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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

CJD-Surveillance System

Statistics


 

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Referrals of Suspected CJD Reported by CJDSS1,
1997-20112 as of October 31, 2011
Year of Reporting Number of Referrals
1 CJDSS began in 1998
2 Data before 1998 are retrospective and partial, data from 1999 to 2010 are complete, and data
for 2011 is provisional
1997 4
1998 43
1999 63
2000 82
2001 101
2002 103
2003 75
2004 90
2005 97
2006 78
2007 101
2008 100
2009 104
2010 75
2011 80
Total Referrals 1196

CJD Deaths Reported by CJDSS1, 1994-20112 as of October 31, 2011
Deaths of Definite and Probable CJD
Year Sporadic Iatrogenic Familial GSS FFI vCJD Total
1 CJDSS began in 1998
2 Data before 1998 are retrospective and partial, data from 1998 to 2008 are complete, and data
for 2009 - 2011 are provisional
Final classification of 43 cases from 2009, 2010, 2011 is pending
1994 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
1995 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
1996 13 0 0 0 0 0 13
1997 16 0 1 1 0 0 18
1998 22 1 0 1 0 0 24
1999 26 2 2 1 0 0 31
2000 32 0 0 3 0 0 35
2001 27 0 2 1 0 0 30
2002 31 0 2 2 0 1 36
2003 27 1 1 0 0 0 29
2004 42 0 1 0 0 0 43
2005 42 0 0 2 0 0 44
2006 39 0 1 3 1 0 44
2007 35 0 0 4 0 0 39
2008 47 0 1 0 0 0 48
2009 48 0 3 2 0 0 53
2010 33   2       35
2011 13   1     1 15
Total 498 4 17 21 1 2 543

CJD Cases by Province/Territory as of October 31, 2011

Incidence of CJD Deaths Reported by CJDSS in Canada as of October 31, 2011
Year of Death Total CJD Cases Population of Canada Incidence Rate

NOTES:
1 As of September 2002, CJD cases include both definite and probable cases of CJD
2 Data from 1998 to 2008 are complete, and data for 2009 and 2011 are provisional
2010 Population Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division
Final classification of 43 cases from 2009, 2010, 2011 is pending.

1999 31 30,401,286 1.02
2000 35 30,685,730 1.14
2001 30 31,019,020 0.97
20021 36 31,353,656 1.15
2003 29 31,639,670 0.92
2004 43 31,940,676 1.35
2005 44 32,245,209 1.36
2006 44 32,576,074 1.35
2007 39 32,931,956 1.18
2008 48 33,327,337 1.44
2009 53 33,739,814 1.57
20102 35 33,841,500 1.03
20112 15 34,019,075 0.53

World Wide average occurrence of CJD is approximately 1-2 per million population

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