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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada
CANADA		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
68.3
74.2
71.1
8
5
8
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
69.3
76.3
72.7
11
4
6
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
71.6
78.7
75.1
12
6
7
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
74.3
80.7
77.4
6
4
3
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
76.6
81.9
79.2
8
8
6
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
78.7
84.0
81.3
4
6
4
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Canada
CANADA		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
78.7
84.0
4
6
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
80.4
84.8
10
13
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
80.5
84.8
9
13
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
80.5
84.8
10
13
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
80.7
84.9
10
13
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
80.9
85.0
9
12
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
81.1
85.1
8
12
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
81.3
85.2
9
12
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
81.6
85.3
8
12
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
81.8
85.5
9
12
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
82.2
85.9
9
12
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
82.8
86.3
8
12
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
83.6
86.8
8
11
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
84.6
87.5
8
11
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
85.9
88.5
7
11
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
87.6
89.8
8
8
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
89.7
91.4
8
8
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
92.3
93.5
14
14
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
95.4
96.2
18
15
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
99.1
99.5
14
16
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
103.2
103.4
21
20
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada
CANADA		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
66.19
159
  
68.80
155
2 Lung Cancers
33.68
11
  
30.98
18
3 Stroke
22.88
187
  
36.89
160
4 Breast Cancer
20.20
46
  
23.62
20
5 Alzheimers/Dementia
16.02
16
  
17.08
14
6 Lung Disease
15.42
124
  
21.47
98
7 Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.79
37
  
15.49
33
8 Diabetes Mellitus
13.41
147
  
5.04
185
9 Suicide
9.86
67
  
6.90
101
10 Influenza & Pneumonia
8.97
172
  
23.69
125
11 Lymphomas
8.47
13
  
7.35
36
12 Road Traffic Accidents
7.85
155
  
4.77
180
13 Pancreas Cancer
6.64
43
  
6.81
39
14 Prostate Cancer
6.62
91
  
8.21
58
15 Kidney Disease
5.85
159
  
3.23
185
16 Other Injuries
5.61
169
  
5.54
170
17 Endocrine Disorders
5.08
111
  
3.13
147
18 Leukemia
4.83
43
  
4.39
63
19 Liver Disease
4.71
163
  
9.48
96
20 Stomach Cancer
3.94
154
  
4.81
130
21 Falls
3.73
98
  
3.51
109
22 Congenital Anomalies
3.69
163
  
3.68
164
23 Hypertension
3.31
188
  
3.67
183
24 Oesophagus Cancer
3.18
84
  
7.62
30
25 Bladder Cancer
3.10
70
  
4.27
28
26 Ovary Cancer
3.06
53
  
3.96
20
27 Liver Cancer
2.90
167
  
3.07
164
28 Inflammatory/Heart
2.78
155
  
2.97
152
29 Parkinson Disease
2.51
31
  
3.48
8
30 Other Neoplasms
2.41
116
  
2.95
92
31 Oral Cancer
2.34
117
  
2.39
113
32 Skin Cancers
2.19
44
  
2.74
32
33 Poisonings
2.06
107
  
2.81
89
34 Low Birth Weight
2.03
159
  
3.39
144
35 Violence
1.61
140
  
1.14
160
36 Diarrhoeal diseases
1.59
127
  
1.95
119
37 Alcohol
1.56
51
  
1.10
76
38 Cervical Cancer
1.26
165
  
1.38
161
39 Uterin Cancer
1.20
85
  
1.53
64
40 Drug Use
1.14
47
  
2.14
27
41 Birth Trauma
1.12
146
  
0.64
166
42 HIV/AIDS
1.09
118
  
0.40
137
43 Multiple Sclerosis
0.92
9
  
1.33
4
44 Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.76
151
  
0.90
140
45 Drownings
0.76
175
  
0.35
187
46 Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.74
179
  
2.54
123
47 Hepatitis C
0.68
58
  
0.23
107
48 Fires
0.64
146
  
0.45
158
49 Epilepsy
0.62
177
  
1.57
104
50 Skin Disease
0.53
154
  
1.50
104
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Canada
CANADA		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
42,043
21.84
  
