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Table 6 Selected health indicators, 2008
Table 7 Life expectancy
Table 8 Mortality rates, by selected causes, 2005
Table 9 New cancer cases, by selected primary site

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Table 6 Selected health indicators, 2008
	Both sexes	Males	Females
	% of population
Arthritis	15.3	12.0	18.5
Diabetes	5.9	6.3	5.4
Asthma	8.4	7.3	9.5
High blood pressure	16.4	15.9	16.9
Current smoker, daily or occasional	21.4	24.3	18.5
BMI (18 and older), overweight	33.8	40.2	27.4
BMI (18 and older), obese	17.2	18.3	16.2
Influenza immunization, in past year	31.7	28.3	34.9
Perceived mental health, very good or excellent	74.4	75.3	73.4
Perceived mental health, fair or poor	5.1	4.7	5.5
Life satisfaction, satisfied or very satisfied	91.4	91.5	91.2
Pain or discomfort that prevents activities	12.4	10.1	14.7
Has a regular medical doctor	84.4	80.4	88.3
Contact with a medical doctor in past 12 months	79.5	73.0	85.9
Notes: Population aged 12 and older. BMI = Body mass index.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 105-0501.

Table 7 Life expectancy
	1931	1961	1992	2006
	years
Females
At birth	62.1	74.2	81.2	83.0
At 65	13.7	16.1	20.1	21.4
Males
At birth	60.0	68.4	74.8	78.4
At 65	13.0	13.5	16.0	18.2
Note: Starting with 2005 data, life expectancy is calculated using a three-year average of age-specific mortality rates.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 102-0511 and Catalogue no. 84-518-X.

Table 8 Mortality rates, by selected causes, 2005
	Both sexes	Males	Females
	rate per 100,000 population
All causes of death	563.7	696.7	460.7
Septicemia	4.1	4.8	3.6
Viral hepatitis	1.0	1.3	0.6
Human immunodeficiency virus	1.3	2.1	0.6
Malignant neoplasms	170.3	207.7	143.8
Diabetes mellitus	19.1	23.7	15.6
Alzheimer's disease	12.7	10.7	13.6
Heart diseases	121.5	160.1	91.5
Cerebrovascular diseases	32.5	35.2	30.2
Influenza and pneumonia	13.2	15.8	11.5
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	25.1	34.1	19.8
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	6.1	8.5	3.9
Renal failure	8.3	11.3	6.5
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	4.4	4.7	4.0
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	3.2	3.4	3.1
Accidents (unintentional injuries)	25.6	35.6	16.5
Suicide	10.9	16.9	5.1
Homicide	1.9	2.8	0.9
Note: Rates are age-standardized to the 1991 Census of Population.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 102-0552.

Table 9 New cancer cases, by selected primary site
	1996	2001	2006
	number
Males
Total, all primary sites of cancer¹	63,072	74,769	82,133
Colon (excluding rectum)	5,252	6,119	6,754
Rectum and rectosigmoid	2,899	3,684	4,000
Lung and bronchus	11,306	11,913	12,053
Prostate	14,849	20,488	22,480
Females
Total, all primary sites of cancer¹	57,949	66,901	75,061
Colon (excluding rectum)	5,268	6,169	6,472
Rectum and rectosigmoid	1,907	2,302	2,453
Lung and bronchus	7,144	8,591	10,032
Breast	16,598	18,823	20,337
Note: International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, 3rd edition (ICD-O-3) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer rules for determining multiple primary sites.
1. Included are all invasive sites and in situ for bladder.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Cancer Registry Database (June 2007 file), CANSIM table 103-0553.

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Chart 4 Infant mortality

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