2009 Tracking Heart Disease and Stroke in Canada

Table of Contents

• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Data Highlight / Prevalence of Heart Disease, Stroke, and Risk Factors
• Data Highlight / CVD Hospitalizations, 2005/06
• Data Highlight / CVD Mortality, 2004
• A Few Words from the Chief Public Health Officer
• Executive Summary

Chapter One / CVD in Canada

• Overview
• Many Canadians Have CVD
• CVD Have a Major Impact on Individuals and Families
  • Poor Health
  • Limitations in Daily Activities
  • Anxiety and Depression
• CVD Have a Major Economic Impact in Canada
• Health Services Help to Manage CVD
  • Team Care
  • CVD Medication Use
  • Hospitalization
• CVD Are a Major Cause of Death
• Summary of Highlights

Chapter Two / Preventing CVD

• Overview
• Tracking CVD Risk Behaviours
• Socio-Demographic Factors and Risk of CVD
  • Income and Education
  • Place of Residence and CVD Risk Factors
  • Ethnicity and Risk Factors
• Tobacco Smoking
• Physical Activity
• Healthy Nutrition
  • Vegetables and Fruit
  • Breakfast
  • Snacks
  • Eating Fast Food
  • Fat Intake
• Overweight and Obesity
• Diabetes
• High Blood Pressure
  • Treatment of High Blood Pressure
• Salt and Sodium
• Cholesterol and Blood Lipids
• Mental Health and Illness
  • Mental Health
  • Mental Illness
• Risk of CVD Among Aboriginal Peoples
  • First Nations
    • First Nations People Living Off-Reserve
    • First Nations People Living On-Reserve
  • Inuit
  • Métis
• Summary of Highlights

Chapter Three / The Genetic Epidemiology of CVD

• Overview
• Genetics and CVD
• Genetics and Obesity
• The Future
• Summary of Highlights

Chapter Four / Heart Disease

• Overview
• Ischemic Heart Disease
  • Hospitalizations Due to Ischemic Heart Disease
  • Deaths Due to Ischemic Heart Disease
• Heart Attack
  • Hospitalizations Due to Heart Attack
  • Deaths Due to Heart Attack
• Congestive Heart Failure
  • Hospitalizations Due to Congestive Heart Failure
  • Deaths Due to Congestive Heart Failure
• Surgical Procedures for Heart Disease
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
  • Coronary Angioplasties
  • Valve Surgery
  • Pacemaker Implantation
  • Heart Transplantations
• Summary of Highlights

Chapter Five / Stroke

• Overview
• Hospitalizations Due to Stroke
• Deaths Due to Stroke
• Procedures for Stroke Prevention
  • Carotid Endarterectomy
• Stroke Management
• Summary of Highlights

Closing Words From the Scientific Editor

• Bibliography
• Resources
• Glossary
• Notes