Table 2
Ranking, number and percentage of male and female deaths for the 10 leading causes, Canada, 2008
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| Males | Females | |||||
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| rank | number | % | rank | number | % | |
| All causes of death | Note ...: not applicable | 120,426 | 100.0 | Note ...: not applicable | 118,191 | 100.0 |
| Malignant neoplasms (cancer) | 1 | 37,077 | 30.8 | 1 | 33,481 | 28.3 |
| Diseases of heart (heart disease) | 2 | 26,688 | 22.2 | 2 | 24,034 | 20.3 |
| Accidents (unintentional injuries) | 3 | 6,105 | 5.1 | 6 | 4,129 | 3.5 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases | 4 | 5,742 | 4.8 | 4 | 5,181 | 4.4 |
| Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) | 5 | 5,650 | 4.7 | 3 | 8,220 | 7.0 |
| Diabetes mellitus (diabetes) | 6 | 3,904 | 3.2 | 7 | 3,617 | 3.1 |
| Intentional self-harm (suicide) | 7 | 2,777 | 2.3 | 13 | 928 | 0.8 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 8 | 2,471 | 2.1 | 8 | 2,915 | 2.5 |
| Alzheimer's disease | 9 | 1,967 | 1.6 | 5 | 4,606 | 3.9 |
| Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (kidney disease) | 10 | 1,931 | 1.6 | 9 | 1,915 | 1.6 |
| Septicaemia | 14 | 1,011 | 0.8 | 10 | 1,124 | 1.0 |
| All other causes | Note ...: not applicable | 25,103 | 20.8 | Note ...: not applicable | 28,041 | 23.7 |
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... not applicable Note(s): The order of the causes of death in this table is based on the ranking of the 10 leading causes for males. |
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