Hypertension Will Affect 26.5% Of Canadian Adults By 2013

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email to a friend printer friendly opinions Investigators in Canada examined
data on 26 million individuals aged 20+ between 1998-1999 and 2007-2008 from The
Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System (CCDSS), in order to determine the
prevalence of hypertension as well as the number of new cases (incidence). The
data was examined by age group and by province/territory. The CCDSS includes all
Canadians who have used the health care system. The team reported that from
2007-2008, around 6 million (23%) Canadians were living with diagnosed
hypertension, with more women having the condition (24.3%) than men (21.7%).
This figure is higher than the Canadian Community Health Survey reported in
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