92,299
19.77
2 Lung Cancers
18,082
9.39
  
35,845
7.68
3 Stroke
15,491
8.05
  
55,919
11.98
4 Alzheimers/Dementia
12,056
6.26
  
29,116
6.24
5 Lung Disease
10,006
5.20
  
29,069
6.23
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
8,487
4.41
  
18,951
4.06
7 Diabetes Mellitus
8,143
4.23
  
6,682
1.43
8 Influenza & Pneumonia
6,296
3.27
  
37,348
8.00
9 Breast Cancer
5,843
3.04
  
14,343
3.07
10 Lymphomas
4,637
2.41
  
8,744
1.87
11 Prostate Cancer
4,281
2.22
  
11,508
2.46
12 Kidney Disease
3,943
2.05
  
4,804
1.03
13 Suicide
3,692
1.92
  
4,660
1.00
14 Pancreas Cancer
3,686
1.91
  
7,954
1.70
15 Other Injuries
2,983
1.55
  
6,029
1.29
16 Road Traffic Accidents
2,798
1.45
  
3,073
0.66
17 Endocrine Disorders
2,797
1.45
  
3,056
0.65
18 Leukemia
2,604
1.35
  
5,077
1.09
19 Falls
2,387
1.24
  
4,450
0.95
20 Liver Disease
2,329
1.21
  
7,767
1.66
21 Hypertension
2,266
1.18
  
5,191
1.11
22 Stomach Cancer
2,214
1.15
  
6,006
1.29
23 Bladder Cancer
1,898
0.99
  
5,842
1.25
24 Parkinson Disease
1,729
0.90
  
5,348
1.15
25 Oesophagus Cancer
1,705
0.89
  
8,762
1.88
26 Ovary Cancer
1,648
0.86
  
4,366
0.94
27 Liver Cancer
1,552
0.81
  
3,470
0.74
28 Inflammatory/Heart
1,481
0.77
  
3,014
0.65
29 Other Neoplasms
1,432
0.74
  
3,829
0.82
30 Oral Cancer
1,233
0.64
  
2,428
0.52
31 Skin Cancers
1,168
0.61
  
2,947
0.63
32 Diarrhoeal diseases
1,076
0.56
  
3,081
0.66
33 Congenital Anomalies
951
0.49
  
1,950
0.42
34 Poisonings
794
0.41
  
1,805
0.39
35 Alcohol
745
0.39
  
862
0.18
36 Uterin Cancer
688
0.36
  
1,852
0.40
37 Cervical Cancer
616
0.32
  
1,322
0.28
38 Violence
534
0.28
  
703
0.15
39 Rheumatic Heart Disease
446
0.23
  
1,204
0.26
40 Multiple Sclerosis
440
0.23
  
1,206
0.26
41 Peptic Ulcer Disease
440
0.23
  
3,294
0.71
42 HIV/AIDS
427
0.22
  
266
0.06
43 Drug Use
411
0.21
  
1,247
0.27
44 Low Birth Weight
404
0.21
  
1,386
0.30
45 Skin Disease
351
0.18
  
2,188
0.47
46 Hepatitis C
328
0.17
  
189
0.04
47 Rheumatoid Arthritis
312
0.16
  
905
0.19
48 Asthma
280
0.15
  
1,260
0.27
49 Epilepsy
263
0.14
  
1,201
0.26
50 Anaemia
260
0.14
  
260
0.06
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada
CANADA		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
33.68
11
  
30.98
18
2 Breast Cancer
20.20
46
  
23.62
20
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
14.79
37
  
15.49
33
4 Lymphomas
8.47
13
  
7.35
36
5 Pancreas Cancer
6.64
43
  
6.81
39
6 Prostate Cancer
6.62
91
  
8.21
58
7 Leukemia
4.83
43
  
4.39
63
8 Stomach Cancer
3.94
154
  
4.81
130
9 Oesophagus Cancer
3.18
84
  
7.62
30
10 Bladder Cancer
3.10
70
  
4.27
28
11 Ovary Cancer
3.06
53
  
3.96
20
12 Liver Cancer
2.90
167
  
3.07
164
13 Other Neoplasms
2.41
116
  
2.95
92
14 Oral Cancer
2.34
117
  
2.39
113
15 Skin Cancers
2.19
44
  
2.74
32
16 Cervical Cancer
1.26
165
  
1.38
161
17 Uterin Cancer
1.20
85
  
1.53
64
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Canada
CANADA		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
33,487,208
38
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.98
125
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
16.1 %
164
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
68.7 %
43
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
15.2 %
29
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
10.28
165
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
7.74
104
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.58
158
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
5.04
164
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.06
57
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.05
77
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.02
69
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.78
92
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
5.63
12
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.82
123
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
99.0
41
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.0
50
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.0
41
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
6.1
109
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
81.3
4
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
73.0
20
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$39,300
15
  
$36,600
23
 

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