Cancer May Soon Surpass Cardiovascular Disease As Canada's Deadliest Disease
Posted on: Friday, 27 April 2007, 12:00 CDT
OTTAWA (CP) - Cancer may soon surpass cardiovascular disease as Canada's No. 1 killer, a new study predicts.
Combined, the two caused about six of 10 deaths in 2004, but Statistics Canada says the proportion of deaths caused by cardiovascular diseases has been declining while the proportion of cancer deaths has risen over the past 25 years.
Cardiovascular diseases were responsible for 47 per cent of deaths in Canada in 1979; by 2004, this percentage had declined to 32. The opposite has occurred with cancer, Canada's second main cause of death: Cancer was responsible for 23 per cent of deaths in 1979; by 2004, this share had increased to 30 per cent.
"The impact of these opposing trends is that the share of deaths due to cancer may soon catch up with, and eventually surpass, the share of deaths due to cardiovascular diseases," says the report, released Friday.
In 2004, 66,947 people died from cancer, up 6.8 per cent from 2000, while 72,338 died from cardiovascular diseases, a 4.9 per cent decline from 2000.
Source: Canadian Press
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