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Ten leading causes of death by selected age groups, by sex, Canada
1 — All ages2

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Table 1-1
Ten leading causes of death by selected age groups, by sex, Canada1 — All ages2
  Deaths
2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
  rank 3 number rank 3 number rank 3 number rank 3 number rank 3 number
Both sexes  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) ... 238,617 ... 235,217 ... 228,079 ... 230,132 ... 226,584
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 70,558 1 69,595 1 67,807 1 67,343 1 66,947
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 50,722 2 50,499 2 49,893 2 51,574 2 52,000
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 13,870 3 13,981 3 13,805 3 14,054 3 14,626
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 10,923 4 10,659 4 9,786 4 10,515 4 10,041
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 10,234 5 9,951 5 9,640 5 9,506 5 8,986
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 7,521 6 7,394 6 7,261 6 7,881 6 7,823
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 7 6,573 7 5,903 7 5,675 8 5,762 8 5,536
Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18) 8 5,386 8 5,452 8 5,152 7 5,845 7 5,729
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 3,846 9 3,803 9 3,686 10 3,643 10 3,541
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 10 3,705 10 3,611 10 3,512 9 3,743 9 3,613
  rank 3 percent rank 3 percent rank 3 percent rank 3 percent rank 3 percent
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 29.6 1 29.6 1 29.7 1 29.3 1 29.5
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 21.3 2 21.5 2 21.9 2 22.4 2 22.9
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 5.8 3 5.9 3 6.1 3 6.1 3 6.5
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 4.6 4 4.5 4 4.3 4 4.6 4 4.4
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 4.3 5 4.2 5 4.2 5 4.1 5 4.0
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3.2 6 3.1 6 3.2 6 3.4 6 3.5
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 7 2.8 7 2.5 7 2.5 8 2.5 8 2.4
Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18) 8 2.3 8 2.3 8 2.3 7 2.5 7 2.5
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1.6 9 1.6 9 1.6 10 1.6 10 1.6
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 10 1.6 10 1.5 10 1.5 9 1.6 9 1.6
  rank 3 age-specific rate 4 rank 3 age-specific rate 4 rank 3 age-specific rate 4 rank 3 age-specific rate 4 rank 3 age-specific rate 4
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) ... 716.2 ... 714.4 ... 698.6 ... 712.5 ... 708.6
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 211.8 1 211.4 1 207.7 1 208.5 1 209.4
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 152.2 2 153.4 2 152.8 2 159.7 2 162.6
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 41.6 3 42.5 3 42.3 3 43.5 3 45.7
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 32.8 4 32.4 4 30.0 4 32.6 4 31.4
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 5 30.7 5 30.2 5 29.5 5 29.4 5 28.1
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 22.6 6 22.5 6 22.2 6 24.4 6 24.5
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 7 19.7 7 17.9 7 17.4 8 17.8 8 17.3
Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18) 8 16.2 8 16.6 8 15.8 7 18.1 7 17.9
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 11.5 9 11.5 9 11.3 10 11.3 10 11.1
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 10 11.1 10 11.0 10 10.8 9 11.6 9 11.3
All ages: Part 2
  Deaths
2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
  rank 3 number rank 3 number rank 3 number rank 3 number rank 3 number
Males  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) ... 120,426 ... 118,681 ... 115,149 ... 116,006 ... 114,513
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 37,077 1 36,569 1 35,624 1 35,481 1 35,156
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 26,688 2 26,381 2 26,036 2 26,675 2 27,076
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 3 6,105 3 6,015 3 5,749 3 5,807 4 5,416
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 5,742 5 5,572 5 5,127 5 5,563 5 5,324
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 5 5,650 4 5,719 4 5,722 4 5,767 3 5,959
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3,904 6 3,906 6 3,775 6 3,981 6 4,020
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 7 2,777 7 2,727 7 2,695 7 2,857 7 2,734
Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18) 8 2,471 8 2,438 8 2,320 8 2,521 8 2,557
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 9 1,967 11 1,739 10 1,679 10 1,691 10 1,596
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 1,931 9 1,877 9 1,857 9 1,859 9 1,816
  rank 3 percent rank 3 percent rank 3 percent rank 3 percent rank 3 percent
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 30.8 1 30.8 1 30.9 1 30.6 1 30.7
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 22.2 2 22.2 2 22.6 2 23.0 2 23.6
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 3 5.1 3 5.1 3 5.0 3 5.0 4 4.7
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 4.8 5 4.7 5 4.5 5 4.8 5 4.6
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 5 4.7 4 4.8 4 5.0 4 5.0 3 5.2
