Report from the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System: Hypertension in Canada, 2010

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Adults with Diagnosed Hypertension (Forecasted Prevalence) ^{24 25}

If current rates of hypertension by age and sex remain constant:

• By 2011/12, the number of Canadians aged 20 and older with diagnosed hypertension is forecasted to be about 7.3 million – an estimated increase of 25.5% from 2006/07 (Figure 4).
• By 2011/12, among all adults with diagnosed hypertension, almost one in two (48.9%) will be in the 55 to 74 year age range (Figures 5 and 6).
• By 2011/12, about 346,300 adults between the ages of 20 to 40 years are forecasted to be living with diagnosed hypertension – an overall increase of about 25.2% from 2006/07 (Figures 5 and 6).

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²⁴ These estimates were calculated using projections for future populations from Statistics Canada and the assumption that both future CCDSS incidence and mortality rates remain constant.
²⁵ Public Health Agency of Canada. National Diabetes Surveillance System Methods Documentation, 2008. Ottawa: Public Health Agency of Canada; 2009 April. 40p. Available from: www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ccdpc-cpcmc/ndss-snsd/english/diabetes_data/00-06/pdf/method_v208-eng.pdf (pdf)

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