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Table 8 Age-standardized mortality rates, by selected causes, 2004
	Both sexes	Males	Females
	rate per 100,000 population
All causes of death	572	710	466
Septicaemia	4	5	4
Viral hepatitis	1	1	1
Human immunodeficiency virus	1	2	0
Malignant neoplasms	174	212	147
Diabetes mellitus	20	25	16
Alzheimer's disease	13	11	14
Heart diseases	127	168	95
Cerebrovascular diseases	35	38	32
Influenza and pneumonia	13	17	11
Chronic lower respiratory diseases	25	34	19
Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis	6	8	4
Renal failure	8	12	7
Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period	4	5	4
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities	3	3	3
Accidents (unintentional injuries)	25	34	16
Suicide	11	17	5
Homicide	2	2	1
Note: Rates are age-standardized to the 1991 Census of Population.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 102-0552.

Table 9 Life expectancy
	1931	1961	1991	2005¹
	years
Females
At birth	62.1	74.2	80.9	82.7
At 65	13.7	16.1	19.9	21.1
Males
At birth	60.0	68.4	74.6	78.0
At 65	13.0	13.5	15.8	17.9
Note: See Catalogue no. 84-537-XIE for a complete explanation of the methodology used to produce abridged life tables.
1. Starting with 2005 data, life expectancy is calculated using a 3-year average of age-specific mortality rates.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 102-0511 and Catalogue no. 84-517-XPE.

Table 10 New cancer cases, by selected primary site of cancer
	1994	1999	2004
	number of new cancer cases
Males
Total, all primary sites of cancer¹	64,836	69,546	77,042
Colon (excluding rectum)	5,309	5,860	6,389
Rectum and rectosigmoid	2,823	3,283	3,887
Lung and bronchus	11,480	11,740	11,724
Prostate	16,769	17,366	20,387
Females
Total, all primary sites of cancer¹	56,253	63,940	70,066
Colon (excluding rectum)	5,306	5,879	6,351
Rectum and rectosigmoid	1,958	2,111	2,376
Lung and bronchus	6,495	7,893	9,150
Breast	15,978	18,869	19,275
Note: International Classification of Diseases for Oncology, third edition (ICD-O-3) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer rules for determining multiple primary sites.
1. Included are all invasive sites and in situ for bladder.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Cancer Registry Database (June 2007 file), CANSIM table 103-0553.