Table 2
Age-standardized preventable mortality rate per 100,000 population for top 10 major causes of death, by sex (2011 to 2015 average)


Table 2
Preventable mortality rate per 100,000 population for top 10 major causes of death, by sex (2011 to 2015 average)
Table summary
This table displays the results of 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 Lung cancer 34.2 31.1 37.3 35.1 33.5 36.8 43.0 38.9 47.1 41.5 37.7 45.3 51.1 45.0 57.2
Ischaemic heart diseaseTable 2 Note † 22.9 21.7 24.2 26.8 25.4 28.2 29.2 27.9 30.4 30.6 27.4 33.7 36.8 35.5 38.0
Suicide and self-inflicted injuries 15.1 14.6 15.6 19.5 17.1 21.8 21.9 19.7 24.1 26.8 24.5 29.2 45.5 39.2 51.8
COPD 9.2 8.7 9.6 11.1 9.7 12.5 14.3 13.5 15.0 12.0 10.6 13.4 15.4 11.0 19.7
Alcohol-related diseases 9.0 8.5 9.5 11.4 10.2 12.6 11.7 11.0 12.4 13.2 11.1 15.2 16.4 12.8 20.0
Accidental poisonings 7.1 5.4 8.7 8.9 7.4 10.3 9.9 8.7 11.0 10.0 9.0 11.0 15.3 11.7 19.0
Liver cancer 6.7 6.2 7.2 6.0 5.6 6.5 5.3 4.8 5.8 5.7 4.7 6.7 6.0 4.1 7.9
Transport accidents 6.0 5.4 6.5 12.9 11.6 14.2 17.7 17.0 18.4 25.3 21.5 29.2 28.5 19.9 37.1
Oesophagus cancer 5.1 4.8 5.3 6.9 6.4 7.3 6.8 5.7 8.0 6.6 5.6 7.7 5.2 3.8 6.6
Diabetes 4.8 4.4 5.1 5.6 5.3 5.9 6.4 5.7 7.0 7.3 6.5 8.2 11.1 9.7 12.5
Female Lung cancer 28.0 26.9 29.0 32.3 30.6 34.1 34.4 32.8 36.1 33.3 30.0 36.6 38.4 32.4 44.3
Ischaemic heart disease 7.3 7.1 7.5 8.5 8.0 9.0 9.1 8.4 9.9 9.6 8.6 10.5 12.4 9.8 15.0
COPD 7.1 6.5 7.6 9.4 8.9 9.9 10.8 10.1 11.5 9.6 8.1 11.2 13.7 8.6 18.8
Suicide and self-inflicted injuries 5.3 4.8 5.9 6.5 6.1 7.0 6.8 5.7 7.9 8.9 6.8 11.1 16.1 12.8 19.4
Cerebrovascular diseases 3.3 3.1 3.5 3.8 3.5 4.1 4.4 4.0 4.7 3.9 3.3 4.5 6.3 5.6 7.0
Accidental poisonings 2.9 2.5 3.4 4.4 3.6 5.1 5.3 4.6 6.0 5.1 3.3 6.9 9.3 8.3 10.2
Alcohol-related diseases 2.9 2.7 3.1 4.3 3.7 4.9 4.8 3.8 5.7 5.3 4.3 6.2 10.3 5.5 15.1
Liver cancer 2.6 2.4 2.8 2.5 2.1 2.9 2.7 2.0 3.3 2.2 1.4 3.0 3.5 2.7 4.3
Diabetes 2.3 2.2 2.5 3.1 2.6 3.6 3.8 3.5 4.1 4.5 3.7 5.3 7.6 5.7 9.5
Transport accidents 2.2 1.9 2.5 4.7 3.7 5.7 6.1 5.0 7.2 7.7 7.0 8.5 10.2 4.8 15.6
Note †

Please note that ischaemic heart disease is classified as both a preventable and treatable cause of mortality. Therefore, the preventable deaths caused by ischaemic heart disease are only 50% of the total deaths from this cause.

Return to note † referrer

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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