Table 3
Number and distribution of Alzheimer’s disease deaths (underlying and contributing), by other selected causes (contributing and underlying), Canada, 2004 to 2011

Table 3
Number and distribution of Alzheimer's disease deaths (underlying and contributing), by other selected causes (contributing and underlying), Canada, 2004 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number and distribution of Alzheimer's disease deaths (underlying and contributing) Both sexes, Men and Women, calculated using Number and % units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Both sexes Men Women
Number % Number % Number %
Underlying cause - Alzheimer's disease 48,525 Note ...: not applicable 14,510 Note ...: not applicable 34,015 Note ...: not applicable
Contributing cause  
Cardiovascular diseases 22,461 46.3 6,706 46.2 15,755 46.3
Respiratory infections 12,272 25.3 4,307 29.7 7,965 23.4
Respiratory diseases 9,194 19.0 3,293 22.7 5,901 17.4
Genitourinary diseases 6,386 13.2 2,077 14.3 4,309 12.7
Endocrine disorders 4,669 9.6 1,114 7.7 3,555 10.5
Diabetes mellitus 4,336 8.9 1,432 9.9 2,904 8.5
Mukuloscletal diseases 4,097 8.4 871 6.0 3,226 9.5
Infections 3,821 7.9 1,129 7.8 2,692 7.9
Contributing cause - Alzheimer's disease 32,343 Note ...: not applicable 11,614 Note ...: not applicable 20,729 Note ...: not applicable
Underlying cause  
Cardiovascular diseases 13,235 40.9 4,299 37.0 8,936 43.1
Malignant neoplasms 4,787 14.8 1,930 16.6 2,857 13.8
Respiratory diseases 3,173 9.8 1,419 12.2 1,754 8.5
Respiratory infections 2,051 6.3 810 7.0 1,241 6.0
Injuries 1,901 5.9 641 5.5 1,260 6.1
Digestive diseases 1,567 4.8 482 4.2 1,085 5.2
Diabetes mellitus 1,409 4.4 514 4.4 895 4.3
Skin diseases 1,192 3.7 463 4.0 729 3.5
Infections 1,085 3.4 350 3.0 735 3.5
... not applicable
Source: Multiple-Cause-of-Death file, 2004 to 2011.

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