Errata: The Chief Public Health Officer's Report on The State of Public Health in Canada 2010
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Please note revisions to report are current as of April 13, 2011
- Chapter 2: Canada’s Experience in Setting the Stage for Healthy Aging
- Chapter 3: The Health and Well-being of Canadian Seniors
- Chapter 4: Setting Conditions for Healthy Aging
- Appendix C: Definitions and Data Sources for Indicators
Chapter 2: Canada’s Experience in Setting the Stage for Healthy Aging
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For a brief look at how these factors have impacted Aboriginal health, see Textbox 2.2 Historical influences on Aboriginal Peoples health.
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Textbox 2.2 Historical influences on Aboriginal Peoples health.
Chapter 3: The Health and Well-being of Canadian Seniors
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Figure 3.6 - Projected prevalence of dementia in senior CanadiansFootnote 1 by sex, Canada, 2008 to 2038
Summary: Between 2008 and 2038, prevalence of dementia among senior Canadians is projected to increase from 407,531 to 1,042,301 cases; from 144,372 to 396,944 among male seniors; and from 263,159 to 645,357 among female seniors. The population over the age of 65 was simulated within the current model using data obtained from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging.
| Year | All seniors | Male seniors | Female seniors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 407,531 | 144,372 | 263,159 |
| 2013 | 473,872 | 172,459 | 301,414 |
| 2018 | 550,912 | 203,035 | 347,877 |
| 2023 | 648,016 | 245,212 | 402,804 |
| 2028 | 761,526 | 287,879 | 473,647 |
| 2033 | 902,024 | 344,334 | 557,691 |
| 2038 | 1,042,301 | 396,944 | 645,357 |
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Source: Smetanin, P. et al. Rising Tide: The Impact of Dementia in Canada 2008 to 2038
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* The population over the age of 65 was simulated within the current model using data obtained from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging.
Sources: Smetanin, P. et al. Rising Tide: The Impact of Dementia in Canada 2008 to 2038.
Chapter 4: Setting Conditions for Healthy Aging
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Programs an initiatives that target behaviours as well as other determinants of health...
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Companies such as the United Kingdom’s BT Global Service (a telecommunications company) supports employees, who are also caregivers, with flexible work hours, remote access or work-from-home arrangements.
Appendix C: Definitions and Data Sources for Indicators
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Appendix B: Public Health Agency of Canada. (2009). [Analyses were preformed using Health Canada’s DAIS edition of anonymized microdata from the Canadian Community Health Survey, 2005: Cycle 3.1, prepared by Statistics Canada].
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