5 34.9 3 308 7.1 48.1
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 10,041 4.4 24.8 5 181 4.2 28.6
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 8,986 4.0 24.7 7 127 2.9 22.2
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 7,823 3.5 19.6 4 256 5.9 40.2
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 7 5,729 2.5 13.4 9 82 1.9 12.7
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 8 5,536 2.4 12.7 6 133 3.1 20.6
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 9 3,613 1.6 10.8 12 53 1.2 9.7
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 3,541 1.6 8.5 8 91 2.1 14.1
Males  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 114,513 100.0 710.0 . 2,300 100.0 884.0
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 35,156 30.7 212.1 2 630 27.4 231.1
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 27,076 23.6 168.1 1 635 27.6 239.6
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 5,959 5.2 37.9 3 135 5.9 53.6
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 4 5,416 4.7 33.8 6 88 3.8 34.4
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 5 5,324 4.6 33.8 5 115 5.0 46.7
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 4,020 3.5 24.8 4 124 5.4 47.9
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 7 2,734 2.4 16.6 9 41 1.8 15.4
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,557 2.2 17.0 7 44 1.9 19.3
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,816 1.6 11.8 8 43 1.9 17.1
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 10 1,596 1.4 10.5 10 40 1.7 16.2
Females  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 112,071 100.0 465.6 . 2,008 100.0 540.0
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 31,791 28.4 147.0 2 501 25.0 146.0
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 24,924 22.2 94.6 1 518 25.8 132.0
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 8,667 7.7 32.4 3 173 8.6 44.1
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 4,717 4.2 19.4 6 66 3.3 18.2
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 5 3,940 3.5 13.7 5 93 4.6 23.1
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,803 3.4 15.8 4 132 6.6 34.0
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 7 3,570 3.2 16.0 8 39 1.9 10.9
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 3,172 2.8 11.3 9 38 1.9 9.3
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,725 1.5 6.6 7 48 2.4 12.3
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 10 879 0.8 5.1 12 12 0.6 4.4
Newfounland and Labrador: Part 2
  Canada 2 Newfoundland and Labrador
Deaths Deaths
  rank 3 number  % age-standardized rate 4 rank 3 number  % age-standardized rate 4
2003  
Both sexes  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 226,169 100.0 586.9 . 4,281 100.0 696.2
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 65,990 29.2 175.6 1 1,173 27.4 190.7
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 52,974 23.4 133.3 2 1,111 26.0 177.7
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 15,283 6.8 37.7 3 303 7.1 47.4
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 10,162 4.5 25.8 5 200 4.7 32.3
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 9,047 4.0 25.5 6 127 3.0 21.9
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 7,970 3.5 20.5 4 253 5.9 41.2
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 7 5,504 2.4 13.1 7 123 2.9 19.1
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 4,957 2.2 12.0 9 79 1.8 12.2
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 9 3,765 1.7 11.3 10 48 1.1 9.1
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 3,503 1.5 8.7 8 88 2.1 13.5
Males  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 114,905 100.0 733.5 . 2,265 100.0 878.7
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 34,701 30.2 215.3 1 648 28.6 238.9
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 27,950 24.3 178.9 2 619 27.3 239.0
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 6,332 5.5 41.6 3 145 6.4 57.0
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 5,468 4.8 36.0 4 127 5.6 51.8
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 5,451 4.7 35.1 6 85 3.8 31.8
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,991 3.5 25.2 5 104 4.6 40.6
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 7 2,903 2.5 17.8 9 37 1.6 14.6
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,176 1.9 15.0 10 34 1.5 14.6
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,723 1.5 11.4 7 40 1.8 16.7
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 10 1,631 1.4 11.1 8 39 1.7 16.6
Females  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 111,264 100.0 475.4 . 2,016 100.0 552.3
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 31,289 28.1 148.1 1 525 26.0 153.0
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 25,024 22.5 98.2 2 492 24.4 129.4
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 8,951 8.0 34.7 3 158 7.8 39.9
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 4,694 4.2 19.9 6 73 3.6 19.7
