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FEBRUARY
HEART & STROKE MONTH
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HEART
AND STROKE
FOUNDATION
OF ONTARIO
IMPROVING YOUR ODDS
AGAINST
CANADAS #1 KILLER.
HEART DISEASE AND STROKE FACTS AND FIGURES
The Bad News...
• Heart disease and stroke are the leading
causes of death in Canada.
• Twice as many people die of heart disease and
stroke than cancer.
• Approximately 3,000,000 Canadians suffer from
some form of heart or blood vessel disease.
• Despite the progress made through research, nearly one
in two Canadians die from heart disease and
stroke. That means every Canadian has a 50/50 chance
... or risk.
• Every year 40,000 Canadians suffer strokes,
which cause damage to the brain and result in disability or
death.
• Smoking is considered to be a factor in some
30,000 deaths each year . . . and more of those
deaths are a result of heart and blood vessel diseases
than any other cause.
• The annual cost of heart disease and stroke in Canada is
approaching $4,000,000,000.
• The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario is able to
fund only half its necessary research annually.
The Good News...
• Since 1955, deaths from heart disease and stroke
have declined by 34%, saving approximately 20,000
lives each year.
• Stroke-related deaths are also decreasing. Since 1980,
deaths from stroke have dropped by
approximately 5% a year, largely a result of effective
high blood pressure treatment programs.
• Over 2.6 million Canadians could reduce their
risk of heart disease through better awareness of and
control of their blood pressure.
• No other form of medical research has saved as many
lives as cardiovascular and stroke research, the majority
of which, in Ontario, is funded by the Heart and Stroke
Foundation.
The fact is... bad statistics still outweigh the good.
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