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Select Birth and Death Statistics for Canada 19951    compiled by  Jeffrey Asher    December 1998 data

Population

29,969,209

  

Births

378,011

  

Deaths

210,733

  

Death Rates

Age Standardzd

6.7

Life Expectancy

years

78.3

Males

14,847,259

49.5%

Males

193,753

51%

Males

111,396

53%

Males

8.6

Males

75.4

Females

15,121,950

50.5%

Females

184,258

49%

Females

99,337

 47%

Females

5.2

Females

81.3

Difference

274,691

+5%Female

Males

9495

+1%

Males

12,059

3%

Males

1.65

Females

+5.9

Birth rate/103: 12.8;  Live Births/Woman: 1.64;  Maternal Deaths/1995: 17;  Abortions per 100 live births: 18.6;  Teenage Pregnancy Rate/103 females age 15 - 19:  40

Deaths

Total

Males

Male

%

Female%

Females

> Male

Deaths

Rates

/105

Rate

Male

Rate Female

Rate Ratio

HC# [1]

All Causes

210,733

111,396

53

47

99,337

12,059

-

r [2]   857.9

r   522.5

1.64

001

  
                         

Cancers

57,810

31,332

54

46

26,478

4,854

195.2

r   213.5

r   177.2

1.2

140

  

respiratory organs

15,788

10,310

65

35

5,478

4,832

-

r      72.1

r      31.1

2.3

160

  

genital organs

6,292

3,826

61

39

2,466

1,360

21.2

26.1

16.5

1.6

179

  

breast

4,959

36

1

99

4,923

F  4,887

-

r        0.3

r      24.8

F   82.7

174.5

  

prostate

3,761

3,761

100

0

0

3,761

-

r     30.3

0

- -

185

  
                         

Smoking

48,000

32,160

67

33

15,840

16,320

-Estimated.  Includes cancers, heart & respiratory diseases, others.

 

Heart Diseases

44,065

24,333

52

48

19,732

4,601

-

r  189.6

r     98.8

1.9

410

  

Respiratory

18,888

10,210

54

46

8,678

1,532

-

r     84.0

r     43.5

1.9

460

  
                         

'Accidents'

13,563

9,228

68

32

4,335

4,893

-

r     62.9

r     29.0

2.2

800

  

motor vehicle

3,231

2,222

69

31

1,009

1,213

10.9

15.1

6.8

2.2

810-45

  

falls

2,432

1,063

44

56

1,369

F      306

8.2

7.2

9.2

F     1.3

880

  

Work Fatalities

724

695

96

4

29

666

-

-

-

-

-

  
                         

Suicide [3]

3,970

3,158

80

20

812

2,346

13.4

21.5

5.4

4.0

950

  
                         

Infant Deaths [4]

2,321

1,303

57

43

1,018

285

614

672.5

552.5

1.2

001

  

Infections

3,497

2,481

71

29

1,016

1,465

-

17.1

5.7

3.0

002

  

AIDS                          1995

1,421  

1,336 

94

6

85

1251

-

-

-

-

 LCDC

  

1998

151

140

93

7

11

129

            

heterosexuals       95/98

71  /  9

39 / 5

55 / -

45 / -

32 / 4

7 / 1

1998: ~0

-

-

-

LCDC

  
                         

Homicide

496

337

68

32

159

178

1.7

2.3

1.1

2.1

303

.980

  

Alcohol dependence

                    poisoning

578

120

463

95

80

79

20

21

115

25

348

70

-

-

-

-

304

.965

  

Drug dependence

                    poisoning

cocaine, heroin, etc.

34

260

23

207

68

80

32

20

11

53

12

154

-

-

-

-

-

  

Syphilis & Gonorrhea

7

5

[5] -

--

2

3

-

-

-

-

-

  

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1  Sources:  Statistics Canada:  Annual Demographic Statistics 1995, 91-213 XPB;  Births and Deaths 1983, 84-210 XPB  Causes of Death 199584 - 208; ... Mortality: Summary List of Causes 1993  84 - 209; ... Labour Division: Work Injuries 1991 - 1993   72-208, plus unpublished data;   Health Canada:  Suicide 1994    H39-107/1995E; ... Laboratory Center for Disease Control  AIDS in Canada   April 1996;   Report on the Current Demographic Situation in Canada 1995 91-209E;  ..."Life Expectancy of Canadians" W. J. Millar 1995 v.7 n.3.

[1] Health Canada and international epidemiological code.

[2]   r Indicates age standardized mortality rates.  No indication = deaths per 100,000;  AIDS heterosexual (= 99% of population) rate calculation by J. Asher.

[3] Health Canada lists "undetermined'deaths which appear to raise male suicides to 82% of the total.

[4] Including "SIDS' undefined deaths.

[5] Counts below 50 cases are generally not listed as %.