Table 5
Number and percentage distribution of deaths from 2013 and 2014 to 2017, by frailty and underlying cause of death, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding the territories, 2013 to 2014

Table 5
Number and percentage distribution of deaths from 2013 and 2014 to 2017, by frailty and underlying cause of death, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding the territories, 2013 to 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Number and percentage distribution of deaths from 2013 and 2014 to 2017. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Total, Frailty, Number
'000, %, 95% confidence interval, Frail and Not frail (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics	Total				Frailty
	Number '000	%	95% confidence interval		Frail				Not frail
			95% confidence interval		Number '000	%	95% confidence interval		Number '000	%	95% confidence interval
			from	to	Number '000	%	from	to	Number '000	%	from	to
Total deaths	575	100.0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	287	100.0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	288	100.0	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Underlying cause of death
Neoplasm	205	35.6	32.8	38.4	72	25.0^Note *	21.9	28.5	133	46.1	41.9	50.2
Diseases of the circulatory system	165	28.8	26.3	31.4	92	31.9^Note *	28.3	35.7	74	25.6	22.3	29.2
Diseases of the respiratory system	59	10.2	8.7	12.0	35	12.2^Note *	9.8	14.9	24	8.3	6.4	10.7
Other causes	147	25.5	23.2	27.9	89	30.9^Note *	27.3	34.7	58	20.0	17.2	23.2
... not applicable Note * significantly different from estimate for not frail (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note: Causes of death comprising "other causes" were too few to be reported individually. Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2013 and 2014, linked to the Canadian Vital Statistics - Death Database up to December 31, 2017.

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