Table 2
Number of deaths and age-standardized death rates, Canada, provinces and territories, 2007 and 2008 

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Number of deaths and age-standardized death rates, Canada, provinces and territories, 2007 and 2008 
  2007 2008 2007 to 2008 2007 2008
  number of deaths % change standardized death rates1
Canada 235,217 238,617 1.4 5.4 5.3
Males 118,681 120,426 1.5 6.6 6.5
Females 116,536 118,191 1.4 4.4 4.4
Newfoundland and Labrador 4,505 4,539 0.8 6.7 6.6
Prince Edward Island 1,147 1,201 4.7 5.6 5.7
Nova Scotia 8,353 8,220 -1.6 6.0 5.8
New Brunswick 6,324 6,450 2.0 5.8 5.8
Quebec 56,521 57,106 1.0 5.4 5.3
Ontario 87,340 88,041 0.8 5.3 5.1
Manitoba 9,958 10,073 1.2 6.0 5.9
Saskatchewan 9,062 9,243 2.0 5.8 6.0
Alberta 20,202 21,079 4.3 5.4 5.5
British Columbia 31,308 32,095 2.5 5.1 5.1
Yukon 192 198 3.1 7.6 8.1
Northwest Territories 174 201 15.5 7.1 7.7
Nunavut 129 147 14.0 10.0 10.2
1.
Standardized death rate per 1,000 standard population (1991 Canadian population).