Figures for Mortality: Causes of death, 2007
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Figure 1
Standardized mortality rate from malignant neoplasms (cancer) and from diseases of the heart (heart disease) by sex, Canada, 1981 to 2007
Notes: Malignant neoplasms: Causes 140 to 208 of the 9th revision of the I.C.D. (International Classification of Diseases) or causes C00 to C97 of the 10th revision of the I.C.D.
Diseases of the heart: Causes 390 to 398, 402, 404 and 410 to 429 of the 9th revision of the I.C.D. or causes I00 to I09, I11, I13 and I20 to I51 of the 10th revision of the I.C.D.
9th revision of the I.C.D. from 1981 to 1999 and 10th revision of the I.C.D. since 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, Vital Statistics and Demography Division, Demographic Estimates.
Figure 2
Standardized mortality rate for cause of death from malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus and lung by sex, Canada, 1981 to 2007
Notes: Causes 162 of the 9th revision of the I.C.D. or causes C33 to C34 of the 10th revision of the I.C.D.
9th revision of the I.C.D. from 1981 to 1999 and 10th revision of the I.C.D. since 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, Vital Statistics and Demography Division, Demographic Estimates.
Figure 3
Number of deaths due to diabetes mellitus (diabetes) by sex, Canada, 1981 to 2007
Notes: Causes 250 of the 9th revision of the I.C.D. or causes E10 to E14 of the 10th revision of the I.C.D.
9th revision of the I.C.D. from 1981 to 1999 and 10th revision of the I.C.D. since 2000.
Source: Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division, Vital Statistics.
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