Table 3
Age-standardized mortality rates (ASMR) per 100,000 person-years at risk, by sex and cause of death, population aged 1 to 19, Canada† and Inuit Nunangat, 1994 to 1998 and 2004 to 2008

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Table 3
Age-standardized mortality rates (ASMR) per 100,000 person-years at risk, by sex and cause of death, population aged 1 to 19, Canada† and Inuit Nunangat, 1994 to 1998 and 2004 to 2008
Sex/Cause of death 1994 to 1998 2004 to 2008
Canada Inuit Nunangat Canada Inuit Nunangat
ASMR 95% confidence interval ASMR 95% confidence interval ASMR 95% confidence interval ASMR 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to
Both sexes - All causes 44.7 44.0 45.4 210.1 182.6 241.7 35.3 34.7 35.9 188.0 163.9 215.7
Group I: Communicable diseases 9.4 9.1 9.7 34.3 24.5 48.0 9.9 9.6 10.3 35.6 25.6 49.3
Infectious and parasitic 1.0 0.9 1.1 5.2 2.1 12.4 0.8 0.7 0.9 9.1 4.8 17.6
Group II: Non-communicable diseases 15.7 15.3 16.1 36.3 26.0 50.6 12.0 11.7 12.4 22.4 14.8 33.7
Congenital anomalies 6.9 6.6 7.2 16.4 10.0 26.9 4.7 4.5 5.0 11.5 6.5 20.2
Group III: Injuries 15.5 15.1 15.9 109.6 89.9 133.7 10.9 10.6 11.2 115.3 97.1 136.9
Unintentional 11.2 10.9 11.6 46.8 34.7 63.2 7.8 7.5 8.0 40.4 30.0 54.4
Road traffic 6.6 6.3 6.8 9.6 5.0 18.5 4.3 4.1 4.5 7.7 3.8 15.5
Drownings 1.0 0.9 1.1 X ... ... 0.7 0.6 0.8 7.4 3.7 14.8
Intentional 4.2 4.0 4.4 62.8 48.2 81.8 3.1 3.0 3.3 74.9 60.7 92.5
Self-inflicted 3.3 3.1 3.5 58.5 44.5 77.0 2.2 2.1 2.3 72.1 58.2 89.3
Firearm 0.8 0.7 0.9 16.1 9.5 27.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 9.5 5.2 17.1
Hanging/Suffocation 1.8 1.7 2.0 41.3 29.8 57.3 1.6 1.5 1.7 60.9 48.2 76.9
Males - All causes 53.2 52.2 54.2 258.2 215.9 308.8 41.7 40.7 42.6 244.5 206.6 289.5
Group I: Communicable diseases 10.4 9.9 10.8 40.1 25.8 62.2 10.9 10.4 11.4 40.8 26.6 62.7
Infectious and parasitic 1.1 0.9 1.2 X ... ... 0.8 0.7 1.0 13.9 6.6 29.2
Group II: Non-communicable diseases 16.9 16.3 17.5 41.3 26.6 64.2 13.2 12.7 13.7 18.8 10.1 35.0
Congenital anomalies 7.5 7.2 7.9 22.7 12.5 41.0 4.9 4.6 5.2 12.8 6.1 27.0
Group III: Injuries 20.9 20.3 21.5 147.2 115.6 187.4 14.5 14.0 15.0 163.5 133.5 200.3
Unintentional 14.8 14.3 15.3 68.1 47.9 97.0 10.3 9.9 10.7 58.2 41.1 82.4
Road traffic 8.3 7.9 8.7 16.8 8.4 33.7 5.5 5.2 5.8 11.6 5.2 25.8
Drownings 1.5 1.3 1.7 X ... ... 1.1 1.0 1.3 12.8 6.1 27.0
Intentional 6.1 5.8 6.5 79.1 56.8 110.2 4.2 4.0 4.5 105.3 82.0 135.1
Self-inflicted 5.0 4.7 5.3 77.2 55.2 108.0 2.9 2.7 3.1 101.6 78.9 131.0
Firearm 1.5 1.3 1.6 22.7 12.2 42.1 0.4 0.3 0.4 18.7 10.3 33.8
Hanging/Suffocation 2.6 2.4 2.9 54.5 36.5 81.4 2.0 1.8 2.2 81.3 61.2 108.0
Females - All causes 35.7 34.9 36.6 161.2 128.6 202.0 28.6 27.8 29.4 129.5 102.2 164.2
Group I: Communicable diseases 8.3 7.9 8.8 28.4 16.8 48.1 8.8 8.4 9.3 30.1 18.1 50.0
Infectious and parasitic 0.9 0.8 1.1 X ... ... 0.7 0.6 0.9 X ... ...
Group II: Non-communicable diseases 14.3 13.8 14.9 31.2 18.8 51.9 10.9 10.4 11.4 26.1 15.1 44.9
Congenital anomalies 6.2 5.8 6.6 10.2 4.2 24.5 4.5 4.2 4.9 10.1 4.2 24.3
Group III: Injuries 9.8 9.3 10.2 71.5 50.5 101.1 7.1 6.7 7.4 65.6 47.5 90.6
Unintentional 7.5 7.2 7.9 25.3 14.4 44.7 5.1 4.8 5.4 22.0 12.5 38.8
Road traffic 4.7 4.5 5.1 X ... ... 3.1 2.9 3.3 X ... ...
Drownings 0.5 0.4 0.7 X ... ... 0.3 0.2 0.4 X ... ...
Intentional 2.2 2.0 2.4 46.1 29.7 71.5 2.0 1.8 2.2 43.6 29.4 64.5
Self-inflicted 1.5 1.3 1.6 39.5 24.5 63.5 1.5 1.3 1.6 41.6 27.9 62.1
Firearm 0.1 0.1 0.2 X ... ... X ... ... X ... ...
Hanging/Suffocation 1.0 0.9 1.1 27.9 15.8 49.1 1.2 1.1 1.3 39.9 26.5 60.1
† excludes residents of Inuit Nunangat
... not applicable
X suppressed to meet confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Source: Custom population estimates, Demography Division; Vital Statistics Database.