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Table 1
Ten leading Causes of death, Canada, 2004 and 2005
Ten leading Causes of death, Canada, 2004 and 2005
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| Cause of death | 2005 | 2004 | 2004–2005 | |||||
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| Rank | Number | % | Rank | Number | % | % change | ||
| Total, All causes of death | ... | 230,132 | 100.0 | ... | 226,584 | 100.0 | 1.6 | |
| 10 leading causes of death | ... | 179,866 | 78.2 | ... | 178,842 | 78.9 | 0.6 | |
| Malignant neoplasms (cancer) | 1 | 67,343 | 29.3 | 1 | 66,947 | 29.5 | 0.6 | |
| Diseases of heart (heart disease) | 2 | 51,574 | 22.4 | 2 | 52,000 | 22.9 | -0.8 | |
| Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) | 3 | 14,054 | 6.1 | 3 | 14,626 | 6.5 | -3.9 | |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 4 | 10,515 | 4.6 | 4 | 10,041 | 4.4 | 4.7 | |
| Accidents (unintentional injuries) | 5 | 9,506 | 4.1 | 5 | 8,986 | 4.0 | 5.8 | |
| Diabetes mellitus (diabetes) | 6 | 7,881 | 3.4 | 6 | 7,823 | 3.5 | 0.7 | |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 7 | 5,845 | 2.5 | 7 | 5,729 | 2.5 | 2.0 | |
| Alzheimer's disease | 8 | 5,762 | 2.5 | 8 | 5,536 | 2.4 | 4.1 | |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 9 | 3,743 | 1.6 | 9 | 3,613 | 1.6 | 3.6 | |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (kidney disease) | 10 | 3,643 | 1.6 | 10 | 3,541 | 1.6 | 2.9 | |
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Note: The order of the causes of death in this table is based on the ranking of the 10 leading causes in 2005. Source: Statistics Canada. CANSIM Table 102-0561. |
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