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National Report Card for COPD - Canada as a Whole (Individual provincial links are below)
Note: The information contained herein (by province and Canada as a whole), has been extracted from Canadian Lung Association's, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD):a "National Report Card, 2005."
Public Awareness & Attitudes:
- National Awareness - 45%
- Unsympathetic towards smokers -% not reported
- 96% believe COPDer's should have access to the best medications
Did you know that 57% of Canadians overall are, or were, smokers.
Remember: Even if you quit a number of years ago you can still develop (or have been developing) COPD
COPD Awareness in Canada Overall Compared to Other Diseases
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 45%
COPD - 17% (as an acronym)
Breast Cancer - 99%
HIV/AIDS - 98%
Alzheimer's Disease - 97%
Physician Awareness, Attitudes, Familiarity with CTS (Canadian Thoracic Society) Treatment Guidelines
- 26% of the Dr's were familiar with CTS guidelines
- 7% follow them all of the time
- 21% Don't know what treatments are recommended by the guidelines
Access to and Use of Spirometry
- 74% of the physicians acknowledged access to spirometry testing
- 35% of the physicians have used spirometry to diagnose COPD
- 19% of physicians are comfortable interpreting the results.
NOTES:
- Only 1.2% (8,568) of the 714,000 "diagnosed" COPD patients in this report card are able to participate in Rehab programs due to lack of funding
- Not all of the provinces fund the recommended (by the CTS - Canadian Thoracic Society) medicines required for the proper treatment of COPD.
(Note: You may have to "double click" the provincial boxes)
Note: Click here to view the Lung Association's FULL report card
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index_e.html Health Canada's Website
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