Table 4
Age-standardizde treatable mortality rate per 100,000 population for top 10 major causes of death, by sex (2011 to 2015 average)


Table 4
Treatable 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 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
from to from to from to from to from to
Male Ischaemic heart diseaseTable 4 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
Colorectal cancer 13.4 12.8 14.1 14.6 13.8 15.3 14.5 13.6 15.4 14.0 12.0 16.0 19.4 18.2 20.7
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
Cerebrovascular diseases 4.5 4.2 4.7 5.1 4.7 5.6 5.6 5.1 6.2 5.8 4.6 7.0 8.1 6.7 9.4
Complications of perinatal period 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.1 2.6 3.6 3.3 2.8 3.8 4.4 3.6 5.3 6.1 4.2 7.9
Pneumonia 3.4 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.9 3.6 3.1 4.1 3.7 2.9 4.6 7.4 4.8 10.0
Bladder cancer 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.1 3.8 3.4 2.8 4.0 3.4 3.0 3.8 2.5 1.5 3.4
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal anomalies 2.6 2.4 2.9 3.1 2.9 3.4 3.7 3.4 4.0 3.3 2.3 4.3 5.4 3.4 7.3
Hypertensive heart diseases 2.3 1.9 2.7 3.4 2.6 4.2 3.2 2.5 4.0 2.7 1.6 3.8 3.8 2.9 4.6
Sepsis 2.2 1.9 2.4 2.2 1.9 2.5 2.2 1.9 2.5 2.4 0.8 4.0 3.4 2.0 4.8
Female Breast cancer 17.0 16.6 17.4 17.2 17.0 17.5 16.5 15.3 17.6 18.3 15.7 20.9 17.6 14.2 21.1
Colorectal cancer 8.7 8.5 8.9 9.6 8.6 10.7 9.8 9.1 10.5 10.5 8.2 12.9 13.8 11.3 16.3
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
Uterus cancer 3.5 3.0 3.9 3.2 2.7 3.6 3.3 2.8 3.8 3.3 2.1 4.4 3.4 1.9 5.0
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
Complications of perinatal period 3.0 2.8 3.2 2.9 2.4 3.5 3.1 2.2 4.1 3.3 2.5 4.0 4.1 3.6 4.7
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
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal anomalies 2.3 2.2 2.5 3.1 2.7 3.5 3.2 2.6 3.8 3.2 2.4 4.1 3.4 2.2 4.7
Pneumonia 2.2 2.0 2.4 2.7 2.2 3.1 3.0 2.8 3.2 2.9 2.0 3.9 4.6 3.2 5.9
Cervical cancer 1.8 1.6 2.0 2.0 1.8 2.1 2.4 1.9 3.0 2.6 1.4 3.8 4.1 2.2 5.9
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.

More information

ISSN: 1209-1367

Note of appreciation

Canada owes the success of its statistical system to a long-standing partnership between Statistics Canada, the citizens of Canada, its businesses, governments and other institutions. Accurate and timely statistical information could not be produced without their continued co-operation and goodwill.

Standards of service to the public

Statistics Canada is committed to serving its clients in a prompt, reliable and courteous manner. To this end, the Agency has developed standards of service which its employees observe in serving its clients.

Copyright

Published by authority of the Minister responsible for Statistics Canada.

© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada as represented by the Minister of Industry, 2019

All rights reserved. Use of this publication is governed by the Statistics Canada Open Licence Agreement.

Catalogue no. 82-003-X

Frequency: Monthly

Ottawa

Report a problem on this page

Is something not working? Is there information outdated? Can't find what you're looking for?

Please contact us and let us know how we can help you.

Privacy notice

Date modified: