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  • 1. 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: 2023-03-09
  • 2. Leading causes of death, total population (age standardization using 1991 population) Archived
    Table: 13-10-0396-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Rank, number of deaths, percentage of deaths and age standardized mortality rates (based on 1991 population) for leading causes of death, by sex, 2000 to 2013.

    Release date: 2023-02-27
  • 3. Passenger Vehicle Fatalities in Canada, 2019
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022072
    Description: This infographic presents information on passenger vehicle fatalities collected from the Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database. This infographic illustrates demographic profile of the deceased such as sex and age. The product also summarizes information on select circumstances surrounding passenger vehicle fatalities.
    Release date: 2022-11-18
  • 4. Unintentional fire-related deaths in Canada, 2011 to 2020
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022035
    Description:

    This infographic presents the information collected from the Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database of fire-related death. This infographic illustrates demographic profile of the deceased such as sex and age. The product shows some information about the death circumstance around the fire-related death and some risk factors.

    Release date: 2022-10-07
  • 5. Visualizing mortality in Canada: Rates and counts by sex and province or territory for select causes of death
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2021031
    Description:

    Interactive dashboard showing cause of death trends in Canada since 2000. The trends can also be broken down by province or territories and by sex. Metrics visualized on this dashboard are: number of deaths, death rate per 100,000 people, and the proportion of deaths represented by each selected cause of death. The data in this dashboard is from the Canadian Vital Statistics - Death Database (CVSD).

    Release date: 2022-01-26
  • 6. Visualizing mortality in Canada: Rates and counts by age group for select causes of death
    Data Visualization: 71-607-X2021032
    Description:

    Interactive dashboard showing cause of death trends in Canada since 2000. The trends can also be broken down by several age groups between 0 to 90 years of age and by sex. Metrics visualized on this dashboard are: number of deaths, death rate per 100,000 people, and the proportion of deaths represented by each selected cause of death. The data in this dashboard is from the Canadian Vital Statistics - Death Database (CVSD).

    Release date: 2022-01-26
  • 7. Deaths, by cause, Chapter I: Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00 to B99)
    Table: 13-10-0141-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Number of deaths caused by certain infectious and parasitic diseases, by age group and sex, 2000 to most recent year.

    Release date: 2022-01-24
  • 8. Deaths, by cause, Chapter II: Neoplasms (C00 to D48)
    Table: 13-10-0142-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Number of deaths caused by neoplasms, by age group and sex, 2000 to most recent year.

    Release date: 2022-01-24
  • 9. Deaths, by cause, Chapter V: Mental and behavioural disorders (F00 to F99)
    Table: 13-10-0143-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Number of deaths caused by mental and behavioural disorders, by age group and sex, 2000 to most recent year.

    Release date: 2022-01-24
  • 10. Deaths, by cause, Chapter IV: Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00 to E90)
    Table: 13-10-0144-01
    Frequency: Annual
    Description:

    Number of deaths caused by endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases, by age group and sex, 2000 to most recent year.

    Release date: 2022-01-24
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  • 1. Passenger Vehicle Fatalities in Canada, 2019
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022072
    Description: This infographic presents information on passenger vehicle fatalities collected from the Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database. This infographic illustrates demographic profile of the deceased such as sex and age. The product also summarizes information on select circumstances surrounding passenger vehicle fatalities.
    Release date: 2022-11-18
  • 2. Unintentional fire-related deaths in Canada, 2011 to 2020
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2022035
    Description:

    This infographic presents the information collected from the Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database of fire-related death. This infographic illustrates demographic profile of the deceased such as sex and age. The product shows some information about the death circumstance around the fire-related death and some risk factors.

    Release date: 2022-10-07
  • 3. Mortality among First Nations people, 2006 to 2016
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202101000001
    Description:

    Despite extensive research on health disparities, a limited number of studies have examined First Nations people’s mortality on a national scale, particularly those examining specific causes of death. This analysis attempts to fill the information gap using linked mortality data from the 2006 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort to calculate the number and rates of deaths for a 10-year follow-up period for on- and off-reserve First Nations people and the non-Indigenous population, by sex, age and region.

    Release date: 2021-10-20
  • 4. All-terrain vehicle fatalities in Canada, 2013 to 2019
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2021052
    Description: This is an infographic about all-terrain vehicle deaths in Canada between 2013 and 2019 containing socio-demographic information and information on certain risk factors. The results are based on data from the Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database and the Canadian Vital Statistics: Death database.
    Release date: 2021-06-07
  • 5. Snowmobile fatalities in Canada, 2013 to 2019 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2021002
    Description: This is an infographic about snowmobiling deaths. The results shown are based on data from the Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database and the Canadian Vital Statistics: Death Database.
    Release date: 2021-01-22
  • 6. COVID-19 death comorbidities in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100087
    Description:

    Using the latest data from the Vital Statistics - Death Database, this article presents information about the most common comorbid conditions in COVID-19 deaths, as well as the extent to which these conditions differ by age groups. Comorbidities are defined as chronic and acute conditions, diseases, disorders, and complications appearing on the medical certificate of cause of death where COVID-19 was involved in the death.

    Release date: 2020-11-16
  • 7. Study: Contributing causes, conditions and complications involved in COVID-19 deaths in Canada Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202032117428
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-11-16
  • 8. Circumstances surrounding cycling fatalities in Canada, 2006 to 2017
    Articles and reports: 82-625-X201900100009
    Description:

    This is a Health fact sheet about cycling deaths. The results shown are based on data from the Canadian Vital Statistics: Death Database and the Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database.

    Release date: 2019-07-31
  • 9. Illicit drug overdose deaths, 2011 to 2016, British Columbia and Surrey
    Stats in brief: 85-005-X201800154981
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    Findings from a new report indicate that those dying from preventable illicit drug overdoses in British Columbia are a diverse population. This group encompasses people that have no touch points with either the hospital, employment, social income assistance or justice systems in the years prior to fatal overdose. Yet at the opposite end of the spectrum, it also comprises individuals who have multiple touch points with at least one of these systems.

    Release date: 2018-11-13
  • 10. The 10 leading causes of death, 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 82-625-X201700114776
    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: 2017-03-09
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  • 1. Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5125
    Description: The Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database (CCMED), by storing information on deaths reported to Coroners and Medical Examiners (C/MES), will facilitate the identification and characterization of emerging and known safety hazards with the aim of contributing to a decrease in preventable deaths among Canadians.
  • 2. Vital Statistics - Death Database
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3233
    Description: This is an administrative survey that collects demographic and medical (cause of death) information annually from all provincial and territorial vital statistics registries on all deaths in Canada.
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