Overview Respiratory Chronic lower respiratory diseases

Chronic lower respiratory diseases

Deaths in Newfoundland and Labrador from chronic lower respiratory diseases, compared with Canada. Figures below are for 2024.

254 Deaths in NL, 2024 38.7 per 100,000 (age-adjusted)

31.3 Canada rate (age-adjusted) NL is 1.24× the national rate

-30 Change vs 2019 -10.6% since 2019

NL vs Canada — age-adjusted rate, 2000 to 2024

NL 38.7Canada 31.3

Age-adjusted rate per 100,000 population. The gap between the lines is whether NL is doing better or worse than the national rate, and the shape over time shows whether the gap is growing or shrinking.

Year	NL rate	Canada rate	NL ÷ Canada
2024	38.7	31.3	1.24×
2023	40.8	32.0	1.27×
2022	46.6	32.1	1.45×
2021	37.2	28.8	1.29×
2020	42.3	32.1	1.32×
2019	51.5	35.8	1.44×
2018	48.8	37.4	1.30×
2017	51.0	38.0	1.34×
2016	48.2	37.4	1.29×
2015	55.4	39.4	1.41×
2014	51.3	38.2	1.34×
2013	50.3	39.7	1.27×
2012	57.9	37.9	1.53×
2011	49.7	39.6	1.26×
2010	53.9	39.0	1.38×
2009	53.5	40.8	1.31×
2008	60.7	42.3	1.43×
2007	50.0	42.4	1.18×
2006	46.4	40.0	1.16×
2005	49.9	44.4	1.12×
2004	49.5	43.6	1.14×
2003	57.2	45.5	1.26×
2002	46.9	45.3	1.04×
2001	49.9	46.1	1.08×
2000	61.3	47.6	1.29×

Deaths in NL, 2000 to 2024

Deaths 254

By sex — NL, 2024

Sex	Deaths	Rate per 100,000 (age-adjusted)
Male	131	43.4
Female	123	34.2

Sub-causes — NL, 2024

Cause	Deaths	NL rate	Canada rate
Other chronic lower respiratory diseases	239	36.2	29.1
Emphysema	8	1.3	1.3
Asthma	4	0.8	0.8
Bronchitis, chronic and unspecified	3	0.5	0.1

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