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VITAL STATISTICS INFORMATION BOX
DEATHS DUE TO CIRCULATORY SYSTEM DISEASES
BY GENDER
BRITISH COLUMBIA, 1998

    Males Females Total Percent
Circulatory System Diseases ICD9 Codes Deaths Percent Deaths Percent Deaths Percent <60 Yrs*
Ischaemic heart disease 410-414 2,709 54.2 2,107 42.1 4,816 48.1 7.5
Cerebrovascular diseases 430-438 927 18.5 1,371 27.4 2,298 23.0 5.7
Heart failure 428 292 5.8 448 8.9 740 7.4 1.4
Cardiac dysrhythmias 427 224 4.5 284 5.7 508 5.1 5.1
Aortic aneurysm 441 182 3.6 106 2.1 288 2.9 5.6
Cardiomyopathy 425 148 3.0 90 1.8 238 2.4 21.8
Hypertensive disease 401-405 71 1.4 112 2.2 183 1.8 2.7
Atherosclerosis 440 62 1.2 73 1.5 135 1.3 3.7
Pulmonary heart disease 415-417 63 1.3 71 1.4 134 1.3 21.6
Rheumatic heart disease 391-398 29 0.6 47 0.9 76 0.8 18.4
Other circulatory system diseases   293 5.9 300 6.0 593 5.9 9.6
All diseases of the circulatory system 390-459 5,000 100.0 5,009 100.0 10,009 100.0 7.1
 
Note: The Statistics Canada publication, Leading Causes of Death at Different Ages, was the basis for the categories in this table.
*Percent <60 Yrs is the percent of total deaths from this cause where the age at death was less than 60 years old.