List of Tables

List of Figures

Introduction

Table I-1

The 8 Major Modifiable Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases and Other Leading Non-communicable Diseases

Chapter 1

 Risk Factors

Table 1-1

Modifiable Risk Factors (Self-reported) among Adults Aged 20-59, Canada, 2000

Table 1-2

Combined Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease (Self-reported) among Adults Aged 20-59 Years, Canada, 2000

Table 1-3

Risk Factors for Heart Disease and Stroke among Adults Aged 20+ Years of Various Ethnic Backgrounds*, Canada, 2000

Chapter 2

 Interventions and Services

Table 2-1

Hospitalizations* for Stroke by Age and Sex, Canada, 2000/01

Chapter 3

 Cost of Cardiovascular Diseases

Table 3-1

Cost Components of Cardiovascular Diseases, Canada, 1993 and 1998 (in 1998 $000s)

Table 3-2

Selected Costs, Cardiovascular Diseases by Sex, Canada, 1998 (in $000s)

Table 3-3

Selected Costs, Cardiovascular Diseases by Age Group, Canada 1998 (in $000s)

Table 3-4

Selected Costs, Cardiovascular Diseases by Province/Territory, Canada, 1998 (in $000s)

Table 3-5

Selected Costs for Cardiovascular Diseases Diagnostic Subcategory, Canada, 1998

Chapter 4

 Health Outcomes

Table 4-1

Percent of Total Deaths Due to Cardiovascular Diseases by Sex, Canada, 1987-1999

Table 4-2

Numbers and Percent of Deaths Due to Cardiovascular Diseases by Age and Sex, Canada, 1999

Chapter 5

 Determinants of Cardiovascular Health

Table 5-1

Modifiable Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease by Income Adequacy and Sex, Canada, 2000

Table 5-2

Modifiable Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease by Education and Sex, Canada, 2000

List of Figures

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Chapter 1

 Risk Factors

Figure 1-1

Percentage of the general population aged 15+ years who were daily smokers, Canada, 1999-2001

Figure 1-2

Percentage of the general population aged 15+ years who were daily smokers by age group and sex, Canada, 2001

Figure 1-3

Percentage of adults aged 15+ years in the general population who were daily smokers by province, Canada, 2001

Figure 1-4

Percentage of the general population aged 15+ years who were daily smokers by income adequacy and sex, Canada, 2001

Figure 1-5

Percentage of the general population aged 15+ years who were daily smokers by education and sex, Canada, 2001

Figure 1-6

Percentage of the general population aged 20+ years who were physically inactive, Canada, 1994-2000

Figure 1-7

Percentage of the general population aged 12+ years who were physically inactive by age group and sex, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-8

Percentage of the general population aged 12+ years who were physically inactive by province/territory, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-9

Percentage of the general population aged 12+ years who were physically inactive by income adequacy and sex, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-10

Percentage of the general population aged 12+ years who were physically inactive by education and sex, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-11

Percentage of adults aged 20-59 years in the general population who were overweight and, of those, who were obese, Canada, 1994-2000

Figure 1-12

Percentage of adults aged 20-59 years in the general population who were overweight by age group and sex, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-13

Percentage of adults aged 20-59 years in the general population who were overweight by province/territory, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-14

Percentage of adults aged 20-59 years in the general population who were overweight by income adequacy and sex, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-15

Percentage of adults aged 20-59 years in the general population who were overweight by education and sex, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-16

Percentage of the general population aged 12+ years who consumed less than the recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables by age group and sex, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-17

Percentage of the general population aged 12+ years who consumed less than the recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables by province/territory, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-18

Percentage of the general population aged 12+ years who consumed less than the recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables by income adequacy and sex, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-19

Percentage of the general population aged 12+ years who consumed less than the recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables by education and sex, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-20

Percentage of the general population aged 20+ years who reported having high blood pressure, Canada, 1994-2000

Figure 1-21

Percentage of the general population aged 20+ years who reported having high blood pressure by age group and sex, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-22

Percentage of adults aged 20+ years in the general population who reported having high blood pressure by province/territory, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-23

Percentage of the general population aged 20+ years who reported having high blood pressure by income adequacy and sex, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-24

Percentage of the general population aged 20+ years who reported having high blood pressure by education and sex, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-25

