Consider these facts for a moment:

• In 2001, cardiovascular disease accounted for 74,824 Canadian deaths.
  
  
• There are between 40,000 and 50,000 strokes in Canada each year.
  
  
• An estimated 139,900 new cases of cancer were estimated to occur in Canada in 2003.
  
  

But there’s good news as well:

• Between 1969 and 1999, death rates due to heart disease and stroke decreased by 56%.
  
  
• Of every 100 people who are hospitalized for stroke, 50 return home.
  
  
• Since 1988, among men, the death rate for all cancers combined has declined 12%. Since 1988, among women, there has been a 13% decline in death rates for all cancers combined, excluding lung cancer.
  
  

SOURCES www.heartandstroke.ca, Heart and Stroke Foundation website

www.cancer.ca, Canadian Cancer Society website

The reality is that you probably already know someone whose life has been affected by a critical illness…which means you also know how the road to recovery can be long and difficult. But a Critical Illness Survivor Plan can keep your financial momentum rolling so that you and your family have peace of mind knowing that you’re not in it alone.