Joellyn Ellison

TL;DR: The overall prevalence of diagnosed hypertension in Canada from 1998 to 2008 was high and increasing, whereas the incidence declined during the same period, and the prevalence was higher among women than among men, as was the incidence among people aged 75 years and older.

TL;DR: The results of the study confirm that diabetes is an important disease burden in Canada impacting the female and male populations differently, and can be used to calculate LE and HALE for other chronic conditions, providing useful information for public health researchers and policymakers.

TL;DR: The objective is to describe the process, structure, benefits, and challenges of a distributed model for chronic disease surveillance across all Canadian provinces and territories (P/Ts) using linked administrative data.

TL;DR: Chronic disease incidence estimates based on CCDSS data are decreasing over time, but not at a constant rate, and further investigations are needed to assess if this decrease is associated with changes in health status, data quality, or physician practices.

TL;DR: This study finds that hypertension is associated with a significant loss in health-adjusted life expectancy compared to life expectancy, and shows that for Canadians 20 years of age, without hypertension, life expectancy is 65.4 years and 61.0 years, for females and males, respectively.