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Some startling facts about cardiovascular diseases
Nine people out of ten
(90%) in Canada have at least one of the risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease (smoking, alcohol consumption, sedentary lifestyle, obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes).
Every seven minutes
, someone dies of heart disease or a stroke in Canada. Cardiovascular diseases (heart diseases, blood vessel diseases and stroke) remain one of the most frequent causes of deaths among Canadians. These statistics are based on 2005 data (the most recent data available from Statistics Canada)
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Heart disease and stroke cost the Canadian economy more than $22.2 billion a year in medical costs, hospital costs, lost earnings and lost productivity
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1 Statistics Canada, Mortality: summary list of causes 2005. Published in March 2009.
2 The Canadian Health Strategy and Action Plan (CHHS-AP):
Building a Healthy Canada
. The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Published in February 2009.