| Leading causes of death in Canada | 2018 |
| Cancer | 79,536 |
| Heart disease | 53,134 |
| Stroke | 13,480 |
| Accidents (unintentional injuries) | 13,290 |
| Chronic lower respiratory diseases (bronchitis, COPD, asthma, etc) – mostly smoking-related | 12,998 |
| Influenza and pneumonia | 8,511 |
| Diabetes | 6,794 |
| Alzheimer’s | 6,429 |
| Suicide | 3,811 |
| Kidney disease | 3,615 |
| Liver disease | 3,514 |
| Homicide | 373 |
You are 213 times more likely to die from cancer than to be murdered by someone.
You are 509 times more likely to die from one of the above diseases than to be murdered by someone.
You are 10 times more likely to kill yourself intentionally than to be murdered by someone.
Out of these top 12 leading causes of death in Canada, which is the one you see more than any other in the news?
Note:
The above table comes from Statistics Canada leading causes of death table at https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1310039401
Statistics Canada also produces a police-reported homicide survey that lists the number of homicide victims for 2018 as 651. This can be found at https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=3510006901