Impacts Of Heart Diseases On Canadian Society

1. What Is Heart Disease?

Heart disease is a general phrase that means the heart is not working the way that it should.

2. How Does A Healthy Heart Work?

1. A healthy heart's job is to pump blood around your body and to your lungs.

2. When your right Atrium is full with poor oxygenated blood it contracts opening the Tricuspid valve between the right Atrium and the right Ventricle. Then the blood goes through the Tricuspid valve into the right Ventricle.

3. When your right Ventricle is full, it flows through the Pulmonary valve.

4. When the blood reaches the lungs, carbon dioxide is removed from the blood and fresh oxygen is added making it rich with oxygen. This rich-oxygen blood then flows into the left Atrium.

5. Once in the left Atrium, it contracts when it is filled with rich-oxygenated blood and then the Mitral valve opens up which is between the left Atrium and the left Ventricle. Once the Mitral valve opens, the rich-oxygenated blood flows into the left Ventricle.

6. Once in the left Ventricle, it fills up with the rich-oxygenated blood and when full, it flows into the Aortic valve and out the Aorta into the rest of the body

7. When the rich-oxygenated blood is used up, veins bring the poor oxygenated blood back through the right Atrium and the process repeats.

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3. Mortality Rates Due To Stroke and Heart Disease in Canada

In Canada, heart disease and stroke resulted in 20% of all deaths in Canada.

In 2011, there was a reported of 46,852 deaths all related to heart disease and stroke.

More than half the deaths in Canada that are a result from poor circulatory system are due to Coronary Artery Disease (Ischemic Heart Disease) which is where there is not enough blood that is sent to the heart to keep it healthy.

Strokes (Cerebrovascular Disease) account around 20% of the deaths in Canada.

4. How Do The Provinces and Territories Of Canada Differ From Those of Our International Peers.

Nunavut is ranked at the top of the list in Canada with the second lowest mortality rate (97.2 per 100, 000) in the world, while France is rated first with an average mortality rate of 84.5 per 100, 000.

Quebec is the only province to receive a Grade A with a mortality rate of 124.6 per 100, 000

5. How Does Canada Rate Its' Mortality Rates With Its Peers

Canada rates 6th place in total out of the 16 countries

6. Heart Diseases In Canada

9 out of 10 people have been diagnosed with 1 heart risk factor for CVD (Cardiovascular Disease) at age 20 or over.

4 out of 10 people have 3 or more of these heart risk factors for CVD (Cardiovascular Disease)

As the number of risk factors for CVD (Cardiovascular Disease) gets greater, so does the risk for getting CVD (Cardiovascular Disease).

1.3 million Canadians reported having been diagnosed by a medical professional that they have heart disease.
12 years and older 5%
 75 years and older 23%.

Around 300, 000 Canadians have reported that they have lived with a stroke.
12 years and older — 1%
75 years and older — 7%

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7. Will More People Develop CVD Later in The Future?

With the increasing amount of people who are obese and diabetic and more people who are elderly will lead to an increased amount of people with CVD (Cardiovascular Disease)

8. How Will It Have An Affect On The Economy?

In 2000, CVD costs in Canada costed around $22.2 billion - the 2nd highest total cost amidst all other diagnostic categories. It was slightly less than musculoskeletal diseases which was the highest total cost.

The total costs for CVD (Cardiovascular Disease) include:
Health care costs
Direct cost $7.6 billion
Indirect cost $14.6 billion
which resulted in a loss of economic productivity which was because of disability or death.

In 2009, there was an estimated 65.7 million prescriptions that were released for the treatment of CVD - it was a tremendous increase from 2005 where there were 57.4 million prescriptions released. As well, as in 2003, there were 52.5 million prescriptions released.

In 2007, there was 34.6 million visits (10% of all visits) were made by Canadians to their community physicians for the treatment and management of CVD

In 2005 to 2006, cardiovascular diseases were the primary reasons for hospitalization
For 17% of all hospitalizations -
There was
20% men
14% women.
The percentage doubled when hospitalizations counted CVD as a related condition were included.

CVD was also said to have had the highest percentage of days in the hospital when compared to other health problems
(17% of all days)
19% men
15% women.