That's great that it is increasing! I did see recently about Canada being about 10 years longer. Although I remember reading that it may not be entirely accurate that they are that far ahead if the US, but I can't remember what the reasoning was now. I'm not sure why people with CF would be that much better off in Canada. It seems like they would get just as good if health cars in the US.
It just may be that Canada has Universal coverage. A one-payer system paid for with taxes and not controlled by insurance companies. I might suggest that you contact the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and tell that their numbers are not accurate.
Last edited by Printer; 04-12-2017 at 10:39 AM.
Male 77 CF undetected until age 47. (First symptoms at age 3) Delta F508 & V562I with one copy of Variant 5T. 100% PI. MAC, CFRD.
The article I read stated 3 main reasons. 1) Universal Healthcare, 2) Different approach to lung transplants, and 3) Different approach to nutrition beginning at birth
When did I say that the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation had inaccurate numbers? Actually in the article it states that people with CF who have private health insurance have the same death rate and age as people in Canada. It's people that are on government funded insurance in the US that have a higher death rate and lower age or people with no insurance had the highest. There could be a lot of reasons for that also, since people on Medicaid or no insurance are generally poorer than people with private insurance, so nutrition, depression, lack of compliance with treatments due to lifestyle or lack of education could all play a part. Statistics can be misleading for many different reasons. For one the CFF in the United States does not track every CF patient, only the ones that go to CFF accredited centers, many of the healthiest CF patients go to regular pulmonologists or GI doctors, and are not tracked by the CFF in the US, where as Canada probably has an easier time tracking everyone since they all use the same health insurance and healthcare system. It also stated in the article that Canada implemented the high fat diet in the 70s for CF patients and the United States didn't until the 80s, so they have had a longer time to benefit from that.
OK whatever you say.
Male 77 CF undetected until age 47. (First symptoms at age 3) Delta F508 & V562I with one copy of Variant 5T. 100% PI. MAC, CFRD.