At-a-glance – How Healthy are Canadians? A brief update

摘要

The purpose of this At-a-glance is to provide an update on a number of the key findings from the 2016 Report, “How Healthy are Canadians?”SUP id="rna-0-rf" Reference 1 /SUP using results from the most recent edition (2018) of the Canadian Chronic Disease Indicators (CCDI; Table 1 ). The 2016 Report examined trends for the four major chronic diseases (cardiovascular disease [CVD],SUP id="fn1-0-rf" Footnote ? /SUP cancer, chronic respiratory disease [CRD]SUP id="fn2-0-rf" Footnote ? /SUP and diabetes) and four associated cross-cutting risk factors (tobacco smoking, physical inactivity, unhealthy eating and harmful use of alcohol) that formed the basis of the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) 2013-2020. SUP id="rnb-0-rf" Reference 2 /SUP In addition, the 2016 Report included mood and/or anxiety disorders because of their major impact on the health of Canadians. Therefore, this update does not focus on all results from the 2018 CCDI in Table 1 but highlights specific aspects of interest, namely the mortality and morbidity experiences of Canadians living with these major chronic diseases, as well as the associated risk factors. The reported results are based on the following four data sources: Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System (CCDSS); Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS); Canadian Health Measure Survey; and, Canadian Vital Statistics–Death Database.