Table 3
Number and percentage of deaths with diabetes mellitus as underlying and contributing cause, by other selected contributing and underlying causes, Canada, 2004 to 2008

Table 3
Number and percentage of deaths with diabetes mellitus as underlying and contributing cause, by other selected contributing and underlying causes, Canada, 2004 to 2008
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number and percentage of deaths with diabetes mellitus as underlying and contributing cause Both sexes, Male and Female (appearing as column headers).
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
	Both sexes		Male		Female
Underlying cause - Diabetes mellitus	37,041	Note ...: not applicable	19,201	Note ...: not applicable	17,840	Note ...: not applicable
Contributing causes
Cardiovascular diseases	32,984	89.0	17,218	89.7	15,766	88.4
Genitourinary diseases	14,172	38.3	7,370	38.4	6,802	38.1
Neuropsychiatric conditions	9,030	24.4	4,354	22.7	4,676	26.2
Respiratory diseases	8,002	21.6	4,290	22.3	3,712	20.8
Endocrine disorders	5,175	14.0	2,608	13.6	2,567	14.4
Respiratory infections	4,478	12.1	2,276	11.9	2,202	12.3
Digestive diseases	3,759	10.2	1,940	10.1	1,819	10.2
Contributing cause - Diabetes mellitus^Note †	82,999	Note ...: not applicable	44,207	Note ...: not applicable	38,792	Note ...: not applicable
Underlying causes
Cardiovascular diseases	36,978	44.6	20,024	45.3	16,954	43.7
Malignant neoplasms	18,204	21.9	10,524	23.8	7,680	19.8
Neuropsychiatric conditions	6,910	8.3	2,956	6.7	3,954	10.2
Respiratory diseases	5,579	6.7	3,090	7.0	2,489	6.4
Digestive diseases	3,602	4.3	1,814	4.1	1,788	4.6
Genitourinary diseases	2,613	3.2	1,295	2.9	1,318	3.4
Other diseases	9,113	11.0	4,504	10.2	4,609	11.9
... not applicable Note † 10 cases missing because of insufficient information about ICD codes Return to note † referrer Source: Vital Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death File, 2004 to 2008.

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