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What are the risks?
Suffering a critical illness or condition is more likely than
you think.
- 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women are predicted to develop heart
disease in their lifetime.
- There are 40,000 to 50,000 strokes in Canada each year.
During their lifetime:
- 1 in 2.4 men and 1 in 2.7 women living in Canada
will develop cancer.
- 1 in 9 women will develop breast cancer.
- 1 in 11 men and 1 in 18 women will develop lung cancer.
- 136,900 new cancer cases were estimated to occur in Canada
in 2002.
- An estimated 50,000 Canadians, twice as many women as men,
have Multiple Sclerosis.
Surviving a critical illness or condition is also more likely
than you may think.
- 86% of hospitalized heart attack patients survive - the percentage
is higher for those with their first heart attack, and lower
for those with recurrent heart attacks.
- 80% of stroke patients survive the initial event.
Sources: Heart and Stroke Foundation, January 2003
National Cancer Institute of Canada: Canadian Cancer Statistics
2002
2002 Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
The statistics provided have been developed by the identified
sources and are not based on the definitions of critical conditions
contained in a Critical Illness policy.
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