Interesting Health Statistics

• 60% of the 50,000 strokes that strike annually are suffered by women according to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
• Strokes affect women later than men: age 70 versus age 65.
• Cardiovascular disease remains the number one killer of Canadians.
• The Canadian Cancer Society estimates there will be 153,100 new cases of cancer diagnosed this year and 70,400 deaths.
• More men than women will be diagnosed and die from cancer in 2006.
• 38% of women and 44% of men will develop cancer during their lifetime.
• The Alzheimer Society reports that women are twice as likely as men to suffer from Alzheimer’s.
• The Arthritis Society reports that two-thirds of arthritis sufferers are women.
• The Canadian Diabetes Society expects that the number of Canadians suffering from diabetes to rise from 2 million to 3 million by 2010.
• More women than men are transferred to a chronic care facility after suffering a serious stroke.

Source: Kim Stanley, ADVOCIS FORUM December 2006.

Source: Empire Life, 2005.