Potential Years Life Lost in Canada

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Hi All,

This was interesting to me in that the accidents and suicides were high when

individual diseases are broken down. The columns are hard to figure but go

by capitals as first words on tops. Suicides gets squeezed in.

CRONies should do well in all areas except I would think things like

accidents. I wonder about suicide.

Cheers, Al.

Alan Pater, Ph.D.; Faculty of Medicine; Memorial University; St. 's, NF

A1B 3V6 Canada; Tel. No.: (709) 777-6488; Fax No.: (709) 777-7010; email:

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[CANSIM II]Table 102-00101,2,3,4,5,6 - Potential years of life lost, population

aged 0 to 74, by selected causes

of death and sex, Canada, provinces and territories, annual, 1999

Survey or program details:

Vital Statistics - Death Database - 3233

Estimates of Population by Age and Sex for Canada, the Provinces and

the Territories - 3604

Geography=Canada

Characteristics3,4,5,12=Potential years of life lost, in years, rate

per 100,000 population aged 0 to

74

Selected Acute

causes ofColorectal Lung Female Prostate myocardial

Cerebrovascular All Unintentional

death cancer cancer breast cancer infarction

diseases stroke injuries9 Suicides

(ICD-9)2 cancer (AMI)

Both

sexes7,8 134.7 417.9 . . 312.1

139.6 123.1 706.6 453.2

Males8 158.5 490.9 . 55.6 477.8

147.5 127.1 1,036.0 724.7

Females7 110.8 344.3 338.5 . 144.9

131.7 119.2 374.5 179.4

Source: Statistics Canada

Footnotes:

1. Data sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Death

Database, and Demography Division

(population estimates)

2. World Health Organization, International Classification of

Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9).

3. Potential years of life lost (PYLL) is the number of years of

potential life not lived when a person

dies " prematurely " , defined for this indicator as before age 75. All

rates in this table are calculated

using the population aged 0 to 74.

4. Counts and rates in this table exclude: deaths of non-residents of

Canada; deaths of residents of

Canada whose province or territory of residence was unknown; deaths

for which age of decedent was

unknown.

5. Rates in this table are based on place of residence for indicators

derived from death events.

6. Missing data on sex of the deceased were imputed based on death

registration number.

7. Potential years of life lost counts and rates for breast cancer

(ICD-9 code 174) were calculated for

females only.

8. Potential years of life lost counts and rates for prostate cancer

(ICD-9 code 185) were calculated

for males only.

9. External causes of unintentional injuries include deaths due to

accidental causes such as motor

vehicle accidents, falls, poisoning, drowning, fires, natural,

environmental and mechanical factors,

but not medical misadventures, abnormal reactions or complications

(ICD-9 codes E800-E929, excluding

E870-E879).

12. The following symbols are used in Statistics Canada publications:

(..) for figures not available

and (...) for figures not appropriate or not applicable.