Percentage of the general population aged 20+ who reported having had blood pressure measured in the previous two years, Canada, 1994-2000

Figure 1-26

Percentage of the general population aged 20+ who reported having blood pressure measured in the previous two years by age group and sex, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-27

Percentage of the general population aged 20+ years who reported having blood pressure measured in the previous two years, by province, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-28

Percentage of the general population aged 20+ years who reported having blood pressure measured in the previous two years by income adequacy and sex, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-29

Percentage of the general population aged 20+ years who reported having blood pressure measured in the previous two years by education and sex, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-30

Percentage of the general population aged 20+ years who reported having diabetes, Canada, 1994-2000

Figure 1-31

Percentage of the general population aged 20+ years who reported having diabetes by age group and sex, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-32

Percentage of the general population aged 20+ years who reported having diabetes by province/territory, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-33

Percentage of the general population aged 20+ years who reported having diabetes by income adequacy and sex, Canada, 2000

Figure 1-34

Percentage of the general population aged 20+ years who reported having diabetes by education and sex, Canada, 2000

Chapter 2

 Interventions and Services

Figure 2-1

Hospitalizations for men and women by diagnosis, Canada, 2000/01

Figure 2-2

Hospitalizations for women by diagnosis, Canada, 2000/01 (excluding pregnancy and childbirth, including newborns)

Figure 2-3

Hospitalizations for men by diagnosis, Canada, 2000/01

Figure 2-4

Hospitalization rates for all cardiovascular diseases by sex, Canada, 1985-2000

Figure 2-5

Hospitalization rates for men and women, by selected cardiovascular diseases, Canada, 1985-2000

Figure 2-6

Hospitalization rates for women by selected cardiovascular diseases, Canada, 1985-2000

Figure 2-7

Hospitalization rates for men by selected cardiovascular diseases, Canada, 1985-2000

Figure 2-8

Hospitalization rates for all cardiovascular diseases by age group and sex, Canada, 2000/01

Figure 2-9

Number of hospitalizations for cardiovascular diseases, actual and projected, by sex, Canada, 1980-2025

Figure 2-10

Number of hospitalizations for cardiovascular diseases by age group and sex, Canada, 2000/01 (excluding pregnancy and childbirth)

Figure 2-11

Hospitalization rates for ischemic heart disease by age group and sex, Canada, 2000/01

Figure 2-12

Number of hospitalizations for ischemic heart disease, actual and projected, by sex, Canada, 1980-2025

Figure 2-13

Number of hospitalizations for ischemic heart disease by age group and sex, Canada, 2000/01 (excluding pregnancy and childbirth)

Figure 2-14

Hospitalization rates for acute myocardial infarction by age group and sex, Canada, 2000/01

Figure 2-15

Number of hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction, actual and projected, by sex, Canada, 1980-2025

Figure 2-16

Number of hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction by age group and sex, Canada, 2000/01 (excluding pregnancy and childbirth)

Figure 2-17

Hospitalization rates for congestive heart failure by age group and sex, Canada, 2000/01

Figure 2-18

Number of hospitalizations for congestive heart failure, actual and projected, by sex, Canada, 1980-2025

Figure 2-19

Number of hospitalizations for congestive heart failure by age group and sex, Canada, 2000/01 (excluding pregnancy and childbirth)

Figure 2-20

Hospitalization rates for cerebrovascular disease by age group and sex, Canada, 2000/01

Figure 2-21

Number of hospitalizations for cerebrovascular disease actual and projected, by sex, Canada, 1980-2025

Figure 2-22

Number of hospitalizations for cerebrovascular disease by age group and sex, Canada, 2000/01 (excluding pregnancy and childbirth)

Figure 2-23

Rates of hospital procedures for coronary artery bypass grafting by age group and sex, Canada, 2000/01

Figure 2-24

Number of coronary artery bypass surgeries by sex, Canada, 1994/95-2000/01

Figure 2-25

Rates of coronary angioplasties by age group and sex, Canada, 2000/01

Figure 2-26

Number of coronary angioplasties by sex, Canada, 1994/95-2000/01

Figure 2-27

Rates of valve surgery by age group and sex, Canada, 2000/01

Figure 2-28

Number of valve surgeries by sex, Canada, 1994/95-2000/01

Figure 2-29

Rates for pacemaker implantation by age group and sex, Canada, 2000/01

Figure 2-30

Number of pacemaker implantations by sex, Canada, 1994/95-2000/01

Figure 2-31

Rates of carotid endarterectomy by age group and sex, Canada, 2000/01

Figure 2-32

Number of carotid endarterectomies by sex, Canada, 1994/95-2000/01

Figure 2-33

Number of heart transplantations, Canada, 1981-2001

Figure 2-34

Number of prescriptions for treatment of cardiovascular diseases, Canada, 1996-2001 (millions)

