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Deaths and rates per 100,000 population, according to the international abbreviated list of 50 causes, 1963 and 1961
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| Numbers of deaths | Rates per 100,000 population | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 1964 | 1963 | 1964 | |
| number | ||||
| Tuberculosis of respiratory system | 674 | 598 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
| Tuberculosis, other forms | 82 | 72 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Syphilis and its sequelae | 117 | 91 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Typhoid fever | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery, all forms | 5 | 15 | - | 0.1 |
| Scarlet fever and streptococcal sore throat | 5 | 9 | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 7 | 5 | - | - |
| Whooping couch | 28 | 26 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Meningococcal infections | 37 | 38 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Plague | - | - | - | - |
| Acute poliomyelitis | 16 | 5 | 0.1 | - |
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 73 | 58 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Typhus and other rickettsial diseases | - | 1 | - | - |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| All other diseases classified as infective and parasitic | 363 | 325 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| Cancer (all malignant neoplasms) | 25,077 | 25,637 | 132.7 | 131.3 |
| Cancer | 23,637 | 24,177 | 125.1 | 125.7 |
| Hodgkin's disease | 280 | 276 | 1.6 | 1.4 |
| Leukaemia and aleukemia | 1,160 | 1,184 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
| Benign and unspecified neoplasms | 355 | 321 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2,302 | 2,488 | 12.2 | 12.9 |
| Anaemias | 352 | 316 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
| Vascular lesions affecting central nervous system | 15,410 | 15,030 | 81.6 | 78.1 |
| Non-meningococcal meningitis | 178 | 179 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Rheumatic fever | 39 | 42 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Chronic rheumatic heart disease | 1,403 | 1,323 | 7.4 | 6.9 |
| Arteriosclerotic and degenerative heart disease | 45,627 | 46,378 | 241.5 | 241.1 |
| Other diseases of heart | 2,184 | 2,219 | 11.6 | 11.5 |
| Hypertension with heart disease | 2,858 | 2,656 | 15.1 | 13.8 |
| Hypertension without mention of heart | 770 | 806 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| Influenza | 1,183 | 300 | 6.3 | 1.6 |
| Pneumonia | 5,782 | 4,962 | 30.6 | 25.8 |
| Bronchitis | 1,016 | 1,017 | 5.6 | 5.3 |
| Ulcer of stomach and duodenum | 952 | 992 | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Appendicitis | 139 | 162 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Intestinal obstruction and hernia | 975 | 917 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| Gastritis, duodenitis, enteritis and colitis (except diarrhea of the newborn) | 916 | 750 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| Cirrhosis of liver | 1,093 | 1,228 | 5.8 | 6.4 |
| Nephritis and nephrosis | 1,319 | 1,279 | 7.2 | 6.6 |
| Hyperplasia of prostate | 512 | 447 | 5.41 | 4.61 |
| Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 165 | 137 | 35.42 | 30.22 |
| Congenital malformations | 2,699 | 2,589 | 14.3 | 13.5 |
| Birth injuries, postnatal asphyxia and atelectasis | 2,600 | 2,426 | 13.8 | 12.6 |
| Infections of the newborn | 477 | 405 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| Other diseases peculia to early infancy and immaturity (unqualified) | 3,963 | 3,708 | 21.0 | 19.3 |
| Senility without mention of psychosis, ill-defined and unknown causes | 1,229 | 1,101 | 6.5 | 5.7 |
| All other diseases | 12,345 | 12,393 | 65.3 | 64.4 |
| Motor vehicle accidents | 4,451 | 4,862 | 23.6 | 25.3 |
| All other accidents | 5,804 | 5,702 | 30.7 | 29.6 |
| Suicide | 1,436 | 1,586 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
| Homicide and operations of war | 247 | 246 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| Total, all causes | 147,367 | 145,850 | 779.9 | 758.3 |
| 1. Per 100,000 males. | ||||
| 2. Per 100,000 live births. | ||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967. | ||||
