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New high blood pressure diagnoses in Canada +8.1% since 2019–20

20 October 2026High Blood PressureCardiovascularAdultsCanada
New high blood pressure diagnoses in Canada +8.1% since 2019–20

New high blood pressure diagnoses in Canada rose from 2,093 to 2,262 per 100,000 between fiscal years 2019–20 and 2022–23 (+8.1%, age-standardized, national health records).

Source: Zakaria et al., Canada Communicable Disease Report 52(9), citing CCDSS data, data as of Fiscal years 2019–20 to 2022–23