Table 3
Age-standardized treatable mortality rate per 100,000 population, by sex and grouped-cause of death (2011 to 2015 average)


Table 3
Age-standardized treatable 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 treatable 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
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Male Diseases of the circulatory system 30.2 28.8 31.6 35.8 34.5 37.2 38.6 36.9 40.2 39.7 35.5 43.9 49.1 46.1 52.0
Cancer 17.7 17.0 18.4 19.3 18.1 20.5 19.3 18.0 20.6 18.8 17.0 20.5 23.9 22.5 25.2
Maternal and infant causes 6.2 6.0 6.5 6.3 6.0 6.6 7.0 6.6 7.4 7.8 6.1 9.4 11.4 9.3 13.6
Infections 6.0 5.7 6.3 6.2 5.8 6.5 6.3 5.5 7.0 7.0 5.2 8.9 12.2 8.8 15.5
Others 5.8 5.4 6.2 6.6 6.3 6.9 7.5 6.8 8.2 8.6 7.6 9.6 12.3 10.5 14.2
Diseases of the genitourinary system 2.2 1.9 2.4 2.2 1.8 2.6 3.0 2.5 3.5 3.2 1.9 4.6 4.2 2.1 6.2
Diseases of the digestive system 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.1 1.8 2.5 2.4 2.0 2.7 2.8 2.1 3.4 2.9 1.8 4.1
Diseases of the respiratory system 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.6 1.7 1.3 2.0 1.3 0.2 2.4 2.6 1.1 4.1
Female Cancer 32.7 32.1 33.4 33.9 32.6 35.3 34.1 32.8 35.4 36.9 34.0 39.9 40.8 36.7 44.9
Diseases of the circulatory system 12.0 11.8 12.2 14.3 13.6 14.9 15.8 15.1 16.4 15.7 15.4 16.0 21.9 17.7 26.1
Maternal and infant causes 5.5 5.1 5.8 6.1 5.3 6.9 6.6 5.4 7.8 6.7 5.5 8.0 7.9 6.5 9.2
Infections 4.2 3.9 4.5 4.9 4.3 5.4 5.2 4.4 6.0 6.0 4.4 7.5 9.1 7.3 11.0
Others 3.1 3.0 3.3 4.0 3.5 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.9 5.4 4.7 6.1 9.1 7.1 11.1
Diseases of the genitourinary system 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.4 1.9 2.1 1.9 2.4 2.2 1.4 2.9 3.6 1.9 5.3
Diseases of the digestive system 1.3 1.1 1.4 1.4 1.1 1.7 1.7 1.4 2.0 1.5 0.8 2.2 2.9 1.4 4.4
Diseases of the respiratory system 1.0 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.5 1.3 0.9 1.8 1.5 1.3 1.8 3.1 2.2 4.1
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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