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Mortality Profile Dashboard

Mortality Profile Data

Explore the number and rate of deaths occurring among residents including premature, avoidable and cancer-specific mortality.

Use this information to stay informed and support data driven decision making for the well-being of those in the HKPR District area.

Mortality Profile Snapshot for the HKPR District Health Unit Area

*Data below is based on 2022 figures.

2,582

deaths among HKPR residents

34%

of deaths occurred before 75 years of age (premature mortality)

15.6%

of deaths were from preventable causes

6.7%

of deaths were from treatable causes

Cancer

was the leading cause of death

Ischaemic Heart Disease

 was the second leading cause of death

Dementia and Alzheimer's

were the third leading cause of death

Cerebrovascular Diseases

were the fourth leading cause of death

About the Mortality Profile Dashboard

The Mortality Profile Dashboard presents the number and rate of deaths occurring among residents of the HKPR District Health Unit area. Overall mortality, premature mortality, potential years of life lost, avoidable mortality, mortality by select causes, and cancer mortality, are reported by year and can be filtered to select a specific sex, age-group, geography of residence, and/or year, where possible. 

By default, the data is presented for the HKPR District Health Unit area but can be filtered to one of the three counties (County of Haliburton, City of Kawartha Lakes, or Northumberland County) or for Ontario excluding the HKPR District Health Unit area. 

The Mortality Profile Dashboard is updated annually, when data is available. 

1. Click/select a report button located across the top of the dashboard to view different content.

2.  Selected the desired filter from the corresponding drop-down list(s) to view specific or filtered data.

3. To see larger visuals:

Dashboards are best viewed on a desktop screen. Hover over the visual you want to enlarge. A small box will appear in the top right corner labeled 'Focus Mode'. Click on this box to enter full screen. To return, click the 'Back to Report' button at the top left.

3. To View Graphs in Table Format:

Right-click anywhere on the graph you are interested in and select 'Show as a Table'. To go back, click the 'Back to Report' button at the top left of the page.

4. Use Tooltips for More Information:

Hover over a visual to see additional information in a tooltip.

The HKPR District Health Unit Mortality Profile Dashboard reports death data from the Vital Statistics Database, Intellihealth, Ontario Ministry of Health.

The cancer-specific data included in this report are from the Ontario Cancer Registry and were obtained from the Ontario Cancer Profiles for Cancer Mortality, published by Cancer Care Ontario. . More information on these profiles can be found here. Additional information on the Ontario Cancer Registry can be found here.

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