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  • 221. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X20030046978
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    - Between 1979 and 2001, 599 deaths in Canada were attributed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), only one of which was related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), known as "mad cow disease."

    - CJD mortality rates rise with age and are highest among people in their seventies.

    Release date: 2004-07-21
  • 222. Injuries Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X20030036850
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article examines which groups have high rates of injury and what activities are most likely to produce injuries.

    Release date: 2004-05-18
  • 223. Leading cancers - Changes in five-year relative survival Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X20030026811
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Five-year relative survival ratios for prostate and breast cancer rose substantially in the 1985 to 1987 and the 1992 to 1994 periods. Increases in survival ratios for colorectal cancer over the same periods were smaller, but still statistically significant. Relative survival for lung cancer changed little.

    Release date: 2004-03-29
  • 224. Premature mortality in health regions with high Aboriginal populations Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X20030016765
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article examines the rate of potential years of life lost--a measure used to quantify premature mortality in differing health regions. The rate was considerably higher in health regions with large proportions of Aboriginal residents, compared with other health regions. Much of this difference was attributable to injuries in the high-Aboriginal regions; notably, suicides and motor vehicle accidents.

    Release date: 2004-01-21
  • 225. Vital Statistics Compendium Archived
    Table: 84-214-X
    Description:

    This compendium of vital statistics includes summary data on births, deaths, marriages and divorces. The introduction covers the data sources, data quality, and methods pertaining to each event, and includes a glossary defining the terms used. The first chapter is a brief overview of vital statistics for 1996. Subsequent chapters treat marriage, divorce, birth, fetal and infant mortality, total mortality, causes of death, vital statistics by census division, and international comparisons. Most charts and tables show Canada data for 1986 though 1996, while the charts and tables for causes of death show Canada data for 1979 through1996. Data for the provinces and territories are usually shown for 1995 and 1996. Appendices include population denominator data, age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) calculation methods, and leading causes of death methodology.

    Release date: 1999-11-25
  • 226. Validation Study for a Record Linkage of Births and Infant Deaths in Canada Archived
    Journals and periodicals: 84F0013X
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Description:

    This study was initiated to test the validity of probabilistic linkage methods used at Statistics Canada. It compared the results of data linkages on infant deaths in Canada with infant death data from Nova Scotia and Alberta. It also compared the availability of fetal deaths on the national and provincial files.

    Release date: 1999-10-08
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  • 1. Provisional weekly death counts, by age group and sex
    Table: 13-10-0768-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description: This table provides Canadians and researchers with provisional data to monitor weekly death trends by age and sex in Canada. Given the delays in receiving the data from the provincial and territorial vital statistics offices, these data are considered provisional. Data in this table will be available by province and territory.
    Release date: 2024-10-10
  • 2. Previous releases and revisions to provisional weekly death counts
    Table: 13-10-0783-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description:

    This table provides Canadians and researchers with provisional data to monitor weekly death trends in Canada. Given the delays in receiving the data from the provincial and territorial vital statistics offices, these data are considered provisional. Data in this table will be available by province and territory.

    Release date: 2024-10-10
  • 3. Provisional weekly death counts, by selected grouped causes of death
    Table: 13-10-0810-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description:

    This table provides Canadians and researchers with provisional data to monitor weekly death trends by selected grouped causes of death in Canada. Given the delays in receiving the data from the provincial and territorial vital statistics offices, these data are considered provisional. Data in this table will be available by province and territory.

