Avoidable mortality across Canada from 1975 to 1999

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Table 2 All-cause mortality under 65 years and 'avoidable' mortality in Canada from 1975 to 1999, males^{a, b}

	1975–1979		1980–1984		1985–1989		1990–1994		1995–1999
Cause	ASMR	%^d	ASMR	%	ASMR	%	ASMR	%	ASMR	%	%change^e
All causes	344.5	100.0	292.1	100.0	259.0	100.0	233.4	100.0	203.8	100.0	40.8
Injuries	80.1	23.3	67.1	23.0	57.2	22.1	50.9	21.8	46.4	22.8	42.0
Ischaemic heart disease	89.6	26.0	70.7	24.2	54.5	21.0	40.4	17.3	32.2	15.8	64.0
Lung cancer	23.1	6.7	24.9	8.5	24.5	9.5	22.3	9.6	18.1	8.9	21.5
Hypertension and cerebrovascular disease	12.5	3.6	9.3	3.2	7.4	2.9	6.5	2.8	5.4	2.7	56.9
Perinatal conditions	9.2	2.7	6.4	2.2	5.1	2.0	4.2	1.8	3.9	1.9	57.3
Ulcers	1.2	0.3	0.9	0.3	0.7	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.2	71.7
Hodgkin's disease	0.8	0.2	0.7	0.2	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.3	0.2	62.3
Asthma	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	38.0
Gallbladder diseases	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	58.6
Tuberculosis	0.6	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	84.5
Hernia	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	54.7
Appendicitis	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	82.1
"Avoidable" causes	218.1	63.3	181.1	62.0	150.8	58.2	125.8	53.9	107.2	52.6	50.8
Other causes	126.4	36.7	111.0	38.0	108.1	41.8	107.6	46.1	96.6	47.4	23.6

^a The age-groups considered for each cause of death are presented in Table 1.
^b Causes are presented from the greatest contribution to all-cause mortality during 1995–1999.
^c Age-standardized mortality rate (per 100,000 population).
^d Percent of all cause ASMR attributed to each cause.
^e Percent change in ASMR from 1975–1979 to 1995–1999.

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