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Table 1: Leading causes of death, Canada, 2005, males and females combined: counts (crude death rate per 100,000)
  <1 year 1-4 years 5-9 years 10-14 years 15-19 years 20-24 years 25-34 years 35-44 years 45-54 years 55-64 years 65+ years All ages
1 Perinatal
1,037
(305.7)
Unintentional
injuries
74
(5.4)
Unintentional
injuries
64
(3.4)
Unintentional
injuries
95
(4.5)
Unintentional
injuries
458
(21.0)
Unintentional
injuries
557
(25.0)
Unintentional
injuries
827
(19.1)
Cancer
1,524
(29.8)
Cancer
5,478
(111.1)
Cancer
11,583
(326.6)
Circulatory
system
diseases
62,122
(1,472.1)
Circulatory
system
diseases
71,749
(222.5)
2 Congenital
anomalies
447
(131.8)
Congenital
anomalies
36
(2.6)
Cancer
49
(2.6)
Cancer
45
(2.1)
Suicide
213
(9.8)
Suicide
296
(13.3)
Suicide
511
(11.8)
Unintentional
injuries
971
(19.0)
Circulatory
system
diseases
2,744
(55.6)
Circulatory
system
diseases
5,667
(159.8)
Cancer
49,552
(1,174.3)
Cancer
68,790
(213.3)
3 SIDS
112
(33.0)
Cancer
29
(2.1)
Nervous
system
diseases
18
(1.0)
Suicide
43
(2.0)
Cancer
65
(3.0)
Cancer
98
(4.4)
Cancer
358
(8.3)
Suicide
876
(17.2)
Unintentional
injuries
1,117
(22.6)
Respiratory
system
diseases
1,195
(33.7)
Respiratory
system
diseases
18,611
(441.0)
Respiratory
system
diseases
20,484
(63.5)
4 Nervous
system
diseases
41
(12.1)
Nervous
system
diseases
22
(1.6)
Congenital
anomalies
13
(0.7)
Nervous
system
diseases
30
(1.4)
Homicide
51
(2.3)
Homicide
85
(3.8)
Circulatory
system
diseases
228
(5.3)
Circulatory
system
diseases
841
(16.5)
Suicide
883
(17.9)
Digestive
system
diseases
1,124
(31.7)
Nervous
system
diseases
9,292
(220.2)
Nervous
system
diseases
10,796
(33.5)
5 Infectious &
parasitic
diseases
31
(9.1)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
21
(1.5)
Respiratory
system
diseases
9
(0.5)
Circulatory
system
diseases
21
(1.0)
Circulatory
system
diseases
38
(1.7)
Circulatory
system
diseases
52
(2.3)
Homicide
142
(3.3)
Infectious &
parasitic
diseases
277
(5.4)
Digestive
system
diseases
742
(15.0)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
1,072
(30.2)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
8,318
(197.1)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
10,266
(31.8)
6 Unintentional
Injury
29
(8.5)
Infectious &
parasitic
diseases
14
(1.0)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
8
(0.4)
Congenital
anomalies
19
(0.9)
Nervous
system
diseases
35
(1.6)
Nervous
system
diseases
40
(1.8)
Nervous
system
diseases
99
(2.3)
Digestive
system
diseases
246
(4.8)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
513
(10.4)
Unintentional
injuries
821
(23.1)
Mental
disorders
7,062
(167.4)
Unintentional
injuries
9,505
(29.5)
7 Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
25
(7.4)
Respiratory
system
diseases
14
(1.0)
Circulatory
system
diseases
8
(0.4)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
10
(0.5)
Congenital
anomalies
18
(0.8)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
27
(1.2)
Infectious &
parasitic
diseases
71
(1.6)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
194
(3.8)
Infectious &
parasitic
diseases
431
(8.7)
Nervous
system
diseases
657
(18.5)
Digestive
system
diseases
6,729
(159.5)
Digestive
system
diseases
8,952
(27.8)
8 Digestive
system
diseases
23
(6.8)
Homicide
14
(1.0)
Digestive
system
diseases
5
(0.3)
Respiratory
system
diseases
9
(0.4)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
16
(0.7)
Respiratory
system
diseases
21
(0.9)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
62
(1.4)
Nervous
system
diseases
179
(3.5)
Respiratory
system
diseases
404
(8.2)
Suicide
460
(13.0)
Genitourinary
diseases
4,794
(113.6)
Mental
disorders
7,750
(24.0)
9 Respiratory
system
diseases
19
(5.6)
Digestive
system
diseases
12
(0.9)
Blood diseases
*
Infectious &
parasitic
diseases
7
(0.3)
Respiratory
system
diseases
12
(0.6)
Congenital
anomalies
16
(0.7)
Digestive
system
diseases
55
(1.3)
Respiratory
system
diseases
140
(2.7)
Nervous
system
diseases
383
(7.8)
Infectious &
parasitic
diseases
405
(11.4)
Unintentional
injuries
4,492
(106.4)
Genitourinary
diseases
5,200
(16.1)
10 Circulatory
system
diseases
16
(4.7)
Circulatory
system
diseases
12
(0.9)
Infectious &
parasitic
diseases
*
Homicide
5
(0.2)
Infectious &
parasitic
diseases
9
(0.4)
Infectious &
parasitic
diseases
14
(0.6)
Mental
disorders
50
(1.2)
Mental
disorders
116
(2.3)
Mental
disorders
234
(4.7)
Mental
disorders
267
(7.5)
Infectious &
parasitic
diseases
2,892
(68.5)
Infectious &
parasitic
diseases
4,154
(12.9)
ALL All Causes
1,863
(549.2)
All Causes
282
(20.6)
All Causes
198
(10.6)
All Causes
311
(14.6)
All Causes
986
(45.3)
All Causes
1,342
(60.1)
All Causes
2,806
(64.8)
All Causes
6,051
(118.5)
All Causes
13,765
(279.0)
All Causes
24,147
(680.8)
All Causes
178,378
(4,227.1)
All Causes
230,129
(713.7)

* Suppressed due to small number of cases or value of zero

SOURCE:
Injury and Child Maltreatment Section
Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division
Centre for Health Promotion

Public Health Agency of Canada analysis of Statistics Canada (mortality)
or Canadian Institute for Health Information (hospitalization) data.