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Statistics

Lung diseases

Best overall source

The best overall source for statistics on respiratory diseases in Canada is the report called Life and Breath: Respiratory Disease in Canada, released in November 2007. This report is a collaborative effort of the Public Health Agency of Canada's Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, the Canadian Lung Association, Statistics Canada, and the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

General facts and figures on lung diseases

Figures from the Public Health Agency of Canada's Centre for Chronic Prevention and Control: This section includes data on proportion of all deaths and hospitalizations due to respiratory diseases, and associated health care costs.

Canadian Lung Association Study: Exploring self-awareness levels of major lung disease risk factors among Canadians most at risk. October 2010

Asthma

Statistics Canada Persons with asthma by age and sex

COPD (emphysema and chronic bronchitis)

COPD figures from Statistics Canada

Lung cancer

In 2012, an estimated 25,600 Canadians will be diagnosed with lung cancer and 20,100 will die of it. Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death for both men and women.

  • An estimated 12,300 women will be diagnosed with lung cancer and 9,400 will die of it.
  • An estimated 13,300 men will be diagnosed with lung cancer and 10,800 will die of it.
  • On average,†70 Canadians will be diagnosed with lung cancer every day.
  • On average, 55 Canadians will die of lung cancer every day.
  • One in 11 men is expected to develop lung cancer during his lifetime and one in 13 will die of it.
  • One in 15 women is expected to develop lung cancer during her lifetime and one in 17 is expected to die of it.

All statistics are estimates from: Canadian Cancer Societyís Steering Committee: Canadian Cancer Statistics 2012. Toronto: Canadian Cancer Society, 2012.

Influenza

FluWatch- The Public Health Agency of Canada's flu surveillance program

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis in Canada 2006 Pre-release: report from the Public Health Agency of Canada

Pediatric tuberculosis in Canada: report from the Public Health Agency of Canada

Tuberculosis among the foreign-born in Canada: report from the Public Health Agency of Canada

Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Among the Foreign-born in Canada: report from the Public Health Agency of Canada