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Table 17.3 Top 10 leading causes of death, by sex, 2008
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 17.3 top 10 leading causes of death rank, number of deaths, % and rate per 100,000 population (appearing as column headers).
  rank number of deaths % rate per 100,000 population
Both sexes  
Total, all causes of death Note ...: not applicable 238,617 100.0 716.2
Malignant neoplasms (cancer) 1 70,558 29.6 211.8
Diseases of heart (heart disease) 2 50,722 21.3 152.2
Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) 3 13,870 5.8 41.6
Chronic lower respiratory diseases 4 10,923 4.6 32.8
Accidents (unintentional injuries) 5 10,234 4.3 30.7
Diabetes mellitus (diabetes) 6 7,521 3.2 22.6
Alzheimer's disease 7 6,573 2.8 19.7
Influenza and pneumonia 8 5,386 2.3 16.2
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (kidney disease) 9 3,846 1.6 11.5
Intentional self-harm (suicide) 10 3,705 1.6 11.1
Males  
Total, all causes of death Note ...: not applicable 120,426 100.0 729.0
Malignant neoplasms (cancer) 1 37,077 30.8 224.5
Diseases of heart (heart disease) 2 26,688 22.2 161.6
Accidents (unintentional injuries) 3 6,105 5.1 37.0
Chronic lower respiratory diseases 4 5,742 4.8 34.8
Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) 5 5,650 4.7 34.2
Diabetes mellitus (diabetes) 6 3,904 3.2 23.6
Intentional self-harm (suicide) 7 2,777 2.3 16.8
Influenza and pneumonia 8 2,471 2.1 15.0
Alzheimer's disease 9 1,967 1.6 11.9
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (kidney disease) 10 1,931 1.6 11.7
Females  
Total, all causes of death Note ...: not applicable 118,191 100.0 703.6
Malignant neoplasms (cancer) 1 33,481 28.3 199.3
Diseases of heart (heart disease) 2 24,034 20.3 143.1
Cerebrovascular diseases (stroke) 3 8,220 7.0 48.9
Chronic lower respiratory diseases 4 5,181 4.4 30.8
Alzheimer's disease 5 4,606 3.9 27.4
Accidents (unintentional injuries) 6 4,129 3.5 24.6
Diabetes mellitus (diabetes) 7 3,617 3.1 21.5
Influenza and pneumonia 8 2,915 2.5 17.4
Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (kidney disease) 9 1,915 1.6 11.4
Septicemia 10 1,124 1.0 6.7
... not applicable
Note: Causes of death are coded to the 10th revision of the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10).
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 102-0561 and Catalogue no. 84-215-X.
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