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Community Health Status
Report
Issue
#12 – Mortality Update, December 2003
SUMMARY
This report presents information on major causes
of death and premature death in
Renfrew
County
and District (RC&D) for the 2000 – 2002 period. It is the twelfth
in a series of reports that present information related to the health status of
residents in RC&D.
Life
Expectancy
- Life
expectancy at birth for 2000 – 2002 continued an increasing trend in
RC&D and in
Ontario
as a whole. However, life expectancy at
birth remained significantly lower in RC&D than in
Ontario
as a whole, for both males (75.6 years) and
females (81.1 years). Other health units in
Eastern Ontario
also had lower life expectancies than the
provincial average except for
Ottawa
, which was higher.
Causes
of Death
- In
2000 - 2001, the average number of deaths per year was 924.
- The
top four causes of death in 2000 – 2001 were circulatory diseases
(cardiovascular diseases - 41%, 383 deaths/year), neoplasms (cancers - 28%,
256 deaths/year), respiratory diseases (9%, 79 deaths/year) and external
causes (injury and poisoning - 5%, 46 deaths/year).
Premature
Death - Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) Rates
- In
2000 – 2002, the PYLL rate due to all causes of premature death combined
for RC&D males was significantly higher than both the provincial average
and Peer Group E. For RC&D females, the total PYLL rate was
significantly higher than in
Ontario
as a whole, but lower than in Peer Group E.
- Premature
death affects males and females differently. In RC&D, circulatory
diseases, unintentional injuries and suicides were much greater causes of
PYLL for males than for females.
Circulatory
Diseases
- Although
age standardized mortality rates (ASMR) for circulatory diseases continued a
declining trend, they also continued to be significantly higher in RC&D
than both
Ontario
and Peer Group E in 2000 - 2002. (The ASMR
for “all circulatory disease” was 257/100,000.)
- PYLL
rates for “all circulatory disease” and three components of this:
“ischemic heart disease”, “cerebrovascular disease”, and “all
other circulatory disease” were significantly higher in RC&D than in
Ontario
and Peer Group E in 2000 – 2002.
Cancers
·
ASMRs for “all cancer”,
“colorectal cancer”, “female breast cancer” and “prostate cancer” in
RC&D were similar to
Ontario
and Peer Group E in 2000 - 2002. (The ASMR for
“all cancer” was 186/100,000.)
·
The ASMR for “lung cancer” was
significantly higher in RC&D (53.6/100,000) than in
Ontario
as a whole, and this was due to a higher death
rate in women.
·
As shown by PYLL rates, there was
significantly more premature death in RC&D from “all cancer” and
“lung cancer” than in
Ontario
as a whole. However, we had significantly less
premature death from “colorectal cancer” and “female breast cancer” than
Ontario
, and less premature death than Peer
Group E for “all cancer”, “colorectal cancer”, “female breast
cancer” and “prostate cancer”.
Respiratory
Diseases
- The
ASMR for “all respiratory diseases” was significantly higher in RC&D
(56.4/100,000) compared to
Ontario
, but not significantly different from Peer
Group E. ASMRs for “pneumonia and influenza”, and “bronchitis,
emphysema and asthma” were similar in RC&D,
Ontario
and Peer Group E.
- RC&D
had significantly higher PYLL rates than
Ontario
and Peer Group E for “all respiratory
disease” and “all other respiratory disease”.
Unintentional
Injuries and Suicides
- The
ASMR for unintentional injuries was significantly higher in RC&D
(33.4/100,000) than in
Ontario
as a whole (22.3/100,000) but similar to
Peer Group E in 2000 – 2002.
- The
ASMR for suicides and self-inflicted injuries in RC&D (11.6/100,000) was
not significantly different from
Ontario
or Peer Group E.
- The
PYLL rate for “unintentional injuries” in RC&D was higher than in
Ontario
but lower than Peer Group E in 2000 –
2002. The same pattern exists for “suicides and self-inflicted
injuries.”
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