Table 6
Ranking and number of deaths for the five leading causes, Canada, provinces and territories, 2007

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Rank Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut
1 Cancer
69,595		 Cancer
1,335		 Heart disease
313		 Cancer
2,464		 Cancer
1,808		 Cancer
18,667		 Cancer
25,456		 Cancer
2,678		 Cancer
2,271		 Cancer
5,556		 Cancer
8,920		 Cancer
67		 Heart disease
37		 Cancer
33
2 Heart disease
50,499		 Heart disease
1,082		 Cancer
304		 Heart disease
1,786		 Heart disease
1,339		 Heart disease
11,246		 Heart disease
18,910		 Heart disease
2,230		 Heart disease
2,115		 Heart disease
4,685		 Heart disease
6,699		 Heart disease
43		 Cancer
36		 Suicide
20
3 Stroke
13,981		 Stroke
296		 Stroke
68		 Stroke
531		 Stroke
366		 Chronic lower respiratory
2,878		 Stroke
5,343		 Stroke
629		 Stroke
595		 Stroke
1,113		 Stroke
2,297		 Accidents
18		 Accidents
23		 Heart disease
13
4 Chronic lower respiratory
10,659		 Diabetes
235		 Influenza and pneumonia
60		 Chronic lower respiratory
469		 Chronic lower respiratory
312		 Stroke
2,728		 Accidents
3,807		 Accidents
481		 Accidents
422		 Accidents
1,006		 Chronic lower respiratory
1,392		 Stroke
7		 Suicide
9		 Accidents
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5 Accidents
9,951		 Chronic lower respiratory
190		 Chronic lower respiratory
53		 Accidents
441		 Accidents
306		 Accidents
1,971		 Chronic lower respiratory
3,627		 Diabetes
386		 Chronic lower respiratory
414		 Chronic lower respiratory
919		 Accidents
1,311		 Chronic lower respiratory
6		 Chronic lower respiratory
8		 Chronic lower respiratory
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Source: Statistics Canada. Leading Causes of Deaths in Canada, 2007, CANSIM Table 102–0563.