Did you know…
- one in every 3,600 children born in Canada has cystic fibrosis
- 60% of people with cystic fibrosis are diagnosed in the first year of life, and 90% by age 10
- 3,800 children, adolescents and adults attend specialized cystic fibrosis clinics
- one in 25 Canadians carries a defective version of the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis
- more than 50% of people with CF carry two copies of the most common cystic fibrosis mutation, ΔF508
- more than 85% of all people with cystic fibrosis carry at least one copy of ΔF508
- there are over 1,800 mutations in the gene responsible for CF
- in the 1960s, most children with cystic fibrosis did not live long enough to attend kindergarten
- today, half of all Canadians with cystic fibrosis are expected to live into their 40s and beyond
- the number of Canadian adults with cystic fibrosis (aged 18+) surpasses the number of children with CF
