Table 1-10
Ten leading causes of death by selected age groups, by sex, Canada1 — 85 years and over

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85 years and over: Part 1
  Deaths
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
  rank 2 number rank 2 number rank 2 number rank 2 number rank 2 number
Both sexes  
Total, all causes of death (A00‑Y89) ... 77,830 ... 76,654 ... 73,760 ... 69,431 ... 68,424
Diseases of heart (I00‑I09, I11, I13, I20‑I51) 1 20,108 1 20,427 1 19,917 1 19,339 1 19,616
Malignant neoplasms (C00‑C97) 2 12,194 2 11,736 2 11,344 2 10,516 2 10,026
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60‑I69) 3 6,584 3 6,502 3 6,311 3 6,064 3 6,018
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 4 3,906 4 4,082 5 3,574 4 3,352 5 3,360
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40‑J47) 5 3,871 5 3,873 4 3,591 5 3,230 4 3,405
Influenza and pneumonia (J09‑J18) 6 2,979 6 2,891 6 3,019 6 2,782 6 3,106
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01‑X59, Y85‑Y86) 7 2,788 7 2,573 7 2,324 7 2,261 8 2,076
Diabetes mellitus (E10‑E14) 8 2,014 8 2,138 8 2,086 8 2,044 7 2,187
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00‑N07, N17‑N19, N25‑N27) 9 1,691 9 1,733 9 1,701 9 1,576 9 1,551
Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease (I10, I12, I15) 10 892 10 868 11 763 11 681 10 735
  rank 2 percent rank 2 percent rank 2 percent rank 2 percent rank 2 percent
Total, all causes of death (A00‑Y89) ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0
Diseases of heart (I00‑I09, I11, I13, I20‑I51) 1 25.8 1 26.6 1 27.0 1 27.9 1 28.7
Malignant neoplasms (C00‑C97) 2 15.7 2 15.3 2 15.4 2 15.1 2 14.7
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60‑I69) 3 8.5 3 8.5 3 8.6 3 8.7 3 8.8
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 4 5.0 4 5.3 5 4.8 4 4.8 5 4.9
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40‑J47) 5 5.0 5 5.1 4 4.9 5 4.7 4 5.0
Influenza and pneumonia (J09‑J18) 6 3.8 6 3.8 6 4.1 6 4.0 6 4.5
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01‑X59, Y85‑Y86) 7 3.6 7 3.4 7 3.2 7 3.3 8 3.0
Diabetes mellitus (E10‑E14) 8 2.6 8 2.8 8 2.8 8 2.9 7 3.2
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00‑N07, N17‑N19, N25‑N27) 9 2.2 9 2.3 9 2.3 9 2.3 9 2.3
Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease (I10, I12, I15) 10 1.1 10 1.1 11 1.0 11 1.0 10 1.1
  rank 2 age-specific rate 3 rank 2 age-specific rate 3 rank 2 age-specific rate 3 rank 2 age-specific rate 3 rank 2 age-specific rate 3
Total, all causes of death (A00‑Y89) ... 12,634.8 ... 13,112.2 ... 13,274.2 ... 13,232.0 ... 13,876.4
Diseases of heart (I00‑I09, I11, I13, I20‑I51) 1 3,264.3 1 3,494.2 1 3,584.4 1 3,685.6 1 3,978.1
Malignant neoplasms (C00‑C97) 2 1,979.5 2 2,007.5 2 2,041.5 2 2,004.1 2 2,033.3
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60‑I69) 3 1,068.8 3 1,112.2 3 1,135.8 3 1,155.7 3 1,220.5
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 4 634.1 4 698.3 5 643.2 4 638.8 5 681.4
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40‑J47) 5 628.4 5 662.5 4 646.3 5 615.6 4 690.5
Influenza and pneumonia (J09‑J18) 6 483.6 6 494.5 6 543.3 6 530.2 6 629.9
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01‑X59, Y85‑Y86) 7 452.6 7 440.1 7 418.2 7 430.9 8 421.0
Diabetes mellitus (E10‑E14) 8 326.9 8 365.7 8 375.4 8 389.5 7 443.5
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00‑N07, N17‑N19, N25‑N27) 9 274.5 9 296.4 9 306.1 9 300.4 9 314.5
Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease (I10, I12, I15) 10 144.8 10 148.5 11 137.3 11 129.8 10 149.1
85 years and over: Part 2
  Deaths
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
  rank 2 number rank 2 number rank 2 number rank 2 number rank 2 number
Males  
Total, all causes of death (A00‑Y89) ... 28,421 ... 27,818 ... 26,296 ... 24,898 ... 24,214
Diseases of heart (I00‑I09, I11, I13, I20‑I51) 1 7,239 1 7,361 1 7,022 1 6,856 1 6,910
Malignant neoplasms (C00‑C97) 2 5,543 2 5,388 2 4,973 2 4,809 2 4,463
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60‑I69) 3 2,029 3 1,918 3 1,889 3 1,847 3 1,799
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40‑J47) 4 1,769 4 1,833 4 1,739 4 1,551 4 1,629
Influenza and pneumonia (J09‑J18) 5 1,130 5 1,112 5 1,099 5 1,015 5 1,057
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01‑X59, Y85‑Y86) 6 997 7 908 7 810 7 782 8 730
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 7 954 6 994 6 845 6 791 6 767
Diabetes mellitus (E10‑E14) 8 754 8 782 8 796 8 733 6 767
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00‑N07, N17‑N19, N25‑N27) 9 709 9 741 9 700 9 660 9 659
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids (J69) 10 378 10 368 10 351 10 323 11 279
  rank 2 percent rank 2 percent rank 2 percent rank 2 percent rank 2 percent
Total, all causes of death (A00‑Y89) ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0
Diseases of heart (I00‑I09, I11, I13, I20‑I51) 1 25.5 1 26.5 1 26.7 1 27.5 1 28.5
Malignant neoplasms (C00‑C97) 2 19.5 2 19.4 2 18.9 2 19.3 2 18.4
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60‑I69) 3 7.1 3 6.9 3 7.2 3 7.4 3 7.4
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40‑J47) 4 6.2 4 6.6 4 6.6 4 6.2 4 6.7
Influenza and pneumonia (J09‑J18) 5 4.0 5 4.0 5 4.2 5 4.1 5 4.4
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01‑X59, Y85‑Y86) 6 3.5 7 3.3 7 3.1 7 3.1 8 3.0
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 7 3.4 6 3.6 6 3.2 6 3.2 6 3.2
Diabetes mellitus (E10‑E14) 8 2.7 8 2.8 8 3.0 8 2.9 6 3.2
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00‑N07, N17‑N19, N25‑N27) 9 2.5 9 2.7 9 2.7 9 2.7 9 2.7
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids (J69) 10 1.3 10 1.3 10 1.3 10 1.3 11 1.2
  rank 2 age-specific rate 3 rank 2 age-specific rate 3 rank 2 age-specific rate 3 rank 2 age-specific rate 3 rank 2 age-specific rate 3
Total, all causes of death (A00‑Y89) ... 14,313.8 ... 14,953.8 ... 15,029.6 ... 15,171.8 ... 15,923.9
Diseases of heart (I00‑I09, I11, I13, I20‑I51) 1 3,645.8 1 3,957.0 1 4,013.5 1 4,177.8 1 4,544.2
Malignant neoplasms (C00‑C97) 2 2,791.6 2 2,896.4 2 2,842.3 2 2,930.4 2 2,935.0
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60‑I69) 3 1,021.9 3 1,031.0 3 1,079.7 3 1,125.5 3 1,183.1
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40‑J47) 4 890.9 4 985.3 4 993.9 4 945.1 4 1,071.3
Influenza and pneumonia (J09‑J18) 5 569.1 5 597.8 5 628.1 5 618.5 5 695.1
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01‑X59, Y85‑Y86) 6 502.1 7 488.1 7 463.0 7 476.5 8 480.1
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 7 480.5 6 534.3 6 483.0 6 482.0 6 504.4
Diabetes mellitus (E10‑E14) 8 379.7 8 420.4 8 455.0 8 446.7 6 504.4
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00‑N07, N17‑N19, N25‑N27) 9 357.1 9 398.3 9 400.1 9 402.2 9 433.4
Pneumonitis due to solids and liquids (J69) 10 190.4 10 197.8 10 200.6 10 196.8 11 183.5
85 years and over: Part 3
  Deaths
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
