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Leading causes of death
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Leading causes of
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Leading causes of
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Leading causes of
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Leading causes of
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Leading Causes of Death and Hospitalization in Canada
These tables are based on Child
Injury Division analysis of Statistics Canada mortality data and the
Canadian Institute for Health Information hospitalization data. Deaths
and hospitalizations from injury and poisoning have been broken down by
Intent and highlighted to stand out in the table. The International Classification
of Disease - ninth revision (ICD-9)1 is
used to classify deaths and hospitalizations. Events associated with injuries
are classified using the codes for external cause of injury and poisoning
(E-codes). Adverse events occurring in medical treatment, which are included
in the external causes of injury and poisoning chapter of the ICD-9, are
excluded from the injuries considered in these tables*.
It should be noted that the hospitalization data represent the numbers
of hospitalizations for treatment of disease or injury - not the numbers
of diseases and injuries requiring hospitalization or the numbers of injured
or ill people admitted to hospital.
ICD-9 code groupings used in the
tables
| Cause |
ICD-9 codes |
| Infectious and parasitic diseases |
001-139 |
| Cancer |
140-208 |
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Benign neoplasms
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210-229 |
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Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases and immunity
disorders
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240-279 |
| Diseases of blood and blood-forming
organs |
280-289 |
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Mental disorders
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290-319 |
| Diseases of the nervous
system and sense organs |
320-389 |
| Diseases of the circulatory system
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390-459 |
| Respiratory diseases |
460-519 |
| Diseases of the digestive system
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520-579 |
| Diseases of the genitourinary system
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580-629 |
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Conditions related to pregnancy
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630-676 |
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Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
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680-709 |
| Diseases of the musculoskeletal
system and connective tissue |
710-739 |
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Congenital anomalies
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740-759 |
| Conditions originating in the perinatal
period (excl. stillbirths) |
760-779 |
| Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
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798.0 |
| All injuries* |
* E800-E869, E880-E929,
E950-E999 |
| Unintentional
injuries |
E800-E848,E850-E869, E880-E929 |
| Intentionally
self-inflicted injuries |
E950-E959 |
| Injuries
due to assault |
E960-E969 |
| Injuries
due to other violence† |
E970-E978, E990-E999 |
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Injuries of undetermined intent
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E980-E989 |
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References
- World Health Organization. International Classification of Diseases.
Manual of the international statistical classification of diseases,
injuries, and causes of death. Volume 1. Geneva: World Health Organization;
1977.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recommended Framework
for presenting injury mortality data. MMWR 1997; 46(No. RR-14):1-30
Notes
* Three groups of events that are assigned E-codes in
the ICD-9 are excluded from the tables. They are very different from most
injuries, both in their nature and in the types of preventive measures
that might be considered appropriate.
Excluded
ICD-9 codes |
Description |
| E870-E876 |
Misadventures to patients during medical and surgical
care. |
| E878-E879 |
Surgical and medical procedures as the cause of abnormal
reaction of patient or later complication, without mention of misadventure
at time of procedure. |
| E930-E949 |
Drugs, medicinal and biological substances causing adverse
effects in therapeutic use. |
† Injuries due to other violence include those due to legal
intervention, operations of war, and terrorism.
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