Adults newly diagnosed with hypertension in Canada, 2007/08

about 418,000

new diagnoses per year, Canada

“In 2007/08, about 6 million adults (23.0%) were living with diagnosed hypertension and about 418,000 had a new diagnosis.”

Robitaille et al., Diagnosed hypertension in Canada: incidence, prevalence and associated mortality (CMAJ 2011), abstract, 2011-11

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Registry or statistics office
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2026-11-06
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What to know
National, from linked provincial and territorial administrative health data (adults 20 and over, pregnant women excluded). No worldwide hypertension incidence is published: GBD models hypertension as a risk factor, not as a cause with incidence.
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High blood pressure

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