Table C
Cohort members, deaths ascertained, age-standardized rates of potential years of life lost (PYLL) and distribution of PYLL by cause of death at ages 25 to 74 for Status Indians living on and off reserve, compared with non-Aboriginal men and women, non-institutional cohort members, Canada, 1991 to 2001

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  Men Women
Status Indians Non- Aboriginal Status Indians Non- Aboriginal
Total On reserve Off reserve Total On reserve Off reserve
Cohort members 24,100 17,700 6,400 1,245,100 31,500 21,500 10,000 1,230,600
Deaths ascertained 1,842 1,443 399 80,251 1,592 1,122 470 40,958
PYLL rate* 14,676 15,960 11,277 5,984 8,261 8,519 7,695 3,134
  Percentage
PYLL rate by cause of death 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions 4.6 4.4 5.7 4.9 5.5 5.1 6.5 2.4
Infectious and parasitic diseases
2.6 2.2 4.0 4.0 3.0 2.5 4.0 1.3
HIV/AIDS
1.4 1.1 2.3 3.1 0.9 0.4 2.2 0.3
Respiratory infections
2.1 2.2 1.7 0.9 2.3 2.3 2.2 0.9
Non-communicable diseases 52.5 52.4 52.8 76.6 69.4 69.6 68.8 86.3
Malignant neoplasms
13.3 12.3 16.8 34.7 25.0 24.2 26.8 53.8
Stomach cancer
1.0 0.9 1.5 1.4 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.3
Colon and rectal cancers
1.3 1.0 2.6 3.5 2.8 2.8 2.7 4.4
Pancreas cancer
0.6 0.4 1.6 1.8 0.6 0.7 0.3 2.1
Trachea, bronchus, and lung cancers
3.6 3.1 5.7 10.9 4.3 4.7 3.4 11.7
Breast cancer
x x x x 4.9 4.4 6.0 13.8
Cervix uteri cancer
x x x x 3.0 3.0 2.8 1.6
Ovarian cancer
x x x x 1.2 1.1 1.5 3.2
Prostate cancer
0.5 0.4 1.0 1.5 x x x x
Lymphomas and multiple myeloma
1.1 1.1 1.2 2.5 0.8 0.8 0.9 2.7
Diabetes mellitus
4.3 4.6 3.2 2.1 5.6 6.6 3.4 1.8
Neuropsychiatric conditions
4.7 4.8 4.5 2.7 4.2 3.4 6.1 2.8
Alcohol use disorders
3.5 3.7 2.5 0.7 2.8 1.8 5.0 0.4
Cardiovascular diseases
18.8 18.3 20.4 28.0 13.9 17.8 15.2 18.1
Ischemic heart disease
12.6 12.5 12.9 19.1 6.7 7.0 6.1 8.9
Cerebrovascular disease
2.0 1.8 2.7 3.1 5.2 5.6 4.3 4.3
Respiratory diseases
2.0 2.3 1.0 2.5 3.2 3.7 2.0 2.8
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
0.8 0.9 0.5 1.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.7
Digestive diseases
6.1 6.6 4.1 3.8 9.2 9.0 9.7 3.4
Cirrhosis of the liver
3.6 3.9 2.7 2.2 5.5 4.7 7.3 1.5
Genitourinary diseases
1.5 x x 0.8 1.5 1.3 1.9 0.8
Injuries 37.8 38.0 37.2 16.2 21.4 22.2 19.6 9.4
Unintentional injuries
25.8 25.9 25.6 8.2 13.9 13.8 14.1 5.0
Road traffic accidents
9.9 10.3 8.3 3.4 6.7 7.1 5.7 2.7
Poisonings
2.5 2.1 3.7 1.0 3.7 3.8 3.4 0.7
Falls
1.2 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.4
Fires
1.4 1.4 1.4 0.3 0.5 x x 0.2
Drownings
3.0 2.6 4.8 0.4 0.5 x x 0.2
Intentional injuries
11.1 11.2 10.8 7.5 6.6 8.0 3.7 4.1
Self-inflicted injuries (suicide)
8.3 8.9 6.0 7.0 4.0 5.0 1.8 3.6
Violence (homicide)
2.7 2.1 4.8 0.6 2.6 3.0 1.9 0.5
Ill-defined 5.1 5.2 4.4 2.3 3.7 3.1 5.1 1.8
Risk factor-related
Smoking-related
6.3 5.9 7.8 15.4 6.0 6.1 5.7 14.9
Alcohol-related
8.2 8.4 7.4 2.5 7.4 6.2 10.2 1.4
Drug-related
2.1 1.9 3.0 1.6 5.1 4.9 5.4 2.1
Deaths amenable to medical intervention
7.7 7.4 8.8 10.0 19.8 19.4 20.9 23.9
* per 100,000 person-years at risk, age-standardized to Aboriginal age distribution (five-year age groups)
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Source: 1991 to 2001 Canadian census mortality follow-up study.