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

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All-Cause Mortality among Adults with Diagnosed Hypertension¹

• In 2006/07 mortality rates were higher for adults with diagnosed hypertension compared to adults without diagnosed hypertension (Figure 10).
• In 2006/07, younger adults aged 20 to 49 with diagnosed hypertension had mortality rates that were 2 to 3 times higher than those without diagnosed hypertension. In contrast, adults aged 50 years and older with diagnosed hypertension had mortality rates 1.2 to 1.7 times higher than adults without diagnosed hypertension (Figure 10). This is in part because in these age groups, other chronic problems develop which increase the risk of dying.
• Overall, all-cause mortality rates have decreased from 1998/99 to 2006/07 for all individuals (Figure 11).
• Between 1998/99 and 2006/07, all-cause mortality rates were higher for men than women and consistently higher for those with diagnosed hypertension when compared to those without (Figure 11). Specifically, in 2006/07, the all-cause mortality rate among women with diagnosed hypertension was 6.7 per 1,000 compared to 5.0 per 1,000 in women without hypertension. Similarly, the rates among men were 10.2 per 1,000 and 7.1 per 1,000.

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¹ Data for Nunavut and Québec were unavailable.

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