Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Articles and reports: 82-003-X20030046978
Description:

- Between 1979 and 2001, 599 deaths in Canada were attributed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), only one of which was related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), known as "mad cow disease."

- CJD mortality rates rise with age and are highest among people in their seventies.

Issue Number: 2003004
Author(s): Ramage-Morin, Pamela
Main Product: Health Reports
Format Release date More information
PDF July 21, 2004