Table E.1
Ranking and number of deaths for the five leading causes by region, Canada, 2004
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Rank | Canada | Newfoundland and Labrador | Prince Edward Island | Nova Scotia | New Brunswick | Quebec | Ontario | Manitoba | Saskatchewan | Alberta | British Colombia | Yukon | Northwest Territories | Nunavut |
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1 | Cancer 66,947 |
Heart disease 1,153 |
Cancer 334 |
Cancer 2,436 |
Cancer 1,714 |
Cancer 17,871 |
Cancer 24,690 |
Cancer 2,714 |
Cancer 2,236 |
Cancer 5,256 |
Cancer 8,450 |
Cancer 46 |
Cancer 39 |
Cancer 28 |
2 | Heart disease 52,000 |
Cancer 1,131 |
Heart disease 333 |
Heart disease 1,852 |
Heart disease 1,624 |
Heart disease 11,640 |
Heart disease 19,508 |
Heart disease 2,418 |
Heart disease 2,189 |
Heart disease 4,649 |
Heart disease 6,562 |
Heart disease 27 |
Heart disease 28 |
Suicide 24 |
3 | Cerebro– vascular 14,626 |
Cerebro– vascular 308 |
Cerebro– vascular 103 |
Cerebro– vascular 588 |
Cerebro– vascular 377 |
Chronic lower respiratory 2,928 |
Cerebro– vascular 5,698 |
Cerebro– vascular 670 |
Cerebro– vascular 597 |
Cerebro– vascular 1,266 |
Cerebro– vascular 2,294 |
Unintentional injuries 25 |
Suicide 11 |
Heart disease1 14 |
Unintentional injuries1 14 |
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4 | Chronic lower respiratory 10,041 |
Diabetes mellitus 256 |
Unintentional injuries 73 |
Chronic lower respiratory 464 |
Diabetes mellitus 273 |
Cerebro– vascular 2,703 |
Chronic lower respiratory 3,289 |
Diabetes mellitus 452 |
Unintentional injuries 399 |
Unintentional injuries 801 |
Chronic lower respiratory 1,305 |
Cerebro- vascular 8 |
Cerebro– vascular1 9 |
... |
Unintentional injuries1 9 |
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5 | Unintentional injuries 8,986 |
Chronic lower respiratory 181 |
Influenza and pneumonia 66 |
Unintentional injuries 328 |
Chronic lower respiratory 272 |
Unintentional injuries 2,059 |
Unintentional injuries 3,251 |
Unintentional injuries 449 |
Chronic lower respiratory 371 |
Chronic lower respiratory 786 |
Influenza and pneumonia 1,262 |
Chronic lower respiratory1 7 |
... | Conditions from perinatal period 7 |
Homicide1 7 |
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1. Indicates a tie in the number of deaths. The next rank is incremented by an equivalent number of equal ranks. Source: Statistics Canada. Leading Causes of Deaths in Canada, 2000 to 2004, CANSIM Table 102-0563. |