Table 6
Ranking and number of deaths for the five leading causes of death, Canada, provinces and territories, 2009

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Table 6
Ranking and number of deaths for the five leading causes of death, Canada, provinces and territories, 2009
This table contains some blank cells. Blank cells are a result of a tie in ranking of the causes of death in the previous cell.
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
71,125		 Cancer
1,380		 Cancer
367		 Cancer
2,466		 Cancer
1,927		 Cancer
19,094		 Cancer
26,117		 Cancer
2,678		 Cancer
2,214		 Cancer
5,772		 Cancer
8,957		 Cancer
63		 Cancer
45		 Cancer
43
2 Heart disease
49,271		 Heart disease
987		 Heart disease
306		 Heart disease
1,676		 Heart disease
1,303		 Heart disease
10,974		 Heart disease
18,494		 Heart disease
2,064		 Heart disease
2,010		 Heart disease
4,908		 Heart disease
6,476		 *Heart disease Heart disease
35		 Suicide
21
*Accidents
27
3 Stroke
14,105		 Stroke
305		 Stroke
81		 Stroke
507		 Stroke
355		 Chronic lower respiratory
2,839		 Stroke
5,451		 Stroke
660		 Stroke
533		 Stroke
1,171		 Stroke
2,240		   Accidents
21		 Accidents
18
4 Chronic lower respiratory
10,859		 Chronic lower respiratory
218		 Accidents
64		 Chronic lower respiratory
454		 Chronic lower respiratory
345		 Stroke
2,785		 Accidents
3,881		 Accidents
529		 Accidents
499		 Chronic lower respiratory
925		 Chronic lower respiratory
1,502		 Chronic lower respiratory
10		 Chronic lower respiratory
9		 *Chronic lower respiratory
*Heart disease
11
5 Accidents
10,250		 Diabetes
199		 Chronic lower respiratory
51		 Accidents
436		 Accidents
276		 Alzheimer's disease
2,078		 Chronic lower respiratory
3,718		 Chronic lower respiratory
412		 Chronic lower respiratory
365		 Accidents
900		 Accidents
1,423		 Stroke
8		 Conditions originating in perinatal period
8 		 
* 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, 2009, CANSIM Table 102–0563.
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