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Table 3 Alcohol-attributable mortality for Canada in 2005

From: Mortality and potential years of life lost attributable to alcohol consumption in Canada in 2005

 

0 - 14 years

15 - 24 years

25 - 34 years

35 - 44 years

45 - 54 years

55 - 64 years

Total

Condition

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

Overall

Total, all causes of death

               

   Total, all causes of death

5

4

375

84

355

46

429

102

843

345

948

422

2955

1003

3958

Malignant neoplasm's

               

   Mouth and oropharynx cancers

0

0

1

0

2

1

11

4

53

13

93

14

160

32

192

   Esophageal cancer

0

0

0

0

1

0

6

0

38

5

102

10

147

15

162

   Liver cancer

0

0

0

0

2

0

4

0

23

6

38

11

67

17

84

   Laryngeal cancer

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

14

2

31

3

46

5

51

   Breast cancer

0

0

0

0

0

5

0

35

0

114

0

148

0

302

302

   Colon cancer

0

0

0

0

1

0

3

2

15

11

41

27

60

40

100

   Rectum cancer

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

7

4

16

6

25

11

36

   Total

0

0

1

0

6

6

27

42

150

155

321

219

505

422

927

Diabetes

               

   Total (diabetes mellitus)

0

0

0

3

0

1

-2

-4

1

15

7

12

6

27

33

Neuro-psychiatric conditions

               

   Alcoholic psychoses

0

0

2

1

5

1

13

2

19

8

27

8

66

20

86

   Alcohol abuse

0

0

1

0

3

1

11

6

30

10

30

14

75

31

106

   Alcohol dependence syndrome

0

0

0

0

2

1

22

6

74

19

65

20

163

46

209

   Degeneration of nervous system due to alcohol

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

0

3

0

5

0

5

   Epilepsy

0

0

4

2

7

2

7

2

9

5

6

3

33

14

47

   Alcohol polyneuropathy

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

   Total

0

0

7

3

17

5

53

16

134

42

131

45

342

111

453

Cardiovascular disease

               

   Hypertensive disease

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

0

15

3

16

6

34

9

44

   Ischemic heart disease

0

0

0

0

-5

-1

-37

-5

-104

-16

-168

-33

-314

-55

-369

   Alcohol cardiomyopathy

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

13

1

16

5

33

6

39

   Cardiac arrhythmias

0

0

0

1

1

0

2

1

7

3

16

5

26

10

37

   Ischemic stroke

0

0

0

0

1

-1

1

-9

6

-16

12

-23

20

-49

-29

   Hemorrhagic and other non-ischemic stroke

0

0

0

0

0

1

3

2

11

9

47

19

61

31

93

   Total

0

0

0

1

-3

-1

-24

-11

-52

-16

-61

-21

-140

-48

-185

Digestive diseases

               

   Alcoholic gastritis

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

2

0

2

0

5

0

5

   Cirrhosis of the liver

0

0

0

0

8

5

69

33

217

105

302

130

596

273

868

   Acute and chronic pancreatitis

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

0

9

1

10

2

20

4

25

   Chronic pancreatitis (alcohol-induced)

0

0

0

0

1

0

3

1

5

2

6

1

15

4

19

   Total

0

0

0

1

9

5

74

34

233

108

320

133

636

281

917

Conditions arising during the prenatal period

               

   Low birth weight: as defined by the global burden of disease

4

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

4

8

   Fetal alcohol syndrome (dysmorphic)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

   Excess alcohol blood levels

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

   Total

4

4

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

4

4

8

Unintentional injuries

               

   Motor vehicle accidents

0

0

205

46

137

12

78

3

105

8

62

6

587

75

664

   Poisonings

0

0

10

3

27

3

35

3

34

5

8

2

114

16

130

   Falls

0

0

6

0

5

0

6

0

17

1

21

2

55

3

58

   Fires

0

0

1

1

2

0

2

0

5

1

3

1

13

3

17

   Accidental poisonings and exposure to alcohol

0

0

4

2

4

3

9

3

13

2

10

0

40

10

50

   Drowning

0

0

8

1

6

0

5

0

5

0

3

0

27

1

30

   Other Unintentional injuries

0

0

27

3

27

1

27

1

42

3

31

3

154

11

166

   Total

0

0

261

56

208

19

162

10

221

20

138

14

990

119

1115

Intentional injuries

               

   Self-inflicted injuries

0

0

80

16

89

7

107

8

124

13

58

5

458

49

507

   Intentional self-poisoning by and exposure to alcohol

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

1

2

0

0

1

4

2

6

   Homicide

0

0

24

3

25

2

12

1

9

1

6

1

76

8

83

   Other intentional injuries

0

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

3

0

3

   Total

0

0

105

19

115

9

121

10

136

14

64

7

541

59

599

Infectious and parasitic diseases

               

   Total (tuberculosis)

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

2

1

2

1

5

2

8

   Respiratory infections

               

   Total (pneumonia)

0

0

1

1

1

1

6

2

12

5

22

12

42

21

63

Ethanol and methanol toxicity, undetermined intent

1

0

0

0

2

1

11

3

6

1

4

0

24

5

29