Cancer may soon surpass cardiovascular disease as Canada's deadliest disease
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- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:05:53 -0400
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Cancer may soon surpass cardiovascular disease as Canada's deadliest
disease
Provided by: Canadian Press
Apr. 27, 2007
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.
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