Male mortality rates (per 100 000 population) by cause and age group for Canada and the USA
| Age group | Canada | USA | ||||
| 2001 | 2010 | 2019 | 2001 | 2010 | 2019 | |
| All-cause | ||||||
| 35–44 | 183.6 | 164.1 | 161.7 | 259.2 | 212.2 | 257.3 |
| 45–54 | 424.3 | 361.3 | 334.6 | 551.3 | 508.9 | 484.9 |
| 55–64 | 1155.9 | 916.9 | 826.3 | 1226.1 | 1082.7 | 1106.7 |
| Combined ‘deaths of despair’ | ||||||
| 35–44 | 44.4 | 46.3 | 50.1 | 58.2 | 61.0 | 101.6 |
| 45–54 | 53.7 | 58.2 | 62.6 | 77.2 | 94.1 | 115.5 |
| 55–64 | 67.9 | 68.3 | 75.5 | 68.7 | 93.0 | 134.8 |
| Alcohol | ||||||
| 35–44 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 14.9 | 12.4 | 16.9 |
| 45–54 | 22.7 | 22.1 | 21.0 | 36.9 | 36.8 | 37.1 |
| 55–64 | 42.5 | 38.5 | 40.2 | 42.9 | 50.3 | 63.2 |
| Drugs | ||||||
| 35–44 | 9.7 | 13.4 | 21.1 | 20.1 | 23.6 | 56.6 |
| 45–54 | 6.1 | 11.7 | 19.6 | 16.7 | 26.7 | 49.2 |
| 55–64 | 3.2 | 7.1 | 13.1 | 4.6 | 15.1 | 41.1 |
| Suicide | ||||||
| 35–44 | 26.6 | 24.4 | 20.6 | 23.3 | 25.1 | 28.1 |
| 45–54 | 24.9 | 24.4 | 22.0 | 23.7 | 30.6 | 29.3 |
| 55–64 | 22.3 | 22.7 | 22.1 | 21.2 | 27.6 | 30.5 |