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

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Nova Scotia: Part 1
  Canada 2 Nova Scotia
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 . 8,241 100.0 635.9
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 66,947 29.5 173.7 1 2,436 29.6 198.2
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 52,000 22.9 126.8 2 1,852 22.5 136.7
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 14,626 6.5 34.9 3 588 7.1 42.1
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 10,041 4.4 24.8 4 464 5.6 34.9
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 8,986 4.0 24.7 5 328 4.0 28.4
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 7,823 3.5 19.6 6 263 3.2 20.4
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 7 5,729 2.5 13.4 8 204 2.5 13.8
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 8 5,536 2.4 12.7 7 218 2.6 14.5
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 9 3,613 1.6 10.8 10 90 1.1 8.8
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 3,541 1.6 8.5 9 144 1.7 10.5
Males  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 114,513 100.0 710.0 . 4,115 100.0 796.3
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 35,156 30.7 212.1 1 1,300 31.6 246.9
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 27,076 23.6 168.1 2 959 23.3 182.7
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 5,959 5.2 37.9 4 214 5.2 41.9
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 4 5,416 4.7 33.8 5 188 4.6 38.3
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 5 5,324 4.6 33.8 3 254 6.2 49.5
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 4,020 3.5 24.8 6 138 3.4 26.3
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 7 2,734 2.4 16.6 9 73 1.8 14.5
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,557 2.2 17.0 7 91 2.2 18.1
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,816 1.6 11.8 8 80 1.9 15.7
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 10 1,596 1.4 10.5 10 62 1.5 12.4
Females  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 112,071 100.0 465.6 . 4,126 100.0 512.5
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 31,791 28.4 147.0 1 1,136 27.5 163.0
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 24,924 22.2 94.6 2 893 21.6 101.1
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 8,667 7.7 32.4 3 374 9.1 40.7
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 4,717 4.2 19.4 4 210 5.1 26.4
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 5 3,940 3.5 13.7 5 156 3.8 15.5
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,803 3.4 15.8 7 125 3.0 16.2
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 7 3,570 3.2 16.0 6 140 3.4 19.5
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 3,172 2.8 11.3 8 113 2.7 11.5
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,725 1.5 6.6 9 64 1.6 7.9
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 10 879 0.8 5.1 17 17 0.4 3.4
Nova Scotia: Part 2
  Canada 2 Nova Scotia
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 . 8,064 100.0 634.9
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 65,990 29.2 175.6 1 2,423 30.0 200.5
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 52,974 23.4 133.3 2 1,965 24.4 147.2
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 15,283 6.8 37.7 3 549 6.8 39.6
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 10,162 4.5 25.8 4 386 4.8 29.6
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 9,047 4.0 25.5 6 281 3.5 24.6
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 7,970 3.5 20.5 5 286 3.5 22.5
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 7 5,504 2.4 13.1 8 212 2.6 14.4
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 4,957 2.2 12.0 7 215 2.7 15.0
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 9 3,765 1.7 11.3 10 99 1.2 10.1
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 3,503 1.5 8.7 9 125 1.6 9.0
Males  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 114,905 100.0 733.5 . 4,003 100.0 791.6
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 34,701 30.2 215.3 1 1,246 31.1 240.8
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 27,950 24.3 178.9 2 1,028 25.7 200.7
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 6,332 5.5 41.6 3 227 5.7 45.2
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 5,468 4.8 36.0 4 212 5.3 42.6
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 5,451 4.7 35.1 5 164 4.1 34.2
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,991 3.5 25.2 6 140 3.5 27.4
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 7 2,903 2.5 17.8 8 78 1.9 16.1
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,176 1.9 15.0 7 88 2.2 17.4
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,723 1.5 11.4 10 53 1.3 10.7
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 10 1,631 1.4 11.1 9 62 1.5 12.5
Females  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 111,264 100.0 475.4 . 4,061 100.0 516.2
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 31,289 28.1 148.1 1 1,177 29.0 171.7
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 25,024 22.5 98.2 2 937 23.1 107.4
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 8,951 8.0 34.7 3 322 7.9 34.9
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 4,694 4.2 19.9 4 174 4.3 22.1
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 5 3,979 3.6 16.9 6 146 3.6 18.8
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 6 3,873 3.5 13.9 5 150 3.7 15.6
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 7 3,596 3.2 16.6 8 117 2.9 16.2
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,781 2.5 10.4 7 127 3.1 13.1
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,780 1.6 7.0 9 72 1.8 8.0
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 10 862 0.8 5.1 14 21 0.5 4.3
Nova Scotia: Part 3
  Canada 2 Nova Scotia
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 . 7,997 100.0 642.8
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 65,103 29.1 178.2 1 2,371 29.6 199.3
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 53,355 23.9 138.6 2 1,866 23.3 144.4
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 15,453 6.9 39.5 3 544 6.8 40.9
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 9,877 4.4 25.9 4 397 5.0 31.8
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 9,050 4.0 26.0 5 287 3.6 26.4
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 7,868 3.5 20.9 6 272 3.4 21.7
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 7 5,515 2.5 13.7 7 244 3.1 17.1
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 4,725 2.1 11.9 8 193 2.4 13.3
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 9 3,650 1.6 11.2 10 98 1.2 9.9
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 3,437 1.5 8.8 9 140 1.8 10.6
Males  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 113,266 100.0 747.8 . 3,977 100.0 810.2
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 34,415 30.4 220.5 1 1,244 31.3 247.6
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 27,548 24.3 183.1 2 962 24.2 194.4
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 6,390 5.6 43.7 3 226 5.7 46.3
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 4 5,487 4.8 35.7 5 176 4.4 38.2
