Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario District Health Councils (DHC), Ontario Public Health Units (PHU), Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut

Ontario rates are presented for two different geographic levels: DHCs are more relevant for health system analysis; and PHUs are more relevant for health status measures.

Table 1.16: Prostate cancer deaths (ICD-9 185), age-standardized rate per 100,000 population and confidence interval(1), by sex, Canada, provinces, territories and health regions, 1996(2)
		Male
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
0	Canada	29.7	29.1, 30.2
10	Newfoundland	29.8	25.5, 34.1
1001	Health and Community Services St John's Region	25.5	18.6, 32.4
1002	Health and Community Services Eastern Region	38.7	28.5, 48.9
1003	Health and Community Services Central Region	28.2	19.5, 36.9
1004	Health and Community Services Western Region	32.4	21.3, 43.4
1005	Grenfell Regional Health Services Board	--	--
1006	Health Labrador Corporation	--	--
		Male
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
11	Prince Edward Island	36.0	27.6, 44.4
1101	Urban Health Region	33.0	21.2, 44.8
1102	Rural Health Region	38.5	26.7, 50.3
		Male
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
12	Nova Scotia	33.3	30.1, 36.5
1201	Zone 1	29.7	22.7, 36.6
1202	Zone 2	41.8	30.5, 53.0
1203	Zone 3	31.4	22.9, 39.8
1204	Zone 4	27.5	19.6, 35.4
1205	Zone 5	35.3	27.0, 43.6
1206	Zone 6	35.1	28.9, 41.2
		Male
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
13	New Brunswick	29.9	26.5, 33.3
1301	Region 1	34.7	27.6, 41.9
1302	Region 2	28.2	21.4, 35.0
1303	Region 3	25.3	18.3, 32.3
1304	Region 4	22.5	11.3, 33.7
1305	Region 5	25.0	10.2, 39.7
1306	Region 6	38.8	27.3, 50.4
1307	Region 7	25.6	13.3, 37.9
		Male
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
24	Quebec	29.2	28.0, 30.4
2401	Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent	33.3	26.8, 39.9
2402	Région du Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean	30.2	23.0, 37.4
2403	Région de Québec	26.8	22.9, 30.7
2404	Région de la Mauricie et Centre-du-Québec	28.7	24.4, 33.0
2405	Région de l�Estrie	35.1	29.0, 41.1
2406	Région de Montréal-Centre	25.7	23.7, 27.7
2407	Région de l�Outaouais	36.8	29.0, 44.5
2408	Région de l�Abitibi-Témiscamingue	32.0	22.7, 41.4
2409	Région de la Côte-Nord	38.2	23.0, 53.4
2410	Région du Nord-du-Québec	--	--
2411	Région de la Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine	32.8	23.9, 41.8
2412	Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches	33.3	28.0, 38.6
2413	Région de Laval	31.7	25.1, 38.4
2414	Région de Lanaudière	29.1	22.9, 35.3
2415	Région des Laurentides	30.6	25.1, 36.2
2416	Région de la Montérégie	29.6	26.5, 32.7
2417	Région du Nunavik	0.0	�
2418	Région des Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James	--	--
		Male
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
35	Ontario (DHC)	29.2	28.2, 30.1
3501	Champlain District Health Council	31.5	28.3, 34.7
3502	Quinte-Kingston and Rideau DHC	31.5	27.4, 35.6
3503	Durham-Haliburton-Kawartha and Pine Ridge DHC	28.9	25.4, 32.5
3504	Toronto District Health Council	26.0	24.2, 27.8
3505	Simcoe-York District Health Council	28.2	24.7, 31.6