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 3.2 6 3.3 6 3.3 6 3.4 6 3.5
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 7 2.3 7 2.3 7 2.3 7 2.5 7 2.4
Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18) 8 2.1 8 2.1 8 2.0 8 2.2 8 2.2
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 9 1.6 11 1.5 10 1.5 10 1.5 10 1.4
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 1.6 9 1.6 9 1.6 9 1.6 9 1.6
  rank 3 age-specific rate 4 rank 3 age-specific rate 4 rank 3 age-specific rate 4 rank 3 age-specific rate 4 rank 3 age-specific rate 4
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) ... 729.0 ... 726.9 ... 712.1 ... 725.2 ... 723.2
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 224.5 1 224.0 1 220.3 1 221.8 1 222.0
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 161.6 2 161.6 2 161.0 2 166.8 2 171.0
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 3 37.0 3 36.8 3 35.6 3 36.3 4 34.2
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 34.8 5 34.1 5 31.7 5 34.8 5 33.6
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 5 34.2 4 35.0 4 35.4 4 36.1 3 37.6
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 6 23.6 6 23.9 6 23.3 6 24.9 6 25.4
Intentional self-harm (suicide) (X60-X84, Y87.0) 7 16.8 7 16.7 7 16.7 7 17.9 7 17.3
Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18) 8 15.0 8 14.9 8 14.3 8 15.8 8 16.1
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 9 11.9 11 10.7 10 10.4 10 10.6 10 10.1
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 10 11.7 9 11.5 9 11.5 9 11.6 9 11.5
All ages: Part 3
  Deaths
2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
  rank 3 number rank 3 number rank 3 number rank 3 number rank 3 number
Females  
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) ... 118,191 ... 116,536 ... 112,930 ... 114,126 ... 112,071
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 33,481 1 33,026 1 32,183 1 31,862 1 31,791
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 24,034 2 24,118 2 23,857 2 24,899 2 24,924
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 8,220 3 8,262 3 8,083 3 8,287 3 8,667
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 5,181 4 5,087 4 4,659 4 4,952 4 4,717
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 5 4,606 5 4,164 5 3,996 5 4,071 5 3,940
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 6 4,129 6 3,936 6 3,891 7 3,699 7 3,570
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 7 3,617 7 3,488 7 3,486 6 3,900 6 3,803
Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18) 8 2,915 8 3,014 8 2,832 8 3,324 8 3,172
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1,915 9 1,926 9 1,829 9 1,784 9 1,725
Septicaemia (A40-A41) 10 1,124 10 1,008 10 985 11 894 11 871
  rank 3 percent rank 3 percent rank 3 percent rank 3 percent rank 3 percent
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 28.3 1 28.3 1 28.5 1 27.9 1 28.4
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 20.3 2 20.7 2 21.1 2 21.8 2 22.2
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 7.0 3 7.1 3 7.2 3 7.3 3 7.7
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 4.4 4 4.4 4 4.1 4 4.3 4 4.2
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 5 3.9 5 3.6 5 3.5 5 3.6 5 3.5
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 6 3.5 6 3.4 6 3.4 7 3.2 7 3.2
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 7 3.1 7 3.0 7 3.1 6 3.4 6 3.4
Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18) 8 2.5 8 2.6 8 2.5 8 2.9 8 2.8
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 1.6 9 1.7 9 1.6 9 1.6 9 1.5
Septicaemia (A40-A41) 10 1.0 10 0.9 10 0.9 11 0.8 11 0.8
  rank 3 age-specific rate 4 rank 3 age-specific rate 4 rank 3 age-specific rate 4 rank 3 age-specific rate 4 rank 3 age-specific rate 4
Total, all causes of death (A00-Y89) ... 703.6 ... 702.0 ... 685.3 ... 700.0 ... 694.4
Malignant neoplasms (C00-C97) 1 199.3 1 198.9 1 195.3 1 195.4 1 197.0
Diseases of heart (I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) 2 143.1 2 145.3 2 144.8 2 152.7 2 154.4
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60-I69) 3 48.9 3 49.8 3 49.1 3 50.8 3 53.7
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40-J47) 4 30.8 4 30.6 4 28.3 4 30.4 4 29.2
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 5 27.4 5 25.1 5 24.2 5 25.0 5 24.4
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01-X59, Y85-Y86) 6 24.6 6 23.7 6 23.6 7 22.7 7 22.1
Diabetes mellitus (E10-E14) 7 21.5 7 21.0 7 21.2 6 23.9 6 23.6
Influenza and pneumonia (J09-J18) 8 17.4 8 18.2 8 17.2 8 20.4 8 19.7
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00-N07, N17-N19, N25-N27) 9 11.4 9 11.6 9 11.1 9 10.9 9 10.7
Septicaemia (A40-A41) 10 6.7 10 6.1 10 6.0 11 5.5 11 5.4
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 deaths for which age is not stated are included in the “Age at the time of death, all ages” category but not distributed among age groups.
The ranking of the leading causes of death is based on the number of deaths.
The age-specific mortality rates per 100,000 population use the population estimates in the Appendix 3 as denominator.
Note(s):
See “Introduction”, “Glossary” and “Definitions, data sources and methods” sections.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Death Database (CANSIM table 102-0561).