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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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Deaths and rates per 100,000 population, according to the international abbreviated list of 50 causes, 1963 and 1961
  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
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967.