52 - Friday, November 18, 1988 - North Shore News

. Survey

to exa

heart disease
risk factors

B.C. HEALTH Minister Peter
Dueck and federal Health and
Welfare Minister Jake Epp recent-
ly announced the development of a
survey to determine risk factors of
heart disease in British Colum-
bians.

The British Columbia Heart
Health Survey, coordinated by the
B.C. Ministry of Health and using
ministry-trained staff, will in-
vestigate the prevalence and
distribution patterns of risk factors
of cardio-vascular disease
throughout the province.

“The valuable information
gathered by this province-wide
survey will assist in developing
programs to help battle one of the
leading causes of death in our
society,’’ said Dueck.

Health and Welfare Canada,
through ithe National Health
Research and Development Pro-
gram, contributed $27,700 toward
the development of the survey

which will study factors such as
high blood pressure, elevated
blood cholesterol, smoking,
alcohol consumption, and seden-
tary lifestyle.

The survey will sample 2,200
non-institutionalized residents and
provide responses within six age
groups from urban centres, medi-
um-sized communities and rural
areas.

Results of the survey, expected
next fall, will be used in conjunc-
tion with existing information to
plan and evaluate public health
programs aimed at reducing the
risks of heart disease.

Heart diseases have ranked as
the number one cause of death in
British Columbia for the past three
years.

In 1986, there were 6,297 deaths
related to heart disease and a total
of 480,335 hospital days were
utilized for circulatory-related il-
Inesses.

FOUR-YEAR-OLD Vannasa Vondruska carries a lantern that she made
at the Waldorf School. Kindergarten students from the school hosted a
Lantern Walk on North Vancouver’s Grand Boulevard last week to cele-
brate St. fartin’s Day.

NEWS photo Cindy Bellamy

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