Causes of death by country, sex and age group
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In 2003 in Canada the leading causes of death for men in that age group were:- 174 deaths from:
- Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation and suffocation - Intentional self-harm by hanging, strangulation and suffocation, unspecified place (X709)
- 144 deaths from:
- Acute myocardial infarction - Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (I219)
- 103 deaths from:
- Chronic ischaemic heart disease - Atherosclerotic heart disease (I251)
- 98 deaths from:
- Malignant neoplasm of bronchus and lung - Bronchus or lung, unspecified (C349)
- 56 deaths from:
- Accidental poisoning by and exposure to narcotics and psychodysleptics [hallucinogens], not elsewhere classified - Accidental poisoning by and exposure to narcotics and psychodysleptics [hallucinogens], not elsewhere classified, unspecified place (X429)
- 48 deaths from:
- Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge - Intentional self-harm by other and unspecified firearm discharge, unspecified place (X749)
- 39 deaths from:
- Motor- or nonmotor-vehicle accident, type of vehicle unspecified - Person injured in unspecified motor-vehicle accident, traffic (V892)
- 37 deaths from:
- Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to other gases and vapours - Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to other gases and vapours, unspecified place (X679)
All data comes from the World Health Organisation Statistical Information System. Causes of death are coded using the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10).
The numbers in brackets represent your chance of dying of that cause in that year. These are calculated as (deaths of that cause in that country, age group and sex that year) / (population of that country, age group and sex that year).
You can download the original data from the WHO Mortality Database.