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Table 3-10
Ten leading causes of death, by sex and geography
1, 2000 to 2004 — British Columbia

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British Columbia: Part 1
  Canada 2 British Columbia
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 . 29,923 100.0 537.4
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 66,947 29.5 173.7 1 8,450 28.2 158.1
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 52,000 22.9 126.8 2 6,562 21.9 111.1
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 14,626 6.5 34.9 3 2,294 7.7 37.9
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 10,041 4.4 24.8 4 1,305 4.4 22.9
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 8,986 4.0 24.7 6 1,188 4.0 24.8
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 7,823 3.5 19.6 7 1,002 3.3 18.0
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 7 5,729 2.5 13.4 5 1,262 4.2 20.3
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 8 5,536 2.4 12.7 8 567 1.9 9.0
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 9 3,613 1.6 10.8 9 465 1.6 10.2
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 3,541 1.6 8.5 11 413 1.4 6.9
Males  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 114,513 100.0 710.0 . 15,281 100.0 651.9
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 35,156 30.7 212.1 1 4,416 28.9 184.9
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 27,076 23.6 168.1 2 3,368 22.0 142.7
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 5,959 5.2 37.9 3 933 6.1 39.6
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 4 5,416 4.7 33.8 4 781 5.1 35.2
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 5 5,324 4.6 33.8 5 660 4.3 28.0
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 4,020 3.5 24.8 6 557 3.6 23.5
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 7 2,734 2.4 16.6 8 357 2.3 16.0
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,557 2.2 17.0 7 551 3.6 24.0
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,816 1.6 11.8 10 211 1.4 9.1
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 10 1,596 1.4 10.5 11 186 1.2 8.0
Females  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 112,071 100.0 465.6 . 14,642 100.0 442.6
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 31,791 28.4 147.0 1 4,034 27.6 138.0
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 24,924 22.2 94.6 2 3,194 21.8 85.7
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 8,667 7.7 32.4 3 1,361 9.3 36.1
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 4,717 4.2 19.4 5 645 4.4 19.3
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 5 3,940 3.5 13.7 8 381 2.6 9.5
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,803 3.4 15.8 6 445 3.0 13.9
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 7 3,570 3.2 16.0 7 407 2.8 14.8
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 3,172 2.8 11.3 4 711 4.9 17.8
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,725 1.5 6.6 9 202 1.4 5.3
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 10 879 0.8 5.1 12 108 0.7 4.5
British Columbia: Part 2
  Canada 2 British Columbia
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 . 29,320 100.0 543.1
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 65,990 29.2 175.6 1 8,170 27.9 156.2
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 52,974 23.4 133.3 2 6,675 22.8 118.1
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 15,283 6.8 37.7 3 2,395 8.2 41.2
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 10,162 4.5 25.8 5 1,317 4.5 23.6
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 9,047 4.0 25.5 4 1,361 4.6 29.0
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 7,970 3.5 20.5 6 930 3.2 17.3
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 7 5,504 2.4 13.1 8 570 1.9 9.5
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 4,957 2.2 12.0 7 837 2.9 14.1
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 9 3,765 1.7 11.3 9 450 1.5 10.3
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 3,503 1.5 8.7 10 411 1.4 7.3
Males  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 114,905 100.0 733.5 . 14,910 100.0 659.0
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 34,701 30.2 215.3 1 4,232 28.4 182.8
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 27,950 24.3 178.9 2 3,540 23.7 155.8
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 6,332 5.5 41.6 3 965 6.5 42.7
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 5,468 4.8 36.0 5 696 4.7 30.7
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 5,451 4.7 35.1 4 864 5.8 40.6
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,991 3.5 25.2 6 499 3.3 21.7
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 7 2,903 2.5 17.8 8 341 2.3 15.8
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,176 1.9 15.0 7 367 2.5 16.8
