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Table A-3.4
Mortality rates according to some causes of death and sex, Canada, 1981 to 2004

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Year Diseases of the circulatory system1 Ischemic heart diseases2 Cerebro-vascular diseases3 Tumors and cancers4 Malignant tumors of the respiratory system5
  rate per 100,000
Males
1981 485.5 318.6 76.4 241.9 74.9
1986 415.4 267.1 60.1 251.5 80.4
1991 333.0 207.4 52.1 249.4 79.7
1996 301.2 182.3 49.2 238.5 73.1
1997 292.1 174.2 49.2 232.2 70.1
1998 284.9 168.7 46.5 232.3 70.4
1999 276.2 163.7 44.4 231.1 70.5
2000 255.9 156.8 43.2 228.4 64.5
2001 241.3 147.0 41.5 226.1 64.6
2002 231.4 139.1 40.1 221.8 64.4
2003 226.2 136.7 38.4 217.1 62.6
2004 212.2 127.1 34.9 213.3 60.5
Females
1981 433.4 234.9 100.1 190.1 21.6
1986 380.2 203.9 84.0 198.5 29.1
1991 315.2 165.3 70.4 197.9 35.7
1996 291.4 145.6 67.5 201.2 41.0
1997 284.8 141.3 67.6 193.6 39.6
1998 276.1 135.2 64.1 196.9 42.5
1999 266.0 129.0 61.6 195.4 42.9
2000 252.2 125.3 60.3 196.3 42.3
2001 241.1 120.1 57.9 194.6 42.4
2002 234.5 114.7 56.1 196.0 43.6
2003 223.2 109.3 53.8 194.5 43.8
2004 214.7 103.9 50.7 192.8 44.8
1.  Chapter VII of the 9th revision of the International Classification of Diseases or chapter IX of the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases.
2.  Causes 410 to 414 of the 9th revision of the International Classification of Diseases or causes I20 to I25 of the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases.
3.  Causes 430 to 438 of the 9th revision of the International Classification of Diseases or causes I60 to I69 of the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases.
4.  Chapter II of the 9th or 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases.
5.  Cause 162 of the 9th revision of the International Classification of Diseases or causes C33 to C34 of the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases.
Notes:  9th revision of the International Classification of Diseases before 2000.
Rate (per 100,000) standardized on the age and sex structure of the 2001 population.  The rates are not comparable between sexes but the trends are comparable.
Sources:  Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division and Demography Division.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada: 2005 and 2006, catalogue number 91-209-X.