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 5 3,979 3.6 16.9 4 149 7.4 40.6
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 6 3,873 3.5 13.9 5 84 4.2 21.1
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 7 3,596 3.2 16.6 9 42 2.1 12.1
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,781 2.5 10.4 8 45 2.2 10.4
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,780 1.6 7.0 7 48 2.4 12.1
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 10 862 0.8 5.1 15 11 0.5 3.8
Newfounland and Labrador: Part 3
  Canada 2 Newfoundland and Labrador
Deaths Deaths
  rank 3 number  % age-standardized rate 4 rank 3 number  % age-standardized rate 4
2002  
Both sexes  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 223,603 100.0 598.2 . 4,183 100.0 693.3
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 65,103 29.1 178.2 1 1,199 28.7 198.6
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 53,355 23.9 138.6 2 1,120 26.8 182.6
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 15,453 6.9 39.5 3 314 7.5 51.1
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 9,877 4.4 25.9 5 164 3.9 26.9
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 9,050 4.0 26.0 7 125 3.0 22.5
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 7,868 3.5 20.9 4 197 4.7 32.7
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 7 5,515 2.5 13.7 6 143 3.4 23.3
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 4,725 2.1 11.9 9 68 1.6 10.9
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 9 3,650 1.6 11.2 13 34 0.8 6.6
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 3,437 1.5 8.8 8 97 2.3 15.9
Males  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 113,266 100.0 747.8 . 2,216 100.0 870.9
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 34,415 30.4 220.5 1 671 30.3 249.9
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 27,548 24.3 183.1 2 581 26.2 225.7
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 6,390 5.6 43.7 3 151 6.8 62.1
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 4 5,487 4.8 35.7 6 75 3.4 29.0
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 5 5,412 4.8 36.9 4 103 4.6 43.2
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,951 3.5 25.8 5 91 4.1 35.9
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 7 2,851 2.5 17.7 11 28 1.3 11.4
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,069 1.8 14.9 10 31 1.4 14.2
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,724 1.5 11.9 8 53 2.4 22.2
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 10 1,684 1.5 12.0 7 57 2.6 24.8
Females  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 110,337 100.0 485.7 . 1,967 100.0 554.6
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 30,688 27.8 149.3 2 528 26.8 159.3
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 25,807 23.4 104.6 1 539 27.4 145.1
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 9,063 8.2 36.3 3 163 8.3 43.2
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 4,465 4.0 19.6 6 61 3.1 17.5
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 5 3,917 3.6 17.1 4 106 5.4 30.1
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 6 3,831 3.5 14.4 5 86 4.4 22.0
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 7 3,563 3.2 17.0 7 50 2.5 15.7
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,656 2.4 10.2 9 37 1.9 9.1
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,713 1.6 7.0 8 44 2.2 11.8
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (K70, K73-K74) 10 824 0.7 4.3 16 6 0.3 1.8
Newfounland and Labrador: Part 4
  Canada 2 Newfoundland and Labrador
Deaths Deaths
  rank 3 number  % age-standardized rate 4 rank 3 number  % age-standardized rate 4
2001  
Both sexes  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 219,538 100.0 600.8 . 4,151 100.0 699.1
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 63,774 29.0 178.7 1 1,194 28.8 201.1
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 53,717 24.5 143.1 2 1,165 28.1 193.8
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 15,452 7.0 40.4 3 296 7.1 49.3
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 9,773 4.5 26.3 5 169 4.1 28.8
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 8,521 3.9 25.1 6 136 3.3 24.0
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 7,097 3.2 19.3 4 184 4.4 30.4
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 7 5,477 2.5 13.9 7 127 3.1 20.7
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 4,776 2.2 12.2 9 61 1.5 10.0
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 9 3,692 1.7 11.4 13 30 0.7 5.2
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 3,221 1.5 8.5 8 87 2.1 14.3
Males  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 112,001 100.0 756.4 . 2,255 100.0 889.7
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 34,023 30.4 223.8 1 712 31.6 271.3
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 27,881 24.9 189.7 2 629 27.9 247.8
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 6,379 5.7 44.6 3 145 6.4 57.8
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 5,437 4.9 38.0 4 103 4.6 43.0
