Facts and Issues

Abstract

CHD Facts and Issues Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the world’s leading birth defect. About 1 in 80-100 Canadian children are born with CHD.1 Sixty years ago only ● about 20% of children survived to adulthood; that number has since increased to about 90% – resulting in a growing population of young adults who require life-long cardiac care.2 There are an estimated 257,000 Canadians with congenital heart disease.3 ●