Table 21
Mortality rates for the 10 main causes of death, by age group, Canada, 2006

Table 21
Mortality rates for the 10 main causes of death, by age group, Canada, 2006
Table summary
 This table displays the results of mortality rates for the 10 main causes of death. This information is grouped by age group appearing as row headers and by total—all causes of death, malignant neoplasms, heart diseases, other causes of death, cerebro-vascular diseases, chronic lower respiratory diseases, alzheimer's disease, accidents (unintentional injuries), diabetes mellitus, influenza and pneumonia, nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis appearing as column headers, calculated using mortality rate per 100,000 population as a unit of measure.
Age group Total—all
causes of death		 Malignant
neoplasms		 Heart diseases Other causes
of death		 Cerebro-vascular diseases Chronic lower respiratory diseases Alzheimer's
disease		 Accidents (unintentional
injuries)		   Diabetes mellitus   Influenza and pneumonia Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis
mortality rate per 100,000 population
Females
Total—all age groups 685.3 195.3 144.8 114.3 49.1 28.3 24.2 23.6 21.2 17.2 11.1
1 to 14 12.5 1.9 0.5 3.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.3 0.0
15 to 24 30.1 2.6 0.8 6.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 12.7 0.2 0.3 0.1
25 to 34 37.2 6.8 2.4 7.2 0.5 0.5 0.0 7.8 0.4 0.4 0.3
35 to 44 86.1 32.0 6.3 16.8 2.5 0.6 0.0 9.5 1.4 1.1 0.6
45 to 54 217.4 114.2 18.2 31.1 6.7 2.5 0.3 11.4 3.9 2.7 1.0
55 to 64 504.2 284.0 54.6 59.9 15.6 16.4 1.8 13.8 14.1 4.4 3.4
65 to 74 1,325.4 631.0 205.0 152.5 61.1 70.7 16.3 25.7 47.4 14.4 17.6
75 to 84 3,734.7 1,100.4 816.3 558.0 293.4 196.8 135.9 89.0 136.2 78.1 66.9
85 and over 12,349.2 1,582.6 3,461.6 2,576.4 1,169.4 465.6 710.2 410.1 363.5 490.0 254.0
Males
Total—all age groups 712.1 220.3 161.0 89.9 35.4 31.7 10.4 35.6 23.3 14.3 11.5
1 to 14 16.0 2.7 0.5 4.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 5.0 0.1 0.3 0.1
15 to 24 72.8 4.5 1.7 11.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 31.7 0.4 0.4 0.1
25 to 34 81.9 8.3 5.0 12.1 0.8 0.3 0.0 28.8 1.1 0.8 0.2
35 to 44 142.1 22.3 19.0 25.8 2.4 0.6 0.0 28.4 2.5 1.6 0.5
45 to 54 338.0 103.6 69.4 48.0 6.9 2.9 0.1 31.6 8.6 3.5 1.9
55 to 64 819.4 347.5 182.5 84.8 23.6 17.7 1.5 33.2 29.4 6.9 7.0
65 to 74 2,099.7 886.3 467.7 208.5 88.0 87.9 16.0 46.5 75.7 23.7 28.2
75 to 84 5,571.9 1,779.6 1,314.0 659.4 347.6 344.3 107.1 128.9 215.1 117.9 108.0
85 and over 15,171.8 2,930.4 4,177.8 2,358.2 1,125.5 945.1 482.0 476.5 446.7 618.5 402.2
Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Birth Database, Death Database and Estimates of the Population, 2006.
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