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 5,310 4.7 35.3 5 85 3.8 32.6
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,440 3.1 23.0 6 77 3.4 30.1
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 7 2,870 2.6 18.0 11 28 1.2 9.8
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,139 1.9 15.7 10 33 1.5 15.6
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 9 1,708 1.5 12.5 7 46 2.0 19.3
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 1,657 1.5 11.6 7 46 2.0 18.7
Females  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 107,537 100.0 483.3 . 1,896 100.0 549.9
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 29,751 27.7 147.6 2 482 25.4 147.0
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 25,836 24.0 107.6 1 536 28.3 149.5
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 9,073 8.4 37.1 3 151 8.0 41.2
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 4,336 4.0 19.4 6 66 3.5 20.1
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 5 3,769 3.5 14.5 5 81 4.3 21.4
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,657 3.4 16.4 4 107 5.6 30.8
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 7 3,211 3.0 15.6 7 51 2.7 15.4
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,637 2.5 10.3 9 28 1.5 7.4
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,564 1.5 6.6 8 41 2.2 11.4
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 10 822 0.8 5.0 24 2 0.1 0.7
Newfounland and Labrador: Part 5
  Canada 2 Newfoundland and Labrador
Deaths Deaths
  rank 3 number  % age-standardized rate 4 rank 3 number  % age-standardized rate 4
2000  
Both sexes  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 218,062 100.0 615.5 . 4,339 100.0 746.6
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 62,672 28.7 180.4 2 1,169 26.9 200.8
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 55,070 25.3 152.0 1 1,233 28.4 210.4
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 15,576 7.1 42.2 3 312 7.2 52.9
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 9,813 4.5 27.2 4 199 4.6 34.3
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 8,589 3.9 25.8 6 171 3.9 30.4
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 6,714 3.1 18.9 5 196 4.5 33.5
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 7 5,007 2.3 13.2 7 136 3.1 22.8
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 4,966 2.3 13.2 8 79 1.8 13.3
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 9 3,606 1.7 11.4 10 47 1.1 8.3
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 3,136 1.4 8.6 9 70 1.6 11.9
Males  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 111,742 100.0 778.3 . 2,334 100.0 951.3
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 33,360 29.9 225.3 2 656 28.1 254.6
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 28,855 25.8 202.9 1 683 29.3 280.6
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 6,421 5.7 46.4 3 149 6.4 64.5
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 5,511 4.9 39.8 4 142 6.1 62.3
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 5,286 4.7 35.8 5 112 4.8 42.6
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,322 3.0 22.9 6 79 3.4 32.2
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 7 2,798 2.5 18.0 7 41 1.8 14.6
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,238 2.0 17.0 8 40 1.7 17.2
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,583 1.4 11.5 10 33 1.4 14.5
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 10 1,548 1.4 11.7 9 37 1.6 16.6
Females  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 106,320 100.0 493.2 . 2,005 100.0 586.8
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 29,312 27.6 149.4 2 513 25.6 160.7
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 26,215 24.7 113.4 1 550 27.4 155.6
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 9,155 8.6 38.8 3 163 8.1 44.3
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 4,302 4.0 19.8 7 57 2.8 16.9
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 5 3,459 3.3 13.8 5 99 4.9 26.0
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,392 3.2 15.7 4 117 5.8 34.1
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 7 3,303 3.1 16.6 6 59 2.9 18.1
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,728 2.6 11.0 8 39 1.9 10.3
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,553 1.5 6.9 9 37 1.8 10.9
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 10 808 0.8 5.0 17 6 0.3 2.1
The geographic distribution of deaths in this table is based on the deceased's usual place of residence. Counts in this table exclude deaths of non-residents of Canada.
The category "Canada" includes deaths with unknown province or territory of residence in Canada.
The ranking of the leading causes of death is based on the number of deaths.
Age standardized mortality rate per 100,000 standard population.
Note(s):
See "Introduction", "Glossary" and "Definitions, data sources and methods" sections.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Death Database (CANSIM table 102-0563).