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Table 2: Leading causes of hospitalizations, Canada, 2005/06, males and females combined: counts (crude 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
17,383
(5,029.4)
Respiratory
system
diseases
27,430
(1,996.3)
Respiratory
system
diseases
11,299
(609.3)
Unintentional
injuries
7,384
(348.6)
Mental
disorders
12,545
(572.9)
Mental
disorders
13,728
(613.3)
Mental
disorders
27,048
(623.0)
Digestive
system
diseases
33,675
(661.2)
Digestive
system
diseases
44,021
(886.6)
Circulatory
system
diseases
71,625
(1,998.6)
Circulatory
system
diseases
250,918
(5,905.6)
Circulatory
system
diseases
386,981
(1,196.1)
2 Respiratory
system
diseases
15,544
(4,497.3)
Digestive
system
diseases
6,937
(504.9)
Unintentional
injuries
5,418
(292.1)
Digestive
system
diseases
6,404
(302.3)
Unintentional
injuries
10,156
(463.8)
Digestive
system
diseases
10,771
(481.2)
Digestive
system
diseases
24,436
(562.8)
Mental
disorders
32,619
(640.5)
Circulatory
system
diseases
40,637
(818.5)
Cancer
44,926
(1,253.6)
Respiratory
system
diseases
114,896
(2,704.2)
Digestive
system
diseases
299,606
(926.1)
3 Congenital anomalies
5,209
(1,507.1)
Infectious
diseases
6,144
(447.2)
Digestive
system
diseases
4,997
(269.4)
Respiratory
system
diseases
5,061
(238.9)
Digestive
system
diseases
9,962
(455.0)
Unintentional
injuries
9,021
(403.0)
Unintentional
injuries
14,776
(340.3)
Genitourinary
diseases
26,078
(512.0)
Cancer
34,509
(695.1)
Digestive
system
diseases
44,925
(1,253.6)
Digestive
system
diseases
108,942
(2,564.1)
Respiratory
system
diseases
240,297
(742.7)
4 Digestive
system
diseases
4,536
(1,312.4)
Unintentional
injuries
4,947
(360.0)
Infectious
diseases
2,479
(133.7)
Mental
disorders
4,219
(199.2)
Respiratory
system
diseases
5,475
(250.0)
Genitourinary
diseases
4,159
(185.8)
Genitourinary
diseases
13,360
(307.7)
Unintentional
injuries
18,776
(368.7)
Mental
disorders
29,181
(587.7)
Musculo-
skeletal
diseases
27,963
(780.3)
Cancer
100,349
(2,361.8)
Cancer
209,586
(647.8)
5 Infectious
diseases
3,499
(1,012.4)
Nervous
system
diseases
3,533
(257.1)
Nervous
system
diseases
2,361
(127.3)
Nervous
system
diseases
2,064
(97.4)
Genitourinary
diseases
3,119
(142.4)
Respiratory
system
diseases
4,095
(182.9)
Respiratory
system
diseases
7,479
(172.3)
Cancer
18,251
(358.3)
Genitourinary
diseases
26,465
(533.0)
Respiratory
system
diseases
24,315
(678.5)
Unintentional
injuries
81,564
(1,919.7)
Unintentional
injuries
194,268
(600.5)
6 Genitourinary
diseases
2,946
(852.4)
Congenital
anomolies
2,285
(166.3)
Genitourinary
diseases
1,542
(83.1)
Musculo-
skeletal
diseases
2,028
(95.7)
Musculo-
skeletal
diseases
2,555
(116.7)
Musculo-
skeletal
diseases
2,315
(103.4)
Musculo-
skeletal
diseases
6,445
(148.4)
Circulatory
system
diseases
14,588
(286.4)
Unintentional
injuries
21,303
(429.1)
Genitourinary
diseases
23,031
(642.7)
Musculo-
skeletal
diseases
69,925
(1,645.8)
Mental
disorders
164,240
(507.7)
7 Nervous
system
diseases
1,453
(420.4)
Genitourinary
diseases
1,907
(138.8)
Blood diseases
1,404
(75.7)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
1,574
(74.3)
Self-inflicted
2,349
(107.3
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
1,929
(86.2)
Cancer
5,945
(136.9)
Musculo-
skeletal
diseases
12,379
(243.1)
Musculo-
skeletal
diseases
19,388
(390.5
Unintentional
injuries
19,686
(549.3)
Genitourinary
diseases
58,000
(1,365.1)
Genitourinary
diseases
162,022
(500.8)
8 Unintentional
injuries
1,237
(357.9)
Skin/
subcutaneous
tissue diseases
1,466
(106.7)
Musculo-
skeletal
diseases
1,236
(66.6)
Genitourinary
diseases
1,415
(66.8)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
2,031
(92.8)
Self-inflicted
1,924
(86.0)
Circulatory
system
diseases
4,527
(104.3)
Respiratory
system
diseases
9,825
(192.9)
Respiratory
system
diseases
14,878
(299.7)
Mental
disorders
15,890
(443.4)
Mental
disorders
28,194
(663.6)
Musculo-
skeletal
diseases
145,297
(449.1)
9 Skin/
subcutaneous
tissue diseases
619
(179.1)
Blood diseases
1,417
(103.1)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab. diseases
1,089
(58.7)
Infectious
diseases
1,390
(65.6)
Nervous
system
diseases
1,780
(81.3)
Assault
1,761
(78.7)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
4,077
(93.9)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
6,202
(121.8)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
8,512
(171.4)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
9,743
(271.9)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
27,436
(645.7)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab.
diseases
64,380
(199.0)
10 Endocrine,
nutr. & metab. diseases
583
(168.7)
Endocrine,
nutr. & metab. diseases
1,204
(87.6)
Congenital
anomalies
1,065
(57.4)
Congenital
anomalies
966
(45.6)
Infectious
diseases
1,749
(79.9)
Cancer
1,597
(71.3)
Nervous
system
diseases
3,783
(87.1)
Nervous
system
diseases
5,893
(115.7)
Nervous
system
diseases
7,855
(158.2)
Nervous
system
diseases
8,210
(229.1)
Nervous
system
diseases
24,948
(587.2)
Nervous
system
diseases
63,385
(195.9)
ALL All causes
62,913
(18,202.6)
All causes
67,995
(4,948.6)
All causes
41,248
(2,224.1)
All causes
42,236
(1,993.7)
All causes
83,146
(3,797.2)
All causes
132,836
(5,934.4)
All causes
385,367
(8,875.8)
All causes
288,755
(5,669.5)
All causes
303,580
(6,114.6)
All causes
354,741
(9,898.6)
All causes
1,050,628
(24,727.7)
All causes
2,813,445
(8,696.1)

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.