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Table 3
Ten leading causes of death, females, Canada, 2004 and 2005
Ten leading causes of death, females, 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 | ... | 114,126 | 100.0 | ... | 112,071 | 100.0 | 1.8 |
| 10 leading causes of death | ... | 87,708 | 76.9 | ... | 87,188 | 77.8 | 0.6 |
| Malignant neoplasms (cancer) | 1 | 31,862 | 27.9 | 1 | 31,791 | 28.4 | 0.2 |
| Diseases of heart (heart disease) | 2 | 24,899 | 21.8 | 2 | 24,924 | 22.2 | -0.1 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) | 3 | 8,287 | 7.3 | 3 | 8,667 | 7.7 | -4.4 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 4 | 4,952 | 4.3 | 4 | 4,717 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 5 | 4,071 | 3.6 | 5 | 3,940 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
| Diabetes mellitus (diabetes) | 6 | 3,900 | 3.4 | 6 | 3,803 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
| Accidents (unintentional injuries) | 7 | 3,699 | 3.2 | 7 | 3,570 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 8 | 3,324 | 2.9 | 8 | 3,172 | 2.8 | 4.8 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (kidney disease) | 9 | 1,784 | 1.6 | 9 | 1,725 | 1.5 | 3.4 |
| Essential (primary) hypertension and hypertensive renal disease (hypertension) | 10 | 930 | 0.8 | 12 | 866 | 0.8 | 7.4 |
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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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