CLSA by the Numbers
The CLSA will have a wide reach across Canada and we will collect vast amounts of information:
- 50,000 participants
- 20 years to complete the study
- Up to 140,000 telephone interviews
- Up to 210,000 home interviews
- Up to 210,000 visits to data collection sites
- Up to 8,820,000 bio-specimen aliquots
- Up to 300,000 follow-up calls
- Up to 129 million questions asked during telephone interviews
- Up to 219 million data points collected during CLSA home interviews and visits to data collection sites
- Up to 348 million anticipated data points that will form the CLSA research platform