By the Numbers

0 – Cures for heart failure

1st – Most rapidly rising cardiovascular disease in Canada

2.1 – Average survival rate, in years

10 – Average length of stay in hospital, in days

25 – Percent, the projected growth of heart failure prevalence in the next 20 years.

26 – Days of hospital resources by average patient in 1st year of treatment

60,000 – Canadians diagnosed each year

1 million – Canadians have heart failure

1.4 million – Hospital stays each year

$3 billion – Its toll on the Canadian health-care system

 

References include:

Ross H, Howlett J, Arnold JM, Liu P, O’Neill BJ, Brophy JM, Simpson CS, Sholdice MM, Knudtson M, Ross DB, Rottger J, & Glasgow K. Treating the right patient at the right time: Access to heart failure care. Canadian Journal of Cardiology 2006;22(9):749-54
Canadian Cardiovascular Society. (2006). CCS Consensus Document on congestive heart failure 2006. Retrieved from: http://www.hfcc.ca/whatsnew/2006.aspx
Canadian Cardiovascular Society. (2001). CCS Consensus Document on congestive heart failure 2001. Retrieved from: http://www.hfcc.ca/whatsnew/2001.aspx
Statistics Canada, CANSIM, table 105-0501 and Catalogue no. 82-221-X
https://www.cihi.ca/en/cad_costingdata_infosheet14_en.pdf
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