Ups and downs of hypertension control in Canada: critical factors and lessons learned

• Main Authors: Norm RC Campbell (Author), Raj Padwal (Author), Ross T. Tsuyuki (Author), Alexander A Leung (Author), Alan Bell (Author), Janusz Kaczorowski (Author), Sheldon W Tobe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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As the leading risk for death, population control of increased blood pressure represents a major challenge for all countries of the Americas. In the early 1990's, Canada had a hypertension control rate of 13%. The control rate increased to 68% in 2010, accompanied by a sharp decline in cardiova...