|
Causes of Death
Number of
Deaths |
Percent of
Total |
Cause of Death |
Frequency
(1 death every) |
| 78,942 |
35.96% |
Circulatory system diseases |
7 minutes |
| 61,650 |
28.08% |
Malignant neoplasms CANCER |
9 minutes |
| 22,026 |
10.03% |
Respiratory system diseases |
24 minutes |
| 7,896 |
3.60% |
Digestive system diseases |
1 hour |
| 6,672 |
3.04% |
Mental disorders |
1 hour |
| 4,074 |
1.86% |
Suicide, all causes |
2 hours |
| *3,272 |
1.42% |
Suicide, non-firearm |
3 hours |
| 3,055 |
1.39% |
Motor vehicle accidents |
3 hours |
| 2,866 |
1.31% |
Accidental falls |
3 hours |
| 986 |
0.45% |
Accidental poisoning |
9 hours |
| *802 |
0.37% |
Suicide, by firearms |
11 hours |
| 462 |
0.21% |
Homicides, all causes |
19 hours |
| 431 |
0.20% |
HIV |
20 hours |
| **311 |
0.14% |
Homicide, non-firearm |
28 hours |
| **151 |
0.07% |
Homicide, by firearm |
2 days |
| ***110 |
0.05% |
Homicide, by cutting and piercing instrument |
3 days |
| 51 |
0.02% |
Surgical/medical misadventure |
7 days |
| 37 |
0.02% |
Fatal gun accidents |
10 days |
Source: Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division, Causes of
Death 1999 (Catalogue no. 84F0208XPB), Ottawa, May 2002.
| * |
included in suicide, all causes |
| ** |
included in homicide, all causes |
| *** |
included in homicide, non-firearm |
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