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Referrals of Suspected CJD Reported by CJDSS^{Referrals - Footnote 1}, 1997-2012^{Referrals - Footnote 2}
As of Dec 31, 2012
Year of Reporting	Number of Referrals
Referrals - Footnote 1 CJDSS began in 1998 Referrals - Footnote 2 Data before 1998 are retrospective and partial, data from 1999 to 2011 are complete, and data for 2012 is provisional
1997	4
1998	43
1999	63
2000	82
2001	101
2002	103
2003	75
2004	90
2005	97
2006	79
2007	101
2008	100
2009	104
2010	76
2011	101
2012	99
Total	1318

CJD Deaths Reported by CJDSS^{Deaths Reported - Footnote 1}, 1994-2012^{Deaths Reported - Footnote 2}
As of Dec 31, 2012

**Deaths of Definite and Probable CJD**
Year	Sporadic	Iatrogenic	Familial	GSS	FFI	vCJD	Total
Deaths Reported - Footnote 1 CJDSS began in 1998 Deaths Reported - Footnote 2 Data before 1998 are retrospective and partial, data from 1998 to 2008 are complete, and data for 2009 - 2012 are provisional Final classification of 48 cases from 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 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	27	2	2	1	0	0	32
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	1	0	0	44
2005	41	0	1	1	0	0	43
2006	39	0	1	3	1	0	44
2007	35	0	0	4	0	0	39
2008	48	0	1	0	0	0	49
2009	48	0	3	2	0	0	53
2010	35	0	3	0	0	0	38
2011	43	0	2	1	0	1	47
2012	27	0	0	0	0	0	27
Total	558	4	20	22	1	2	607

CJD Cases by Province/Territory 31 December, 2012

Incidence of CJD Deaths Reported by CJDSS in Canada
As of December 31, 2012
Year of Death	Total CJD Cases	Population of Canada	Incidence Rate
NOTES: Incidence of CJD - Footnote 1 As of September 2002, CJD cases include both definite and probable cases of CJD Incidence of CJD - Footnote 2 Data from 1998 to 2008 are complete, and data for 2009 - 2012 are provisional 2011 Population Source: Statistics Canada, Demography Division Final classification of 48 cases from 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 is pending.
1999	32	30,401,286	1.05
2000	35	30,685,730	1.14
2001	30	31,019,020	0.97
2002^{Incidence of CJD - Footnote 1}	36	31,353,656	1.15
2003	29	31,639,670	0.92
2004	44	31,940,676	1.38
2005	43	32,245,209	1.33
2006	44	32,576,074	1.35
2007	39	32,931,956	1.18
2008	49	33,327,337	1.47
2009	53	33,739,814	1.57
2010^{Incidence of CJD - Footnote 2}	38	33,841,500	1.12
2011^{Incidence of CJD - Footnote 2}	47	34,019,075	1.38
2012^{Incidence of CJD - Footnote 2}	27	34,482,779	0.79

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