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,723 1.5 11.4 9 198 1.3 8.8
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 10 1,631 1.4 11.1 12 192 1.3 8.5
Females  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 111,264 100.0 475.4 . 14,410 100.0 448.0
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 31,289 28.1 148.1 1 3,938 27.3 137.0
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 25,024 22.5 98.2 2 3,135 21.8 87.6
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 8,951 8.0 34.7 3 1,430 9.9 39.5
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 4,694 4.2 19.9 4 621 4.3 19.2
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 5 3,979 3.6 16.9 7 431 3.0 13.5
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 6 3,873 3.5 13.9 8 378 2.6 9.8
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 7 3,596 3.2 16.6 5 497 3.4 17.8
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,781 2.5 10.4 6 470 3.3 12.5
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,780 1.6 7.0 9 213 1.5 6.2
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 10 862 0.8 5.1 14 109 0.8 4.9
British Columbia: Part 3
  Canada 2 British Columbia
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 . 28,883 100.0 554.7
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 65,103 29.1 178.2 1 8,011 27.7 158.6
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 53,355 23.9 138.6 2 6,788 23.5 124.5
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 15,453 6.9 39.5 3 2,307 8.0 41.6
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 9,877 4.4 25.9 5 1,363 4.7 25.4
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 9,050 4.0 26.0 4 1,450 5.0 31.4
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 7,868 3.5 20.9 6 892 3.1 17.0
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 7 5,515 2.5 13.7 8 561 1.9 9.7
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 4,725 2.1 11.9 7 806 2.8 14.1
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 9 3,650 1.6 11.2 9 495 1.7 11.2
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 3,437 1.5 8.8 10 371 1.3 6.8
Males  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 113,266 100.0 747.8 . 14,745 100.0 679.0
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 34,415 30.4 220.5 1 4,154 28.2 186.3
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 27,548 24.3 183.1 2 3,566 24.2 163.9
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 6,390 5.6 43.7 3 950 6.4 44.4
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 4 5,487 4.8 35.7 4 919 6.2 43.9
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 5 5,412 4.8 36.9 5 718 4.9 33.1
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,951 3.5 25.8 6 469 3.2 21.2
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 7 2,851 2.5 17.7 7 376 2.6 17.4
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,069 1.8 14.9 8 372 2.5 18.2
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,724 1.5 11.9 9 187 1.3 8.7
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 10 1,684 1.5 12.0 11 165 1.1 7.7
Females  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 110,337 100.0 485.7 . 14,138 100.0 453.9
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 30,688 27.8 149.3 1 3,857 27.3 138.4
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 25,807 23.4 104.6 2 3,222 22.8 93.3
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 9,063 8.2 36.3 3 1,357 9.6 38.9
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 4,465 4.0 19.6 4 645 4.6 20.6
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 5 3,917 3.6 17.1 7 423 3.0 13.5
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 6 3,831 3.5 14.4 8 396 2.8 10.9
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 7 3,563 3.2 17.0 5 531 3.8 19.4
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,656 2.4 10.2 6 434 3.1 11.9
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,713 1.6 7.0 9 184 1.3 5.6
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis (K70, K73-K74) 10 824 0.7 4.3 11 105 0.7 4.1
British Columbia: Part 4
  Canada 2 British Columbia
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 . 28,353 100.0 554.2
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 63,774 29.0 178.7 1 7,799 27.5 157.9
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 53,717 24.5 143.1 2 6,905 24.4 129.4
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 15,452 7.0 40.4 3 2,289 8.1 41.7
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 9,773 4.5 26.3 5 1,294 4.6 24.7
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 8,521 3.9 25.1 4 1,298 4.6 29.2
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 7,097 3.2 19.3 7 792 2.8 15.4
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 7 5,477 2.5 13.9 8 556 2.0 9.8
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 4,776 2.2 12.2 6 1,173 4.1 20.8
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 9 3,692 1.7 11.4 9 433 1.5 9.8
