Description – Chart 5 Mortality rates for heart disease, by age group at death, Canada, 2000 to 2006

Age at death Females Males
2000 2002 2004 2006 2000 2002 2004 2006
Mortality rate per 100,000
Age at death, all ages 168.7 163 154.4 144.8 189.4 177.4 171 161
Age at death, 1 to 14 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.5
Age at death, 15 to 24 1.3 0.8 1.2 0.8 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.7
Age at death, 25 to 34 2 2.1 2.2 2.4 4.4 4.2 4.8 5
Age at death, 35 to 44 6.6 6.1 6.2 6.3 21 18.7 20.8 19
Age at death, 45 to 54 20.5 20.2 18.1 18.2 78.7 74.3 74.4 69.4
Age at death, 55 to 64 80.3 66.2 64.1 54.6 246.1 214.3 205 182.5
Age at death, 65 to 74 306.1 269.6 235.6 205 686.3 591.8 524.8 467.7
Age at death, 75 to 84 1,106.6 1,014.4 906.1 816.3 1,862.3 1,652.7 1,501.8 1,314
Age at death, 85 and over 4,240.8 4,162.1 3,894.1 3,461.6 5146.7 5,031.3 4,643.2 4,177.8
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Birth Database, Death Database and Estimates of the Population.