Table 2
Age-standardized mortality rates for the 10 leading causes of death, Canada, 2000 and 2009

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Age-standardized mortality rates for the 10 leading causes of death, Canada, 2000 and 2009
  2000 2009
rank standardized rate1 rank standardized rate1
Males ... 778.3 ... 629.9
Females ... 493.2 ... 423.5
All causes of death … 615.5 ... 515.0
Malignant neoplasms (cancer) 1 180.4 1 160.3
Diseases of heart (heart disease) 2 152.0 2 101.4
Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) 3 42.2 3 28.4
Chronic lower respiratory diseases 4 27.2 4 22.9
Accidents (unintentional injuries) 5 25.8 5 24.5
Diabetes mellitus (diabetes) 6 18.9 6 14.9
Alzheimer's disease 7 13.2 7 11.8
Influenza and pneumonia 8 13.2 8 11.7
Intentional self-harm (suicide) 9 11.4 9 10.7
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (kidney disease) 10 8.6 10 7.2
1.
Age-standardized mortality rate per 100,000 standard population.