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Heart Failure Facts
400,000 Canadians suffer from HF, with 50,000 new cases presenting every year
There are 5 million people suffering from CHF in the US alone, with 550,000 new cases every year
People 40 and over have a 20% chance of developing CHF [2]
CHF prevalence increases with age [1]
Over the past decade HF admissions have increased 159% [21]
80% of men and 70% of women younger than 65 years who have HF die wihtin 8 years of diagnosis [19][20]
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1. emedecine Consumer Health - http://www.emedicinehealth.com
2. American Heart association - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000
19. American Heart Association. Heart and Stroke Statistical Update. Dallas, Tex: American Heart Association; 2002.
20. Riedinger M, Dracup K, Brecht ML. Quality of life in women with heart failure, normative groups, and patients with other chronic conditions. Am J Crit Care. 2002;11(3):211-219.
21. Jessup, M. and Pina, I. L. Is it important to examine gender differences in the epidemiology and outcome of severe heart failure? The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2004;127:5 1247-52