    Release date: 2024-10-10
  • 4. Provisional weekly age-standardized mortality rates, by sex
    Table: 13-10-0879-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description: The table displays weekly age standardized mortality rates for every province in Canada (excluding territories), by sex, since 2019. The standardization is done using the 2011 Canadian population.
    Release date: 2024-10-10
  • 5. Provisional Deaths in Canada Dashboard
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2024004
    Description: This dashboard presents data that are relevant for monitoring mortality in Canada. The interactive visualization within the dashboard features insights on weekly death trends from the Canadian Vital Statistics - Death (CVSD) database.
    Release date: 2024-10-10
  • 6. Estimates of deaths, by age and gender, annual
    Table: 17-10-0006-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Estimated annual number of deaths by 5-year age groups and gender for Canada, provinces and territories.
    Release date: 2024-09-25
  • 7. Estimates of the components of demographic growth, annual
    Table: 17-10-0008-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Components of population growth, annual: births, deaths, immigrants, emigrants, returning emigrants, net temporary emigrants, net interprovincial migration, net non-permanent residents, residual deviation.
    Release date: 2024-09-25
  • 8. Estimates of the components of natural increase, quarterly
    Table: 17-10-0059-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Quarterly
    Description: Components of natural increase, quarterly: births and deaths.
    Release date: 2024-09-25
  • 9. Provisional weekly estimates of the number of deaths, expected number of deaths and excess mortality, inactive Archived
    Table: 13-10-0784-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description: Provisional estimates of excess mortality, adjusted numbers of deaths, and expected numbers of deaths to monitor weekly death trends in Canada. Given the delays in receiving the data from the provincial and territorial vital statistics offices, death data have been adjusted to account for undercoverage. Data in this table will be available by province and territory.
    Release date: 2023-12-14
  • 10. Provisional weekly estimates of the number of deaths, expected number of deaths and excess mortality, by age group and sex, inactive Archived
    Table: 13-10-0792-01
    Geography: Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Weekly
    Description: Provisional estimates of excess mortality, adjusted numbers of deaths, and expected numbers of deaths to monitor weekly death trends, by age group and sex, in Canada. Given the delays in receiving the data from the provincial and territorial vital statistics offices, death data have been adjusted to account for undercoverage. Data in this table will be available by province and territory.
    Release date: 2023-12-14
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  • 61. Study: Deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Canada 1950 to 2011 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201532312524
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2015-11-19
  • 62. Deaths from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Canada, 1950 to 2011 Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-624-X201500114246
    Description:

    This article highlights findings regarding chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from the Canadian Vital Statistics - Death Database, 1950 to 2011. Results are analysed by sex, age and underlying cause of death.

    Release date: 2015-11-19
  • 63. Study: Childhood cancer incidence and mortality in Canada 1992 to 2010 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201526512222
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2015-09-22
  • 64. Childhood cancer incidence and mortality in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-624-X201500114213
    Description:

    This article highlights national data on the number of newly diagnosed cases of childhood cancer (incidence) and the number of deaths attributed to cancer (mortality) in children under the age of 15. Incidence data are explored by age, sex and the five most commonly diagnosed groups of childhood cancer. Due to the low number of cancer cases, five years of data, between 2006 and 2010, were combined to report the most recent results.

    Release date: 2015-09-22
  • 65. Study: Trends in the incidence and mortality of female reproductive system cancers 2010 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X201504810802
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2015-02-17
  • 66. Trends in the incidence and mortality of female reproductive system cancers Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-624-X201500114095
    Description:

    This article examines incidence and mortality rates for the three most common types of female reproductive system cancer — uterus, ovary and cervix. Data from the Canadian Cancer Registry and the Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database are used to analyze changes over time and differential risk by age.

    Release date: 2015-02-17
  • 67. Ninety years of change in life expectancy (1921 to 2011) Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-624-X201400114009
    Description:

    This article explores the patterns and frequency of death by age and by cause in the population. The main goal is to explain how and why life expectancy has changed over a 90 year period. Although the article is primarily focused on mortality, it concludes with a brief discussion about how living longer may be associated with deteriorating health in later years of life.

    Release date: 2014-07-17
  • 68. The 10 leading causes of death, 2011 Archived
    Stats in brief: 82-625-X201400111896
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Statistics shown in this fact sheet come from vital statistics Canadian death database. These data are collected from all provincial and territorial vital statistics registries and contain demographic and medical (cause of death) information on all deaths in Canada.

    Release date: 2014-01-28
  • 69. Trends in mortality rates, 2000 to 2011 Archived
    Stats in brief: 82-625-X201400111897
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This fact sheet presents the age-standardized mortality rates and analyzes the trends in mortality rates since 2000, with emphasis on the leading causes of death.

    Release date: 2014-01-28
  • 70. Health Indicators for the Inuit Nunangat regions 2004 to 2008 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20123457042
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2012-12-10
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