Leading causes of death, Canada, 2008, males and females combined, counts (age-specific death rate per 100,000)

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Table 1: Leading causes of death, Canada, 2008,
males and females combined, counts (age-specific death rate per 100,000)
Cause of death	<1 YR	1-4 YRS	5-9 YRS	10-14 YRS	15-19 YRS	20-24 YRS	25-34 YRS	35-44 YRS	45-54 YRS	55-64 YRS	65+ YRS	ALL AGES
1st	Perinatal 1,092 (292.7)	Unintentional injuries 55 (3.8) ^{Table 1 Footnote •}	Unintentional injuries 70 (3.9) ^{Table 1 Footnote •}	Unintentional injuries 80 (4.0) ^{Table 1 Footnote •}	Unintentional injuries 397 (17.6) ^{Table 1 Footnote •}	Unintentional injuries 513 (22.4) ^{Table 1 Footnote •}	Unintentional injuries 791 (17.6) ^{Table 1 Footnote •}	Cancer 1,370 (28.1)	Cancer 5,636 (106.8)	Cancer 12,244 (309.2)	Circulatory system diseases 60,280 (1,322.8)	Cancer 71,948 (215.9)
2nd	Congenital anomalies 414 (111.0)	Cancer 54 (3.8)	Cancer 36 (2.0)	Cancer 37 (1.8)	Suicide 208 (9.2) ^{Table 1 Footnote †}	Suicide 255 (11.1) ^{Table 1 Footnote †}	Suicide 513 (11.4) ^{Table 1 Footnote †}	Unintentional injuries 926 (19.0) ^{Table 1 Footnote •}	Circulatory system diseases 2,835 (53.7)	Circulatory system diseases 5,749 (145.2)	Cancer 52,020 (1,141.6)	Circulatory system diseases 69,945 (210.0)
3rd	SIDS 107 (28.7)	Nervous system diseases 27 (1.9)	Nervous system diseases 25 (1.4)	Suicide 25 (1.2) ^{Table 1 Footnote †}	Cancer 60 (2.6)	Cancer 104 (4.5)	Cancer 374 (8.3)	Suicide 768 (15.8) ^{Table 1 Footnote †}	Unintentional injuries 1,244 (23.6) ^{Table 1 Footnote •}	Digestive system diseases 1,345 (34.0)	Respiratory system diseases 18,655 (409.5)	Respiratory system diseases 20,728 (62.2)
4th	Nervous system diseases 41 (11.0)	Congenital anomalies 22 (1.5)	Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 11 (0.6)	Nervous system diseases 21 (1.0)	Homicide 58 (2.6) ^{Table 1 Footnote ‡}	Homicide 103 (4.5) ^{Table 1 Footnote ‡}	Circulatory system diseases 183 (4.1)	Circulatory system diseases 746 (15.3)	Suicide 886 (16.8) ^{Table 1 Footnote †}	Respiratory system diseases 1,289 (32.6)	Mental disorders 10,863 (238.5)	Nervous system diseases 12,018 (36.1)
5th	Circulatory system diseases 36 (9.7)	Circulatory system diseases 18 (1.3)	Congenital anomalies 11 (0.6)	Respiratory system diseases 16 (0.8)	Nervous system diseases 32 (1.4)	Circulatory system diseases 51 (2.2)	Homicide 129 (2.9) ^{Table 1 Footnote ‡}	Digestive system diseases 247 (5.1)	Digestive system diseases 863 (16.4)	Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 1,119 (28.3)	Nervous system diseases 10,396 (228.2)	Mental disorders 11,535 (34.6)
6th	Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 34 (9.1)	Infectious & parasitic diseases 13 (0.9)	Circulatory system diseases 9 (0.5)	Circulatory system diseases 13 (0.6)	Circulatory system diseases 25 (1.1)	Nervous system diseases 48 (2.1)	Nervous system diseases 95 (2.1)	Infectious & parasitic diseases 195 (4.0)	Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 512 (9.7)	Unintentional injuries 1,014 (25.6) ^{Table 1 Footnote •}	Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 8,054 (176.8)	Unintentional injuries 10,234 (30.7) ^{Table 1 Footnote •}
7th	Unintentional injuries 32 (8.6) ^{Table 1 Footnote •}	Respiratory system diseases 13 (0.9)	Infectious & parasitic diseases 8 (0.4)	Congenital anomalies 12 (0.6)	Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 20 (0.9)	Congenital anomalies 25 (1.1)	Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 74 (1.6)	Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 191 (3.9)	Respiratory system diseases 493 (9.3)	Nervous system diseases 729 (18.4)	Digestive system diseases 7,213 (158.3)	Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 10,053 (30.2)
8th	Infectious & parasitic diseases 32 (8.6)	Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 12 (0.8)	Respiratory system diseases 7 (0.4)	Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 9 (0.4)	Respiratory system diseases 17 (0.8)	Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 17 (0.7)	Digestive system diseases 64 (1.4)	Nervous system diseases 173 (3.6)	Infectious & parasitic diseases 440 (8.3)	Suicide 561 (14.2) ^{Table 1 Footnote †}	Unintentional injuries 5,112 (112.2) ^{Table 1 Footnote •}	Digestive system diseases 9,769 (29.3)
9th	Respiratory system diseases 17 (4.6)	Digestive system diseases 10 (0.7)	Homicide 6 (0.3) ^{Table 1 Footnote ‡}	Homicide 8 (0.4) ^{Table 1 Footnote ‡}	Congenital anomalies 17 (0.8)	Respiratory system diseases 16 (0.7)	Respiratory system diseases 61 (1.4)	Respiratory system diseases 144 (3.0)	Nervous system diseases 431 (8.2)	Infectious & parasitic diseases 523 (13.2)	Genitourinary diseases 4,822 (105.9)	Genitourinary diseases 5,289 (15.9)
10th	Cancer 13 (3.5)	Homicide 7 (0.5) ^{Table 1 Footnote ‡}	Perinatal ^{Table 1 Footnote *}	Infectious & parasitic diseases ^{Table 1 Footnote *}	Infectious & parasitic diseases 10 (0.4)	Infectious & parasitic diseases 9 (0.4)	Infectious & parasitic diseases 49 (1.1)	Homicide 95 (2.0) ^{Table 1 Footnote ‡}	Mental disorders 219 (4.2)	Mental disorders 316 (8.0)	Infectious & parasitic diseases 3,421 (75.1)	Infectious & parasitic diseases 4,704 (14.1)
ALL	All causes 1,911 (512.3)	All causes 265 (18.5)	All causes 201 (11.2)	All causes 246 (12.2)	All causes 894 (39.6)	All causes 1,264 (55.3)	All causes 2,658 (59.0)	All causes 5,456 (112.0)	All causes 14,438 (273.7)	All causes 25,940 (655.2)	All causes 185,339 (4,067.3)	All causes 238,612 (716.2)
Footnote * * Suppressed due to small number of cases or value of zero. Footnote • • Unintentional injuries Footnote † † Suicide Footnote ‡ ‡ Homicide Source: Injury Section analysis of mortality data from Statistics Canada.

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