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 3,221 1.5 8.5 10 361 1.3 6.8
Males  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 112,001 100.0 756.4 . 14,773 100.0 691.5
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 34,023 30.4 223.8 1 4,162 28.2 191.5
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 27,881 24.9 189.7 2 3,702 25.1 173.2
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 6,379 5.7 44.6 3 932 6.3 43.9
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 5,437 4.9 38.0 5 716 4.8 33.8
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 5,310 4.7 35.3 4 869 5.9 42.1
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,440 3.1 23.0 7 396 2.7 18.3
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 7 2,870 2.6 18.0 8 332 2.2 15.5
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,139 1.9 15.7 6 531 3.6 25.6
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 9 1,708 1.5 12.5 10 176 1.2 8.4
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 1,657 1.5 11.6 9 194 1.3 9.1
Females  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 107,537 100.0 483.3 . 13,580 100.0 445.0
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 29,751 27.7 147.6 1 3,637 26.8 133.3
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 25,836 24.0 107.6 2 3,203 23.6 95.5
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 9,073 8.4 37.1 3 1,357 10.0 39.5
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 4,336 4.0 19.4 5 578 4.3 18.5
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 5 3,769 3.5 14.5 8 380 2.8 10.3
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,657 3.4 16.4 7 396 2.9 13.0
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 7 3,211 3.0 15.6 6 429 3.2 17.1
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,637 2.5 10.3 4 642 4.7 17.6
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,564 1.5 6.6 9 167 1.2 5.2
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 10 822 0.8 5.0 11 101 0.7 4.4
British Columbia: Part 5
  Canada 2 British Columbia
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 . 27,460 100.0 556.0
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 62,672 28.7 180.4 1 7,554 27.5 157.8
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 55,070 25.3 152.0 2 6,855 25.0 133.8
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 15,576 7.1 42.2 3 2,233 8.1 42.8
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 9,813 4.5 27.2 5 1,246 4.5 24.5
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 8,589 3.9 25.8 4 1,289 4.7 29.2
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 6,714 3.1 18.9 7 696 2.5 14.0
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 7 5,007 2.3 13.2 8 461 1.7 8.6
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 4,966 2.3 13.2 6 1,156 4.2 21.5
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 9 3,606 1.7 11.4 9 435 1.6 10.3
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 3,136 1.4 8.6 10 317 1.2 6.2
Males  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 111,742 100.0 778.3 . 14,191 100.0 685.5
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 33,360 29.9 225.3 1 3,973 28.0 188.2
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 28,855 25.8 202.9 2 3,626 25.6 175.6
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 6,421 5.7 46.4 3 937 6.6 45.6
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 5,511 4.9 39.8 5 680 4.8 33.2
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 5,286 4.7 35.8 4 849 6.0 41.3
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,322 3.0 22.9 7 368 2.6 17.6
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 7 2,798 2.5 18.0 8 319 2.2 15.5
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,238 2.0 17.0 6 528 3.7 26.5
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,583 1.4 11.5 10 162 1.1 7.9
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 10 1,548 1.4 11.7 12 139 1.0 6.8
Females  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) . 106,320 100.0 493.2 . 13,269 100.0 451.7
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 29,312 27.6 149.4 1 3,581 27.0 136.0
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 26,215 24.7 113.4 2 3,229 24.3 100.5
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 9,155 8.6 38.8 3 1,296 9.8 39.9
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 4,302 4.0 19.8 5 566 4.3 18.7
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 5 3,459 3.3 13.8 8 322 2.4 9.7
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,392 3.2 15.7 7 328 2.5 11.0
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 7 3,303 3.1 16.6 6 440 3.3 17.5
Influenza and pneumonia (J10-J18) 8 2,728 2.6 11.0 4 628 4.7 18.2
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,553 1.5 6.9 9 155 1.2 5.1
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 10 808 0.8 5.0 10 116 0.9 5.3
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).