3506	Halton-Peel District Health Council	27.8	24.4, 31.2
3507	Waterloo-Wellington-Dufferin DHC	29.2	25.1, 33.3
3508	Hamilton-Wentworth DHC	25.1	21.3, 29.0
3509	Niagara District Health Council	31.2	26.8, 35.5
3510	Grand River DHC	31.4	25.3, 37.6
3511	Thames Valley DHC	33.6	29.5, 37.8
3512	Essex-Kent and Lambton DHC	34.2	30.1, 38.3
3513	Grey-Bruce-Huron and Perth DHC	30.2	25.5, 35.0
3514	Muskoka-Nipissing and Parry Sound DHC	31.8	25.7, 37.8
3515	Algoma-Cochrane-Manitoulin and Sudbury DHC	31.0	26.0, 36.1
3516	Northwestern Ontario DHC	27.4	21.6, 33.2
		Male
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
35	Ontario (PHU)	29.2	28.2, 30.1
3526	Algoma Public Health Unit	25.3	17.6, 33.0
3527	Brant Public Health Unit	35.1	25.9, 44.3
3530	Durham Public Health Unit	28.2	22.9, 33.5
3531	Elgin-St Thomas Public Health Unit	41.5	29.8, 53.2
3533	Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Public Health Unit	25.5	19.6, 31.4
3534	Haldimand-Norfolk Public Health Unit	27.8	19.5, 36.0
3535	Haliburton-Kawartha-Pine Ridge Public Health Unit	27.4	21.2, 33.6
3536	Halton Public Health Unit	28.2	22.8, 33.6
3537	Hamilton-Wentworth Public Health Unit	25.1	21.3, 29.0
3538	Hastings and Prince Edward Public Health Unit	26.6	20.2, 33.0
3539	Huron Public Health Unit	36.1	25.1, 47.0
3540	Kent-Chatham Public Health Unit	40.3	30.3, 50.4
3541	Kingston-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington Public Health Unit	29.5	22.5, 36.5
3542	Lambton Public Health Unit	32.9	24.5, 41.2
3543	Leeds-Grenville-Lanark Public Health Unit	38.7	30.9, 46.5
3544	Middlesex-London Public Health Unit	32.6	27.6, 37.6
3545	Muskoka-Parry Sound Public Health Unit	33.4	24.0, 42.8
3546	Niagara Public Health Unit	31.2	26.8, 35.5
3547	North Bay Public Health Unit	28.9	19.5, 38.3
3549	Northwestern Public Health Unit	30.6	19.7, 41.4
3551	Ottawa Carleton Public Health Unit	31.1	27.1, 35.1
3552	Oxford Public Health Unit	30.6	21.6, 39.5
3553	Peel Public Health Unit	27.8	23.3, 32.2
3554	Perth Public Health Unit	35.8	24.8, 46.7
3555	Peterborough Public Health Unit	32.2	24.8, 39.6
3556	Porcupine Public Health Unit	32.0	21.2, 42.8
3557	Renfrew Public Health Unit	33.2	24.0, 42.4
3558	Eastern Ontario Public Health Unit	31.7	24.9, 38.6
3560	Simcoe Public Health Unit	29.2	24.0, 34.3
3561	Sudbury Public Health Unit	34.8	26.5, 43.1
3562	Thunder Bay Public Health Unit	26.4	19.5, 33.3
3563	Timiskaming Public Health Unit	36.7	20.8, 52.6
3565	Waterloo Public Health Unit	28.2	23.1, 33.3
3566	Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health Unit	31.0	24.3, 37.7
3568	Windsor-Essex Public Health Unit	32.8	27.4, 38.1
3570	York Public Health Unit	27.6	22.9, 32.3
3595	City of Toronto Public Health Unit	26.0	24.2, 27.8
		Male
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
46	Manitoba	30.6	28.0, 33.3
4610	Winnipeg	27.4	23.9, 30.9
4615	Brandon	27.9	16.4, 39.3
4620	North Eastman	28.3	14.8, 41.7
4625	South Eastman	34.5	20.1, 48.9
4630	Interlake	32.7	22.4, 43.0
4640	Central	30.7	22.4, 39.0
4650	Marquette	32.2	20.7, 43.7
4655	South Westman	47.4	32.4, 62.3
4660	Parkland	37.7	26.1, 49.4
4670	Norman	51.3	20.9, 81.7
4680	Burntwood/Churchill	--	--
		Male
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
