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Ranking and number of deaths for the 10 leading causes by age group, Canada, 2005

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Rank	All ages¹	1 to 14	15 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 54	55 to 64	65 to74	75 to 84	85 and over
1	Cancer 67,343	Unintentional injuries 233	Unintentional injuries 1,015	Unintentional injuries 827	Cancer 1,490	Cancer 5,418	Cancer 11,440	Cancer 17,373	Cancer 20,973	Heart disease 19,616
2	Heart disease 51,574	Cancer 116	Suicide 509	Suicide 511	Unintentional injuries 971	Heart disease 2,154	Heart disease 4,491	Heart disease 7,914	Heart disease 16,479	Cancer 10,026
3	Cerebro- vascular 14,054	Congenital abnormalities 68	Cancer 156	Cancer 346	Suicide 876	Unintentional injuries 1,117	Unintentional injuries 821	Chronic lower respiratory 1,973	Cerebro- vascular 4,850	Cerebro- vascular 6,018
4	Chronic lower respiratory 10,515	Suicide 44	Homicide 136	Heart disease 173	Heart disease 639	Suicide 883	Diabetes mellitus 816	Cerebro- vascular 1,811	Chronic lower respiratory 4,314	Chronic lower respiratory 3,405
5	Unintentional injuries 9,506	Heart disease 31	Heart disease 67	Homicide 142	HIV 181	Liver disease 440	Cerebro- vascular 781	Diabetes mellitus 1,539	Diabetes mellitus 2,800	Alzheimer's disease 3,360
6	Diabetes mellitus 7,881	Homicide 22	Congenital abnormalities 34	HIV 51	Liver disease 148	Cerebro-vascular 388	Chronic lower respiratory 628	Unintentional injuries 815	Alzheimer's disease 1,992	Influenza and Pneumonia 3,106
7	Influenza and Pneumonia 5,845	Influenza and Pneumonia 17	Diabetes mellitus 18	Cerebro- vascular 39	Cerebro- vascular 143	Diabetes mellitus 363	Liver disease 603	Liver disease 610	Influenza and Pneumonia 1,688	Diabetes mellitus 2,187
8	Alzheimer's disease 5,762	Cerebro- vascular 10	Influenza and Pneumonia 13	Congenital abnormalities 32	Diabetes mellitus 127	HIV 146	Suicide 460	Influenza and Pneumonia 526	Unintentional injuries 1,601	Unintentional injuries 2,076
9	Suicide 3,743	Benign neoplasms 7	Cerebro- vascular 11	Diabetes mellitus 30	Homicide 103	Viral Hepatitis 144	Influenza and Pneumonia 266	Nephritis 492	Nephritis 1,312	Nephritis 1,551
10	Nephritis 3,643	Conditions from perinatal period 6	Chronic lower respiratory 8	Influenza and Pneumonia² 16	Influenza and Pneumonia 72	Influenza and Pneumonia² 132	Nephritis 172	Aortic aneurysm 406	Parkinson's disease 888	Hypertention 735
10	Nephritis 3,643	Conditions from perinatal period 6	Chronic lower respiratory 8	Liver disease² 16	Influenza and Pneumonia 72	Chronic lower respiratory² 132	Nephritis 172	Aortic aneurysm 406	Parkinson's disease 888	Hypertention 735

1. Include deaths of infants less than one year old.
2. Indicates a tie in the number of deaths. The next rank is incremented by an equivalent number of equal ranks.
Source : StatisticsCanada. CANSIM Table 102-0561.

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Table 4 Ranking and number of deaths for the 10 leading causes by age group, Canada, 2005

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