  rank 2 number rank 2 number rank 2 number rank 2 number rank 2 number
Females  
Total, all causes of death (A00‑Y89) ... 49,409 ... 48,836 ... 47,464 ... 44,533 ... 44,210
Diseases of heart (I00‑I09, I11, I13, I20‑I51) 1 12,869 1 13,066 1 12,895 1 12,483 1 12,706
Malignant neoplasms (C00‑C97) 2 6,651 2 6,348 2 6,371 2 5,707 2 5,563
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60‑I69) 3 4,555 3 4,584 3 4,422 3 4,217 3 4,219
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 4 2,952 4 3,088 4 2,729 4 2,561 4 2,593
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40‑J47) 5 2,102 5 2,040 6 1,852 6 1,679 6 1,776
Influenza and pneumonia (J09‑J18) 6 1,849 6 1,779 5 1,920 5 1,767 5 2,049
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01‑X59, Y85‑Y86) 7 1,791 7 1,665 7 1,514 7 1,479 8 1,346
Diabetes mellitus (E10‑E14) 8 1,260 8 1,356 8 1,290 8 1,311 7 1,420
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00‑N07, N17‑N19, N25‑N27) 9 982 9 992 9 1,001 9 916 9 892
Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease (I10, I12, I15) 10 651 10 633 10 564 10 505 10 550
  rank 2 percent rank 2 percent rank 2 percent rank 2 percent rank 2 percent
Total, all causes of death (A00‑Y89) ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0 ... 100.0
Diseases of heart (I00‑I09, I11, I13, I20‑I51) 1 26.0 1 26.8 1 27.2 1 28.0 1 28.7
Malignant neoplasms (C00‑C97) 2 13.5 2 13.0 2 13.4 2 12.8 2 12.6
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60‑I69) 3 9.2 3 9.4 3 9.3 3 9.5 3 9.5
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 4 6.0 4 6.3 4 5.7 4 5.8 4 5.9
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40‑J47) 5 4.3 5 4.2 6 3.9 6 3.8 6 4.0
Influenza and pneumonia (J09‑J18) 6 3.7 6 3.6 5 4.0 5 4.0 5 4.6
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01‑X59, Y85‑Y86) 7 3.6 7 3.4 7 3.2 7 3.3 8 3.0
Diabetes mellitus (E10‑E14) 8 2.6 8 2.8 8 2.7 8 2.9 7 3.2
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00‑N07, N17‑N19, N25‑N27) 9 2.0 9 2.0 9 2.1 9 2.1 9 2.0
Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease (I10, I12, I15) 10 1.3 10 1.3 10 1.2 10 1.1 10 1.2
  rank 2 age-specific rate 3 rank 2 age-specific rate 3 rank 2 age-specific rate 3 rank 2 age-specific rate 3 rank 2 age-specific rate 3
Total, all causes of death (A00‑Y89) ... 11,836.1 ... 12,252.7 ... 12,467.4 ... 12,349.2 ... 12,963.5
Diseases of heart (I00‑I09, I11, I13, I20‑I51) 1 3,082.8 1 3,278.2 1 3,387.1 1 3,461.6 1 3,725.7
Malignant neoplasms (C00‑C97) 2 1,593.3 2 1,592.7 2 1,673.5 2 1,582.6 2 1,631.2
Cerebrovascular diseases (I60‑I69) 3 1,091.2 3 1,150.1 3 1,161.5 3 1,169.4 3 1,237.1
Alzheimer's disease (G30) 4 707.2 4 774.8 4 716.8 4 710.2 4 760.3
Chronic lower respiratory diseases (J40‑J47) 5 503.5 5 511.8 6 486.5 6 465.6 6 520.8
Influenza and pneumonia (J09‑J18) 6 442.9 6 446.3 5 504.3 5 490.0 5 600.8
Accidents (unintentional injuries) (V01‑X59, Y85‑Y86) 7 429.0 7 417.7 7 397.7 7 410.1 8 394.7
Diabetes mellitus (E10‑E14) 8 301.8 8 340.2 8 338.8 8 363.5 7 416.4
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (N00‑N07, N17‑N19, N25‑N27) 9 235.2 9 248.9 9 262.9 9 254.0 9 261.6
Essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease (I10, I12, I15) 10 155.9 10 158.8 10 148.1 10 140.0 10 161.3
1.
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.
2.
The ranking of the leading causes of death is based on the number of deaths.
3.
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).
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