Chart 22
Mortality rates for population aged 65 years and over from selected causes by sex, 19811 and 20122

Chart 22 Mortality rates for population aged 65 years and over from selected causes by sex, 1981 and 2012

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  1981 2012
Women Heart disease 1,646 738
Women Cancer 822 892
Men Heart disease 2,365 880
Men Cancer 1,428 1,252
1.
World Health Organization (WHO). International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Ninth Revision (ICD-9).
2.
World Health Organization (WHO). International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10).
Sources:
Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Deaths Database, 1981 and 2012, Survey 3233 and Demography Division, Population Estimates Program.
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