Leading causes of hospitalizations, Canada, 2009/10, males and females combined, counts (age-specific hospitalization rate per 100,000)
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Cause of hospitalization | <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 |
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1st | Perinatal 19,740 (5,108.1) |
Respiratory system diseases 25,301 (1,716.3) |
Respiratory system diseases 9,340 (518.8) |
Digestive system diseases 5,473 (292.5) |
Digestive system diseases 10,264 (455.9) |
Digestive system diseases 10,678 (457.6) |
Digestive system diseases 23,099 (498.6) |
Digestive system diseases 29,314 (614.8) |
Digestive system diseases 43,523 (809.6) |
Circulatory system diseases 67,111 (1,619.9) |
Circulatory system diseases 231,125 (4,889.0) |
Circulatory system diseases 357,664 (1,056.4) |
2nd | Respiratory system diseases 15,991 (4,137.9) |
Infectious diseases 8,034 (545.0) |
Unintentional injuries 4,413 (245.1) Table 1 Footnote • |
Unintentional injuries 5,647 (287.6) Table 1 Footnote • |
Mental disorders 9,907 (440.0) |
Mental disorders 8,304 (355.8) |
Mental disorders 17,688 (381.8) |
Genitourinary diseases 20,542 (430.8) |
Circulatory system diseases 38,297 (712.4) |
Digestive system diseases 46,183 (1,114.8) |
Respiratory system diseases 110,923 (2,346.4) |
Digestive system diseases 279,025 (824.1) |
3rd | Congenital anomalies 5,512 (1,426.3) |
Unintentional injuries 4,649 (315.4) Table 1 Footnote • |
Digestive system diseases 3,238 (179.9) |
Respiratory system diseases 4,234 (215.6) |
Unintentional injuries 8,466 (376.0) Table 1 Footnote • |
Unintentional injuries 8,178 (350.4) Table 1 Footnote • |
Unintentional injuries 14,052 (303.3) Table 1 Footnote • |
Mental disorders 18,181 (381.3) |
Cancer 33,182 (617.2) |
Cancer 45,365 (1,095.0) |
Digestive system diseases 102,129 (2,160.3) |
Respiratory system diseases 233,946 (691.0) |
4th | Infectious diseases 4,749 (1,228.9) |
Nervous system diseases 3,730 (253.0) |
Infectious diseases 2,684 (149.1) |
Mental disorders 4,057 (206.6) |
Respiratory system diseases 4,744 (210.7) |
Respiratory system diseases 3,541 (151.7) |
Genitourinary diseases 10,431 (255.1) |
Unintentional injuries 15,342 (321.8) Table 1 Footnote • |
Genitourinary diseases 24,464 (455.1) |
Musculo-skeletal diseases 33,516 (809.0) |
Cancer 96,952 (2,050.8) |
Cancer 201,717 (595.8) |
5th | Genitourinary diseases 3,067 (793.6) |
Digestive system diseases 2,376 (161.2) |
Nervous system diseases 2,392 (132.9) |
Nervous system diseases 1,992 (101.4) |
Genitourinary diseases 2,811 (124.8) |
Genitourinary diseases 3,479 (149.1) |
Respiratory system diseases 7,041 (152.0) |
Cancer 15,084 (316.3) |
Unintentional injuries 21,591 (401.6) Table 1 Footnote • |
Respiratory system diseases 26,332 (635.6) |
Unintentional injuries 95,121 (2,012.1) Table 1 Footnote • |
Unintentional injuries 201,066 (593.9) Table 1 Footnote • |
6th | Digestive system diseases 2,478 (641.2) |
Congenital anomalies 2,304 (156.3) |
Genitourinary diseases 1,241 (68.9) |
Musculo-skeletal diseases 1,694 (86.3) |
Musculo-skeletal diseases 2,296 (102.0) |
Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 1,905 (81.6) |
Cancer 5,745 (124.0) |
Circulatory system diseases 12,014 (252.0) |
Mental disorders 20,369 (378.9) |
Genitourinary diseases 22,916 (553.1) |
Musculo-skeletal diseases 74,268 (1,571.0) |
Genitourinary diseases 153,923 (454.6) |
7th | Nervous system diseases 1,596 (413.0) |
Genitourinary diseases 1,842 (125.0) |
Congenital anomalies 1,072 (59.5) |
Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 1,493 (76.0) |
Self-inflicted 2,083 (92.5) Table 2 Footnote † |
Assault 1,791 (76.7) Table 3 Footnote ‡ |
Musculo-skeletal diseases 5,339 (115.2) |
Musculo-skeletal diseases 9,670 (202.8) |
Musculo-skeletal diseases 20,189 (375.5) |
Unintentional injuries 22,264 (537.4) Table 1 Footnote • |
Genitourinary diseases 61,885 (1,309.1) |
Musculo-skeletal diseases 150,783 (445.4) |
8th | Unintentional injuries 1,343 (347.5) Table 1 Footnote • |
Skin/ subcutaneous tissue diseases 1,392 (94.4) |
Musculo-skeletal diseases 1,002 (55.7) |
Infectious diseases 1,363 (69.4) |
Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 1,966 (88.7) |
Musculo-skeletal diseases 1,787 (76.6) |
Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 4,288 (92.6) |
Respiratory system diseases 9,408 (197.3) |
Respiratory system diseases 17,091 (317.9) |
Mental disorders 12,297 (313.7) |
Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 27,812 (588.3) |
Mental disorders 117,486 (347.0) |
9th | Skin/ subcutaneous tissue diseases 685 (177.3) |
Blood diseases 1,335 (90.6) |
Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 991 (55.0) |
Genitourinary diseases 1,245 (63.4) |
Infectious diseases 1,870 (83.1) |
Self-inflicted 1,674 (71.7) Table 2 Footnote † |
Circulatory system diseases 4,233 (91.4) |
Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 6,001 (125.9) |
Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 9,085 (169.0) |
Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 10,958 (264.5) |
Nervous system diseases 27,799 (588.0) |
Infectious diseases 67,780 (200.2) |
10th | Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 617 (159.7) |
Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 1,018 (69.1) |
Blood diseases 936 (52.0) |
Congenital anomalies 890 (45.3) |
Nervous system diseases 1,668 (74.1) |
Infectious diseases 1,589 (68.1) |
Nervous system diseases 3,508 (75.7) |
Nervous system diseases 4,949 (103.8) |
Nervous system diseases 7,907 (147.1) |
Nervous system diseases 9,069 (218.9) |
Infectious diseases 26,729 (565.4) |
Endocrine, nutr. & metab. diseases 66,164 (194.5) |
ALL | All causes 64,837 (16,777.7) |
All causes 61,656 (4,182.5) |
All causes 34,274 (1,903.8) |
All causes 36,740 (1,871.1) |
All causes 77,562 (3,444.9) |
All causes 122,943 (5,268.3) |
All causes 386,645 (8,345.5) |
All causes 254,220 (5,331.6) |
All causes 292,882 (5,448.0) |
All causes 364,794 (8,805.4) |
All causes 1,048,883 (22,187.1) |
All causes 2,745,436 (8,108.9) |
Note: Complications due to pregnancy have been removed. Source: Injury Section analysis of hospitalisation data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information. |
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