Table 2
Causes of Mortality – entire CF CAMS cohort

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Males Females
Number of deaths SMR (95% CI) Number of deaths SMR (95% CI)
All causes 3,675 0.64 (0.62 to 0.66)* 294 0.67 (0.59 to 0.75)*
External causes
Injury1
1,263 0.77 (0.72 to 0.81)* 74 1.00 (0.78 to 1.25)
Suicide
897 1.01 (0.94 to 1.07) 37 0.99 (0.69 to 1.37)
Airspace accident
97 2.59 (2.10 to 3.16)* x
Cancer 525 0.58 (0.53 to 0.63)* 124 0.75 (0.62 to 0.88)*
Cardiovascular disease 429 0.44 (0.40 to 0.49)* 30 0.40 (0.27 to 0.58)*
Infectious diseases 119 0.53 (0.44 to 0.63)* x
Digestive diseases 62 0.63 (0.48 to 0.81)* x
Endocrine diseases 45 0.41 (0.30 to 0.55)* x
Nervous system 46 0.38 (0.28 to 0.51)* x
Respiratory diseases 34 0.34 (0.22 to 0.48)* x
Mental disorders 28 0.35 (0.23 to 0.51)* x

1 Injuries, poisoning and certain other external causes (excluding suicide and airspace)
*SMR significantly different than 1
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act.

Sources: Department of National Defence and Canadian Mortality Data Base.

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