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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance System
(CJD-SS)

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Statistics

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Referrals of Suspected CJD Reported by CJD-SS1, 1997-20072
As of November 1, 2007

Year of Reporting
# of Referrals
1997

4

1998

43

1999

63

2000

82

2001

101

2002

103

2003

75

2004

89

2005

97

2006

78
2007

75
Total Referrals
810

Notes:
1CJD-SS began in April 1998
2Data before April 1998 are retrospective and partial, data from 1999 to 2005 are complete, and data for 2006 and 2007 are provisional

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CJD Deaths Reported by CJD-SS1, 1994-20072
As of November 1, 2007

Deaths of Definite and Probable CJD
Year
Sporadic
Iatrogenic
Familial
GSS
FFI
vCJD
Total
1994

2

0

0

0

0

0

2
1995

3

0

0

0

0

0

3
1996

13

0

0

0

0

0

13
1997

16

0

1

1

0

0

18
1998

22

1

0

1

0

0

24
1999

26

2

2

1

0

0

31
2000

32

0

0

3

0

0

35
2001

27

0

2

1

0

0

30
2002

31

0

2

2

0

1

36
2003

27

1

1

0

0

0

29
2004

42

0

1

0

0

0

43
2005

39

0

1

1

0

0

41
20062

33

0

1

2

1

0

37
20072

5

0

0

0

0

0

5
Total

318

4

11

12

1

1
347

Notes:
1CJD-SS began in April 1998
22Data before April 1998 are retrospective and partial, data from 1999 to 2005 are complete, and data for 2006 and 2007 are provisional

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CJD Cases by Province/Territory
As of November 1, 2007

CJD Cases by Province As of November 1, 2007

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Incidence of CJD1 Deaths Reported by CJD-ss in Canada
As of November 1, 2007

Year of Death
Total CJD Cases
Population of Canada
Incidence Rate

1999

31

30,403,878

1.02

2000

35

30,689,035

1.14

2001

30

30,021,251

0.97

20021

36

31,372,587

1.15

2003

29

31,669,150

0.92

2004

43

32,069,999

1.34

2005

41

32,378,122

1.27

20062

37

32,730,213

1.13

20072

5

32,976,026

0.15

World Wide average occurrence of CJD is approximately 1-2 per million population

Notes:
1 As of September 2002, CJD cases include both definite and probable cases of CJD
2Data from 1999 to 2005 are complete, and data for 2006 are provisional

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