Background: Hypertension is a leading risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. Our objectives
were to examine the prevalence and incidence of diagnosed hypertension in Canada and …

Methods: We used administrative health data from seven provinces and three territories and
five validated chronic conditions (ie cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, mental …

Methods: Using Statistics Canada’s Population Health Microsimulation Model (POHEM)
framework, specifically the population-based longitudinal, microsimulation model named …

Background Worldwide, there is concern that increases in the prevalence of dementia will
result in large demands for caregivers and supportive services that will be challenging to …

Background and Objective Incidence rates of type 1 diabetes have long been on the rise
across the globe, however, there is emerging evidence that the rate of rise may be slowing. The …

… Author links open overlay panel Shazhan Amed MD, MScPH 1 , Kimberly Nuernberger MA
2 , Patrick McCrea BA 2 , Kim Reimer BSc, BEd 3 , Hans Krueger PhD 4 , Sema K. Aydede …

Chronic diseases have a major impact on populations and healthcare systems worldwide.
Administrative health data are an ideal resource for chronic disease surveillance because …

Objective Youth‐onset type 2 diabetes is an emerging disease. We estimated incidence and
prevalence trends of youth‐onset type 2 diabetes between 2002 and 2013 in the Canadian …

Background The surveillance of heart failure (HF) is currently conducted using either survey
or hospital data, which have many limitations. Because Canada is collecting medical …

Methods: We used Statistics Canada’s Population Health Model (POHEM)–Neurological to
simulate individuals’ disease states, risk factors and health determinants and to describe and …