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Darrell's avatar

Hey Rick…thought you might like this site. Here is an excerpt:

Cardiovascular diseases are the second leading cause of death in Canada, accounting for around 17.2 percent of all deaths in 2022. That year, it was estimated that around 76,639 people in Canada died from major cardiovascular diseases, including diseases of the heart, essential hypertension and hypertensive renal disease, cerebrovascular diseases, atherosclerosis, and other diseases of the circulatory system.

https://www.statista.com/topics/10846/cardiovascular-disease-in-canada/

As for the US (this makes me think NHC in Canada is much better than the US) the CDC says 20% die each year.

https://www.cdc.gov/heart-disease/data-research/facts-stats/index.html

And there is this:

The report, published Thursday in the AHA journal Circulation, has been released annually since 1958 and is based on data from the National Institutes of Health and other government sources. This year's report said 121.5 million adults in the U.S. – 48 percent based on 2016 figures – have cardiovascular disease. Heart disease was the No. 1 cause of death in the U.S. and stroke was No. 5, the same ranking as in the previous year.

https://www.heart.org/en/news/2019/01/31/cardiovascular-diseases-affect-nearly-half-of-american-adults-statistics-show

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Rick Dowling's avatar

So, even higher as a cause of death. Yep, definitely not changing my sleep schedule now. Thanks!

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