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Assessment of the burden of diseases and injuries attributable to risk factors in Canada from 1990 to 2016: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study

Samiah Alam, Justin J. Lang, Aaron M. Drucker, Carolyn Gotay, Nicole Kozloff, Kedar Mate, Scott B. Patten, Heather M. Orpana, Ashkan Afshin and Leah E. Cahill
February 28, 2019 7 (1) E140-E148; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20180137
Samiah Alam
Departments of Medicine (Alam, Cahill) and of Community Health and Epidemiology (Alam, Cahill), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (Lang), CHEO Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research (Lang, Orpana), Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, and Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Centre of Excellence in Cancer Prevention (Gotay), School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Kozloff), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Psychiatry (Kozloff), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy (Mate), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry (Patten), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Orpana), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Afshin), Seattle, Wash.; Department of Nutrition (Cahill), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Mass
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Justin J. Lang
Departments of Medicine (Alam, Cahill) and of Community Health and Epidemiology (Alam, Cahill), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (Lang), CHEO Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research (Lang, Orpana), Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, and Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Centre of Excellence in Cancer Prevention (Gotay), School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Kozloff), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Psychiatry (Kozloff), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy (Mate), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry (Patten), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Orpana), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Afshin), Seattle, Wash.; Department of Nutrition (Cahill), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Mass
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Aaron M. Drucker
Departments of Medicine (Alam, Cahill) and of Community Health and Epidemiology (Alam, Cahill), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (Lang), CHEO Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research (Lang, Orpana), Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, and Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Centre of Excellence in Cancer Prevention (Gotay), School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Kozloff), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Psychiatry (Kozloff), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy (Mate), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry (Patten), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Orpana), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Afshin), Seattle, Wash.; Department of Nutrition (Cahill), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Mass
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Carolyn Gotay
Departments of Medicine (Alam, Cahill) and of Community Health and Epidemiology (Alam, Cahill), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (Lang), CHEO Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research (Lang, Orpana), Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, and Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Centre of Excellence in Cancer Prevention (Gotay), School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Kozloff), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Psychiatry (Kozloff), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy (Mate), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry (Patten), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Orpana), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Afshin), Seattle, Wash.; Department of Nutrition (Cahill), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Mass
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Nicole Kozloff
Departments of Medicine (Alam, Cahill) and of Community Health and Epidemiology (Alam, Cahill), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (Lang), CHEO Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research (Lang, Orpana), Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, and Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Centre of Excellence in Cancer Prevention (Gotay), School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Kozloff), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Psychiatry (Kozloff), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy (Mate), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry (Patten), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Orpana), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Afshin), Seattle, Wash.; Department of Nutrition (Cahill), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Mass
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Kedar Mate
Departments of Medicine (Alam, Cahill) and of Community Health and Epidemiology (Alam, Cahill), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (Lang), CHEO Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research (Lang, Orpana), Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, and Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Centre of Excellence in Cancer Prevention (Gotay), School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Kozloff), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Psychiatry (Kozloff), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy (Mate), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry (Patten), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Orpana), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Afshin), Seattle, Wash.; Department of Nutrition (Cahill), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Mass
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Scott B. Patten
Departments of Medicine (Alam, Cahill) and of Community Health and Epidemiology (Alam, Cahill), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (Lang), CHEO Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research (Lang, Orpana), Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, and Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Centre of Excellence in Cancer Prevention (Gotay), School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Kozloff), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Psychiatry (Kozloff), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy (Mate), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry (Patten), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Orpana), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Afshin), Seattle, Wash.; Department of Nutrition (Cahill), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Mass
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Heather M. Orpana
Departments of Medicine (Alam, Cahill) and of Community Health and Epidemiology (Alam, Cahill), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (Lang), CHEO Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research (Lang, Orpana), Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, and Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Centre of Excellence in Cancer Prevention (Gotay), School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Kozloff), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Psychiatry (Kozloff), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy (Mate), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry (Patten), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Orpana), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Afshin), Seattle, Wash.; Department of Nutrition (Cahill), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Mass
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Ashkan Afshin
Departments of Medicine (Alam, Cahill) and of Community Health and Epidemiology (Alam, Cahill), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (Lang), CHEO Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research (Lang, Orpana), Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, and Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Centre of Excellence in Cancer Prevention (Gotay), School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Kozloff), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Psychiatry (Kozloff), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy (Mate), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry (Patten), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Orpana), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Afshin), Seattle, Wash.; Department of Nutrition (Cahill), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Mass
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Leah E. Cahill
Departments of Medicine (Alam, Cahill) and of Community Health and Epidemiology (Alam, Cahill), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (Lang), CHEO Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research (Lang, Orpana), Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, and Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Centre of Excellence in Cancer Prevention (Gotay), School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Kozloff), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Psychiatry (Kozloff), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy (Mate), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry (Patten), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Orpana), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Afshin), Seattle, Wash.; Department of Nutrition (Cahill), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Mass
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vol. 7 no. 1 E140-E148
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https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20180137
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30819694
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  • Published online February 28, 2019.
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  1. Samiah Alam, MSc,
  2. Justin J. Lang, PhD,
  3. Aaron M. Drucker, MD ScM,
  4. Carolyn Gotay, PhD,
  5. Nicole Kozloff, MD SM,
  6. Kedar Mate, MSc,
  7. Scott B. Patten, MD PhD,
  8. Heather M. Orpana, PhD,
  9. Ashkan Afshin, MD ScD,
  10. Leah E. Cahill, PhD
  1. Departments of Medicine (Alam, Cahill) and of Community Health and Epidemiology (Alam, Cahill), Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS; Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (Lang), CHEO Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.; Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research (Lang, Orpana), Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, and Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Dermatology (Drucker), Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Centre of Excellence in Cancer Prevention (Gotay), School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Kozloff), Toronto, Ont.; Department of Psychiatry (Kozloff), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; School of Physical and Occupational Therapy (Mate), McGill University, Montréal, Que.; Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry (Patten), University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.; School of Epidemiology and Public Health (Orpana), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Afshin), Seattle, Wash.; Department of Nutrition (Cahill), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Mass
  1. Correspondence to: Leah Cahill, leah.cahill{at}dal.ca
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Samiah Alam, Justin J. Lang, Aaron M. Drucker, Carolyn Gotay, Nicole Kozloff, Kedar Mate, Scott B. Patten, Heather M. Orpana, Ashkan Afshin, Leah E. Cahill
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Jan 2019, 7 (1) E140-E148; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20180137
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