Table 4
Ranking and number of deaths for the 10 leading causes by age group, males, Canada, 2007

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Rank All Ages Under 1 1 to 14 15 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 to 74 75 to 84 85 and over
1 Cancer
36,569		 Congenital abnormalities
224		 Accidents
125		 Accidents
721		 Accidents
644		 Accidents
792		 Cancer
2,650		 Cancer
6,522		 Cancer
9,914		 Cancer
11,586		 Heart disease
7,022
2 Heart disease
26,381		 Short Gestation
125		 Cancer
70		 Suicide
359		 Suicide
404		 Cancer
595		 Heart disease
1,705		 Heart disease
3,498		 Heart disease
5,044		 Heart disease
8,481		 Cancer
4,973
3 Accidents
6,015		 Maternal Complications of pregnancy
116		 Congenital abnormalities
34		 Homicide
128		 Cancer
158		 Suicide
548		 Accidents
846		 Accidents
648		 Chronic lower respiratory
1,075		 Chronic lower respiratory
2,301		 Stroke
1,889
4 Stroke
5,719		 Sudden Infant death syndrome
65		 Suicide
18		 Cancer
97		 Homicide
88		 Heart disease
488		 Suicide
676		 Liver disease
546		 Diabetes
929		 Stroke
2,121		 Chronic lower respiratory
1,739
5 Chronic lower respiratory
5,572		 Complications of placenta, cord, membranes
53		 Homicide
13		 Heart disease
36		 Heart disease
87		 HIV
108		 Liver disease
371		 Diabetes
530		 Stroke
928		 Diabetes
1,321		 Influenza and Pneumonia
1,099
6 Diabetes
3,906		 Intrauterine hypoxia
45		 Heart disease
12		 Congenital abnormalities
18		 HIV
22		 Diabetes
81		 Stroke
234		 Stroke
454		 Accidents
544		 Accidents
865		 Alzheimer's disease
845
7 Suicide
2,727		 Neonatal haemorrhages
33		 Influenza and Pneumonia
7		 Influenza and Pneumonia
10		 Congenital abnormalities
21		 Liver disease
77		 Diabetes
223		 Suicide
375		 Liver disease
432		 Influenza and Pneumonia
764		 Accidents
810
8 Influenza and Pneumonia
2,438		 Respiratory distress
24		 *Septicaemia Diabetes
9		 *Diabetes
*Stroke
HIV
124		 Chronic lower respiratory
341		 Nephritis
297		 Alzheimer's disease
716		 Diabetes
796
*Benign neoplasms
5		 *Stroke
16		 *Homicide
63
9 Nephritis
1,877		 *Bacterial sepsis
   *Anaemias
    Viral Hepatitis
106		 Influenza and Pneumonia
145		 Influenza and Pneumonia
250		 Nephritis
691		 Nephritis
700
*Accidents
20		 *Stroke
7
10 Liver disease
1,756		   *Stroke
  Influenza and Pneumonia
12		 Influenza and Pneumonia
49		 Influenza and Pneumonia
92		 Aortic aneurysm
130		 Aortic aneurysm
234		 Parkinson's disease
564		 Pneumonitis
351
*Chronic lower respiratory
*Conditions originating in perinatal period
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* 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, 2007, CANSIM Tables 102–0561 and 102–0562.