Critical Illness Statistics
Longer waiting period in public care system (Source : Fraser Institute)
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Neurosurgery is more than four months |
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Cancer radiation treatment, over two months |
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The average wait for treatment after consulting a specialist for coronary bypass clocks in at up to 52 weeks |
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Four to 12 weeks for angioplasty |
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1 in 2 heart attack victims are under the age of 65 |
Statistics of Heart Attack (Source : Heart & Stroke Foundation)
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1 in 4 Canadians will contract some form of heart disease |
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75,000 Canadians suffer heart attacks each year |
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Heart disease costs the Canadian economy approximately $19 billion every year in medical services, hospitalization expenses, loss of income and loss of productivity |
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The rate of death among patients hospitalized for heart attacks has been decreased by half, from 16 per cent to 8 per cent |
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1 in 2 heart attack victims are under the age of 65 |
Statistics of Stroke (Source : Heart & Stroke Foundation)
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50,000 Canadians suffer a stroke each year |
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75% survive the initial event |
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strokes are the leading cause of neurological disability |
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1/3 of stroke victims are under the age of 65 |
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60% of stroke victims will be left with a disability |
Statistics of Cancer (Source : Canadian Cancer Society)
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more than 130,000 Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer this year |
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over 60,000 people in Canada will die this year from the disease |
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1 in 3 Canadians will develop cancer in their lifetime |
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1 in 9 women will develop breast cancer |
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1 in 3 women and 1 in 2.5 men will develop cancer in their lifetime. |
Statistics of Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
(Source : Heart & Stroke Foundation)
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bypass surgery is performed more on men than women by a ratio of nearly 4 to 1 |
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there are approximately 11,000 bypass surgeries performed in Canada each year |
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the rate at which bypass surgery is performed on people age 65 and older has increased |
Statistics of Multiple Sclerosis
(Source: Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada)
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More than 50,000 Canadians have Multiple Sclerosis |
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MS is the most common neurological disease among young Canadians |
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Canadians have one of the highest rates of MS in the world. |
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Women are twice as likely to develop MS as men |
Statistics of Parkinsons Disease (Source: The Parkinson's Foundation of Canada)
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30% of all Parkinson's patients are under 50 |
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20% of all Parkinson's patients are under 40 |
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there are approximately 80,000 - 100,000 Canadians suffering from Parkinson's |
Statistics of Paralysis
(Source : The National Spinal Cord Injury Association of Canada)
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There is an estimated 900 Canadians who sustain a spinal cord injury each year |
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More than 30,000 Canadians suffer from paralysis of 2 or more limbs |
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Most persons who suffer spinal cord injury are between 16 and 30 years of age |
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The most common causes of spinal cord injury are car collisions and falls |
Statistics of Alzheimers Disease
(Source: The Canadian Alzheimer Society)
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Alzheimer Disease is the fourth leading cause of death in Canada |
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Every year approximately 10,000 Canadians die from Alzheimer's |
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Approximately 1 in 100 Canadians suffer from Alzheimer's disease |
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There are approximately 22,000 people in Metro Toronto with Alzheimer's |
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The disease occurs in 8% of the general population over 60 |
Statistics of Kidney Failure
(Source: The Kidney Foundation of Canada)
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Kidney disease ranks sixth among diseases causing death in Canada |
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Each day an average of 8 Canadians learn that their kidneys have failed |
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Approximately 2000 Canadians are on a waiting list for kidney transplant |
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351 kidney transplants were performed in Ontario in 1995 |
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1 in 10 will develop kidney stones at some point in their lives |
Statistics of Deafness
(Source: Canadian Hearing Society)
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280,000 Canadians are deaf |
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1,120,000 Canadians are hard of hearing |
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1,400,000 do not use amplification |
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There are more than 2,800,000 Canadians with hearing loss |
Statistics of Occupational HIV
(Source: The Canadian Aids Society)
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Approximately 4.4 million health care workers suffer 800,000 needle sticks and other injuries from sharp objects annually |
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An estimated 16,000 of these objects are contaminated with HIV |