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 5 5,412 4.8 36.9 4 220 5.5 45.0
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,951 3.5 25.8 6 134 3.4 26.3
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 7 2,851 2.5 17.7 7 83 2.1 17.1
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,069 1.8 14.9 10 65 1.6 13.8
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,724 1.5 11.9 9 70 1.8 14.7
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 10 1,684 1.5 12.0 8 77 1.9 15.8
Females  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 110,337 100.0 485.7 . 4,020 100.0 518.6
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 30,688 27.8 149.3 1 1,127 28.0 168.0
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 25,807 23.4 104.6 2 904 22.5 106.5
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 9,063 8.2 36.3 3 318 7.9 36.5
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 4,465 4.0 19.6 4 177 4.4 23.9
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 5 3,917 3.6 17.1 6 138 3.4 18.0
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 6 3,831 3.5 14.4 5 167 4.2 17.2
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 7 3,563 3.2 17.0 8 111 2.8 15.8
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,656 2.4 10.2 7 128 3.2 12.9
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,713 1.6 7.0 9 70 1.7 8.3
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (K70, K73-K74) 10 824 0.7 4.3 16 20 0.5 3.0
Nova Scotia: Part 4
  Canada 2 Nova Scotia
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 . 7,879 100.0 645.7
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 63,774 29.0 178.7 1 2,282 29.0 196.2
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 53,717 24.5 143.1 2 1,910 24.2 150.4
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 15,452 7.0 40.4 3 537 6.8 40.7
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 9,773 4.5 26.3 4 373 4.7 29.8
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 8,521 3.9 25.1 5 286 3.6 25.3
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 7,097 3.2 19.3 7 233 3.0 19.7
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 7 5,477 2.5 13.9 6 284 3.6 20.4
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 4,776 2.2 12.2 8 175 2.2 12.8
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 9 3,692 1.7 11.4 10 93 1.2 9.8
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 3,221 1.5 8.5 9 118 1.5 9.0
Males  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 112,001 100.0 756.4 . 3,923 100.0 818.6
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 34,023 30.4 223.8 1 1,222 31.1 250.9
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 27,881 24.9 189.7 2 970 24.7 199.4
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 6,379 5.7 44.6 3 201 5.1 43.3
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 5,437 4.9 38.0 4 196 5.0 41.4
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 5,310 4.7 35.3 5 190 4.8 40.6
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,440 3.1 23.0 6 109 2.8 22.5
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 7 2,870 2.6 18.0 9 77 2.0 16.5
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,139 1.9 15.7 8 78 2.0 16.3
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 9 1,708 1.5 12.5 7 90 2.3 19.6
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 1,657 1.5 11.6 11 49 1.2 10.4
Females  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 107,537 100.0 483.3 . 3,956 100.0 519.5
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 29,751 27.7 147.6 1 1,060 26.8 160.4
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 25,836 24.0 107.6 2 940 23.8 112.5
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 9,073 8.4 37.1 3 336 8.5 39.2
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 4,336 4.0 19.4 5 177 4.5 23.0
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 5 3,769 3.5 14.5 4 194 4.9 21.4
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,657 3.4 16.4 6 124 3.1 17.6
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 7 3,211 3.0 15.6 8 96 2.4 12.2
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,637 2.5 10.3 7 97 2.5 10.3
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,564 1.5 6.6 9 69 1.7 8.1
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 10 822 0.8 5.0 18 16 0.4 3.3
Nova Scotia: Part 5
  Canada 2 Nova Scotia
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 . 7,879 100.0 664.9
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 62,672 28.7 180.4 1 2,327 29.5 203.9
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 55,070 25.3 152.0 2 1,950 24.7 159.7
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 15,576 7.1 42.2 3 584 7.4 46.4
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 9,813 4.5 27.2 4 386 4.9 32.5
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 8,589 3.9 25.8 6 261 3.3 24.1
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 6,714 3.1 18.9 5 264 3.4 22.4
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 7 5,007 2.3 13.2 7 232 2.9 17.6
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 4,966 2.3 13.2 8 185 2.3 14.3
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 9 3,606 1.7 11.4 11 75 1.0 7.1
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 3,136 1.4 8.6 9 129 1.6 10.6
Males  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 111,742 100.0 778.3 . 3,936 100.0 845.8
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 33,360 29.9 225.3 1 1,251 31.8 264.3
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 28,855 25.8 202.9 2 991 25.2 212.0
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 6,421 5.7 46.4 3 206 5.2 45.1
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 5,511 4.9 39.8 4 204 5.2 44.7
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 5,286 4.7 35.8 5 149 3.8 32.7
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,322 3.0 22.9 6 136 3.5 28.8
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 7 2,798 2.5 18.0 10 63 1.6 12.2
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,238 2.0 17.0 7 86 2.2 19.4
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,583 1.4 11.5 9 67 1.7 15.3
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 10 1,548 1.4 11.7 8 82 2.1 18.2
Females  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 106,320 100.0 493.2 . 3,943 100.0 534.0
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 29,312 27.6 149.4 1 1,076 27.3 163.9
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 26,215 24.7 113.4 2 959 24.3 118.8
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 9,155 8.6 38.8 3 378 9.6 46.4
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 4,302 4.0 19.8 4 182 4.6 26.0
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 5 3,459 3.3 13.8 5 150 3.8 16.8
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,392 3.2 15.7 6 128 3.2 17.1
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 7 3,303 3.1 16.6 7 112 2.8 16.6
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,728 2.6 11.0 8 99 2.5 11.6
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,553 1.5 6.9 9 62 1.6 8.5
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 10 808 0.8 5.0 20 12 0.3 2.4
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).