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Referrals of Suspected CJD Reported by CJDSS¹,
1997-2012² as of February 29, 2012
Year of Reporting	Number of Referrals
¹CJDSS began in 1998. ²Data before 1998 are retrospective and partial, data from 1999 to 2010 are complete, and data for 2011 and 2012 is provisional.
1997	4
1998	43
1999	63
2000	82
2001	101
2002	103
2003	75
2004	90
2005	97
2006	78
2007	101
2008	100
2009	104
2010	76
2011	99
2012	12
Total Referrals	1228

**CJD Deaths Reported by CJDSS¹, 1994-2012² as of February 29, 2012**
Deaths of Definite and Probable CJD
Year	Sporadic	Iatrogenic	Familial	GSS	FFI	vCJD	Total
¹ CJDSS began in 1998. ²Data before 1998 are retrospective and partial, data from 1998 to 2008 are complete, and data for 2009 - 2012 are provisional. Final classification of 51 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	26	2	2	1	0	0	31
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	0	0	0	43
2005	42	0	0	2	0	0	44
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	34	0	2	0	0	0	36
2011	26	0	2	1	0	1	30
2012	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	513	4	18	22	1	2	560

**Incidence of CJD Deaths Reported by CJDSS in Canada as of February 29, 2012**
Year of Death	Total CJD Cases	Population of Canada	Incidence Rate
NOTES: ¹ As of September 2002, CJD cases include both definite and probable cases of CJD 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 51 cases from 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 is pending.
1999	31	30,401,286	1.02
2000	35	30,685,730	1.14
2001	30	31,019,020	0.97
2002¹	36	31,353,656	1.15
2003	29	31,639,670	0.92
2004	43	31,940,676	1.35
2005	44	32,245,209	1.36
2006	44	32,576,074	1.35
2007	39	32,931,956	1.18
2008	48	33,327,337	1.44
2009	53	33,739,814	1.57
2010²	36	33,841,500	1.06
2011²	30	34,019,075	0.88
2012²		34,482,779