Death Statistics in Canada
What is Killing
Canadian Men?
Number of Deaths | |
Cause of Death |
Frequency |
|
39,290 | |
Circulatory system diseases |
1 death every 13 min. |
|
30,481 | |
Cancer |
1 death every 17 min. |
|
9,411 | |
Respiratory system diseases |
1 death every 56 min. |
|
3,774 | |
Digestsive system diseases |
1 death every 2 hrs. |
|
2,923 | |
Suicide all causes |
1 death every 3 hrs. |
|
2,376 | |
Motor vehicle collisions |
1 death every 4 hrs. |
|
2,317 | |
Substance abuse |
1 death every 4 hrs. |
|
1,932 | |
Suicide, non-firearm |
1 death every 5 hrs. |
|
1,559 | |
Mental Disorders |
1 death every 6 hrs. |
|
1,288 | |
HIV |
1 death every 7 hrs. |
|
991 | |
Suicide by Firearms |
1 death every 9 hrs. |
|
985 | |
Accidental falls |
1 death every 9 hrs. |
|
528 | |
Accidental poisoning |
1 death every 16.5 hrs. |
|
487 | |
Homicides all causes |
1 death every 18 hrs. |
|
309 | |
Homicide, non-firearm |
1 death every 28 hrs. |
|
178 | |
Homicide, by firearm |
1 death every 2 days |
|
142 | |
Homicide, by cutting/piercing
instrument |
1 death every 3 days |
|
74 | |
Surgical/medical misadventure |
1 death every 5 days |
|
61 | |
Fatal gun accidents
|
1 death every 6 days |
| | |
|
|
Causes of Death 1992 (Minister of Industry, Science and Technology, Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division, Sept. 1994); and, Method
of Commiting Homicide Offences, Canadian the Provinces/Territories, 1992
(Minister of Industry, Science and Technology, Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, 1992) |
What is Killing
Canadian Women?
|
Number
of Deaths
|
|
Cause of Death
|
Frequency
|
|
36,921 |
|
Circulatory system diseases |
1 death every 14 min. |
|
25,167 |
|
Cancer |
1 death every 21 min. |
|
7,252 |
|
Respiratory system diseases |
1 death every 72 min. |
|
4,830 |
|
Breast cancer |
1 death every 2 hrs. |
|
3,450 |
|
Digestive sytem diseases |
1 death every 3 hrs. |
|
2,034 |
|
Mental disorders |
1 death every 4 hrs. |
|
1,153 |
|
Accidental falls |
1 death every 8 hrs. |
|
1,061 |
|
Motor vehicle collisions |
1 death every 8 hrs. |
|
844 |
|
Substance abuse |
1 death every 10 hrs. |
|
786 |
|
Suicide, all causes |
1 death every 10 hrs. |
|
727 |
|
Suicide, non-firearm |
1 death every 11 hrs. |
|
245 |
|
Homicide, all causes |
1 death every 32 hrs. |
|
198 |
|
Accidental poisoning |
1 death every 2 days |
|
176 |
|
Homicide, non-firearm |
1 death every 2 days |
|
80 |
|
Surgical/medical misadventures |
1 death every 2 days |
|
70 |
|
HIV |
1 death every 5 days |
|
69 |
|
Homicide, by firearm |
1 death every 5 days |
|
68 |
|
Homicide, by cutting/piercing instrument |
1 death every 5 days |
|
59 |
|
Suicide, by firearm |
1 death every 6 days |
|
2 |
|
Fatal gun accidents |
1 death every 183 days |
Causes
of Death 1992 (Ministry
of Industry, Science and Technology, Statistics Canada, Health Statistics
Division, Sept. 1994); and, Method of Commiting Homicide Offences, Canadian
the Provinces/Territories, 1992 (Ministry of Industry, Science and Technology,
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, 1992)
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