Figure 2-35

Estimated number and percent of prescriptions dispensed, top 10 therapeutic classes, Canada, 2001 (millions) 1994/95-2000/01

Chapter 3

 Cost of Cardiovascular Diseases

Figure 3-1

Costs of disease by diagnostic category, Canada, 1998

Figure 3-2

Per capita health costs related to cardiovascular diseases by province, Canada, 1998

Chapter 4

 Health Outcomes

Figure 4-1

Percentage of adults aged 20+ years who report having heart problems by age group and sex, Canada, 2000

Figure 4-2

Percentage of adults with a chronic condition who rated their health as good or better, Canada, 2000

Figure 4-3

Percentage of population aged 12+ years with self-reported heart disease or stroke who report specific limitations in their lives, compared to those without heart disease or stroke, Canada, 2000

Figure 4-4

Leading causes of death, number and percentage of deaths, Canada, 1999

Figure 4-5

Percentage of total deaths due to cardiovascular diseases by age group and sex, Canada, 1999

Figure 4-6

Mortality rate, Canada, 1969-1999

Figure 4-7

Mortality rate, women, Canada, 1969-1999

Figure 4-8

Mortality rate, men, Canada, 1969-1999

Figure 4-9

Number of cardiovascular disease deaths by sex, actual and projected, Canada, 1950-2025

Figure 4-10

Number of ischemic heart disease deaths by sex, actual and projected, Canada, 1950-2025

Figure 4-11

Number of acute myocardial infarction deaths by sex, actual and projected, Canada, 1970-2025

Figure 4-12

Number of congestive heart failure deaths by sex, actual and projected, Canada, 1980-2025

Figure 4-13

Number of cerebrovascular disease deaths by sex, actual and projected, Canada, 1950-2025

Figure 4-14

Rates of mortality for all cardiovascular diseases by age group and sex, Canada, 1999

Figure 4-15

Rates of mortality for ischemic heart disease by age group and sex, Canada, 1999

Figure 4-16

Rates of mortality for acute myocardial infarction by age group and sex, Canada, 1999

Figure 4-17

Rates of mortality for congestive heart failure by age group and sex, Canada, 1999

Figure 4-18

Rates of mortality for cerebrovascular disease by age group and sex, Canada, 1999

Figure 4-19

Number of potential years of life lost (PYLL) prior to age 75 by disease category, 1999

Figure 4-20

Cardiovascular disease mortality rates by sex and province/territory, Canada, 1995-1999

Figure 4-21

Ischemic heart disease mortality rates by sex and province/territory, Canada, 1995-1999

Figure 4-22

Acute myocardial infarction mortality rates by sex and province/territory, Canada, 1995-1999

Figure 4-23

Congestive heart failure mortality rates by sex and province/territory, Canada, 1995-1999

Figure 4-24

Cerebrovascular disease mortality rates by sex and province/territory, Canada, 1995-1999

Figure 4-25

Countries with lowest reported age-standardized mortality rates, cardiovascular diseases, mid- to late-1990s

Figure 4-26

Countries with lowest reported age-standardized mortality rates, ischemic heart disease, mid- to late-1990s

Figure 4-27

Countries with lowest reported age-standardized mortality rates, cerebrovascular disease, mid- to late-1990s

Chapter 5

 Determinants of Cardiovascular Health

Figure 5-1

Mortality rates due to ischemic heart disease among men by neighbourhood income quintile, urban Canada, 1971-1996

Figure 5-2

Mortality rates due to ischemic heart disease among women by neighbourhood income quintile, urban Canada, 1971-1996

Figure 5-3

Mortality rates due to diabetes among men by neighbourhood income quintile, urban Canada, 1971-1996

Figure 5-4

Mortality rates due to diabetes among women by neighbourhood income quintile, urban Canada, 1971-1996