Table 1
Age-standardized preventable mortality rate per 100,000 population, by sex and grouped-cause of death (2011 to 2015 average)


Table 1
Age-standardized preventable mortality rate per 100,000 population, by sex and cause of death (2011 to 2015 average)
Table summary
This table displays the results of Age-standardized preventable mortality rate per 100. The information is grouped by Sex (appearing as row headers), Cause of death, Easily accessible area, Accessible area, Less accessible area, Remote area, Very remote area, ASMR and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Sex Cause of death Easily accessible area Accessible area Less accessible area Remote area Very remote area
ASMR 95% confidence interval ASMR 95% confidence interval ASMR 95% confidence interval ASMR 95% confidence interval ASMR 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to from to
Male Cancer 56.4 53.2 59.6 58.5 56.7 60.2 65.6 62.2 69.0 63.9 60.0 67.8 76.4 68.8 83.9
Injuries 39.4 38.7 40.2 56.3 54.0 58.6 66.1 62.6 69.5 84.6 80.7 88.6 125.8 114.6 137.0
Diseases of the circulatory system 31.4 29.8 33.0 36.4 34.0 38.9 40.2 38.9 41.6 42.1 37.9 46.4 49.6 46.3 52.9
Diseases of the respiratory system 11.4 10.7 12.0 13.6 12.3 14.8 16.4 15.8 17.0 14.3 12.6 16.1 17.4 12.8 21.9
Alcohol and drug use disorders 9.4 8.9 9.9 12.0 10.7 13.2 12.3 11.6 13.0 13.9 11.7 16.2 17.2 13.5 20.8
Others 4.9 4.6 5.3 5.9 5.6 6.2 6.6 6.1 7.1 7.6 6.6 8.5 11.4 10.1 12.6
Infections 4.5 4.0 4.9 3.8 3.4 4.1 4.1 3.4 4.9 3.1 2.5 3.6 5.6 3.7 7.5
Diseases of the digestive system 3.2 2.9 3.5 3.1 2.7 3.5 3.2 2.6 3.9 3.0 2.2 3.8 3.3 1.9 4.8
Female Cancer 36.3 35.3 37.4 40.7 38.8 42.6 42.9 40.6 45.1 41.0 37.1 44.9 48.6 43.3 53.8
Injuries 15.3 14.7 15.9 22.4 21.3 23.6 24.5 22.2 26.7 30.4 27.7 33.1 50.0 41.8 58.2
Diseases of the circulatory system 13.1 12.7 13.5 15.6 15.0 16.2 16.9 16.1 17.7 16.9 15.3 18.4 22.3 18.0 26.6
Diseases of the respiratory system 7.9 7.5 8.4 10.4 9.8 11.0 11.7 11.0 12.3 10.6 8.9 12.2 14.6 9.2 20.0
Alcohol and drug use disorders 3.1 2.9 3.3 4.7 4.0 5.3 5.1 4.1 6.2 5.8 4.8 6.8 10.7 5.7 15.7
Others 2.5 2.3 2.7 3.3 2.7 3.8 4.1 3.7 4.5 4.8 4.1 5.6 7.8 5.5 10.1
Infections 2.3 2.1 2.5 2.3 2.0 2.7 2.4 2.1 2.7 2.4 1.5 3.3 4.6 1.8 7.3
Diseases of the digestive system 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.4 2.0 2.1 1.7 2.6 2.3 1.4 3.2 2.4 1.9 3.0
ASMR = Age-standardized mortality rates
Note: All rates were age-standardized to the 2011 Census of Population with five-year age groupings, using the direct standardization method.
Source: Canadian Vital Statistics—Death Database 2011 to 2015 and Remoteness Index.

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