Cardio-vascular Disease in Canada

This publication is the first comprehensive report in 15 years, about health risk number one. With 25 illustrative charts, it reviews major causes of death in Canada to put heart disease in context. Then, the causes of heart disease are examined in detail (heart attack, stroke, diseases of the arteries, ischemic heart disease, etc.). A look at hospital discharge rates is also included. The study also gives a global perspective, comparing Canada with other industrialized countries like the U.S., Switzerland and Japan.