47	Saskatchewan	35.6	32.8, 38.4
4701	Weyburn (A) Service Area	51.4	39.1, 63.8
4702	Moose Jaw (B) Service Area	28.8	19.4, 38.3
4703	Swift Current (C) Service Area	34.4	23.0, 45.8
4704	Regina (D) Service Area	31.6	25.7, 37.5
4705	Yorkton (E) Service Area	37.5	28.5, 46.6
4706	Saskatoon (F) Service Area	35.0	29.3, 40.8
4707	Rosetown (G) Service Area	50.2	35.6, 64.8
4708	Melfort (H) Service Area	38.8	26.7, 50.9
4709	Prince Albert (I) Service Area	32.2	22.9, 41.6
4710	North Battleford (J) Service Area	26.7	17.0, 36.3
4711	Northern Health Services Branch (K) Service Area	--	--
		Male
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
48	Alberta	32.6	30.5, 34.6
4801	Chinook Regional Health Authority	39.3	30.8, 47.7
4802	Palliser Health Authority	32.3	22.6, 42.0
4803	Headwaters Health Authority	28.5	16.5, 40.4
4804	Calgary Regional Health Authority	28.0	24.2, 31.8
4805	Health Authority #5	26.9	15.1, 38.7
4806	David Thompson Regional Health Authority	32.4	24.9, 40.0
4807	East Central Health Authority	33.8	25.7, 41.9
4808	WestView Regional Health Authority	38.2	25.0, 51.5
4809	Crossroads Regional Health Authority	29.0	11.7, 46.3
4810	Capital Health Authority	29.8	25.9, 33.7
4811	Aspen Regional Health Authority	41.2	29.4, 53.0
4812	Lakeland Regional Health Authority	46.0	34.9, 57.1
4813	Mistahia Regional Health Authority	46.6	31.3, 61.8
4814	Peace Regional Health Authority	51.3	17.8, 84.8
4815	Keeweetinok Lakes Regional Health Authority	34.0	6.3, 61.7
4816	Northern Lights Regional Health Authority	--	--
4817	Northwestern Regional Health Authority	--	--
		Male
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
59	British Columbia	27.0	25.6, 28.4
5901	East Kootenay	28.9	18.7, 39.0
5902	West Kootenay-Boundary	32.1	22.7, 41.6
5903	North Okanagan	25.2	18.3, 32.1
5904	South Okanagan Similkameen	29.9	25.0, 34.8
5905	Thompson	30.3	21.2, 39.3
5906	Fraser Valley	31.6	25.7, 37.5
5907	South Fraser Valley	27.6	23.5, 31.7
5908	Simon Fraser	25.6	19.5, 31.7
5909	Coast Garibaldi	24.3	14.0, 34.7
5910	Central Vancouver Island	25.7	20.4, 30.9
5911	Upper Island / Central Coast	31.7	21.9, 41.6
5912	Cariboo	30.0	17.2, 42.9
5913	North West	21.5	8.7, 34.4
5914	Peace Liard	44.3	25.5, 63.0
5915	Northern Interior	28.2	17.1, 39.3
5916	Vancouver	20.3	17.1, 23.5
5917	Burnaby	28.9	22.4, 35.4
5918	North Shore	31.2	24.1, 38.2
5919	Richmond	24.1	16.5, 31.7
5920	Capital	27.1	23.0, 31.1
5921	Vancouver/Richmond	20.9	17.9, 23.9
5922	Simon Fraser/Burnaby	27.0	22.6, 31.4
		Male
Code	Health Region Name	Rate per 100,000	95% confidence interval
60	Yukon Territory	44.2	6.2, 82.3
6001	Yukon Territory	44.2	6.2, 82.3
61	Northwest Territories	22.5	2.2, 42.9
6101	Northwest Territories	22.5	2.2, 42.9
62	Nunavut	--	--
6201	Nunavut	--	--

-- Suppressed due to both small numbers and extremely high variability
� Not applicable

(1) Confidence intervals illustrate the degree of variability associated with the rate. See Technical Notes.

(2) These rates are created by average of three years of data (1995, 1996, 1997) over the 1996 population estimates; age-standardized to the 1991 Canadian population age structure.

Source: Canadian Vital Statistics Database, Statistics Canada