Health Statistics at a glance
Warnings
Only the 1999 edition is available.
The product Health Indicators (Statistics Canada Catalogue No. 82-221-XIB) provides similar data online since 2000 edition.
Description
Health indicators provides a set of core data for the examination of the health situation in Canada. Aggregated data are organized into four categories: determinants of health, health status, health resources, and health utilization (see list below). Extended time series for Canada, provinces and territories, and depending upon the indicator data are cross-classified by age and sex, and sometimes education.
Determinants of health includes indicators which influence health status such as population characteristics, environment, socio-economic conditions, lifestyle of individuals and the many behavioural elements of individual risk. Health status refers to the measures of health and well being, perceived or diagnosed, in the population. Health resource indicators reflect the means brought to bear to restore or maintain the health of individuals; these can be human, physical, financial and organizational. Health utilization indicators reflect the resources and services used by the population.
Documentation
Content
Causes of death (detailed)
- Number of deaths and rates by sex (3) - 1996 and 1997
- Number of deaths by nature of injury International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9, 3-digit) (126), sex (3), and age groups (22) - 1996
- Number of deaths by nature of injury International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9, 3-digit) (132), sex (3), and age groups (22) - 1997
- Number of deaths by nature of injury International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9, 3-digit) (132), sex (3), and age groups (22) - 1996
- Number of deaths by nature of injury International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9, 4-digit) (381), sex (3), and age groups (22) - 1997
- Number of deaths by nature of injury International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9, block (25)), sex (3), and age groups (22) - 1996 and 1997
- Number of deaths by underlying cause of death International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9, 3-digit) (618), sex (3), and age groups (21) - 1996
- Number of deaths by underlying cause of death International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9, 3-digit) (618), sex (3), and age groups (21) - 1997
- Number of deaths by underlying cause of death International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9, 4-digit) (1,794), sex (3), and age groups (21) - 1996
- Number of deaths by underlying cause of death International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9 chapter 18 block (118), sex (3), and age groups (21) - 1997
- Number of deaths by underlying cause of death International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9 chapter 18 block (118), sex (3), and age groups (21) - 1996 and 1997
Causes of death - summary list
- Age standardized mortality rates per 100,000 population by selected causes, 1995 to 1997: Number of deaths by selected causes (36), count and rate (2), sex (3), and age groups (22), Canada, provinces and territories
- Deaths by causes - A-list, 1995 to 1997: Age-standardized mortality rates per 100,000 population by selected causes (36) and sex (3), Canada, provinces and territories
- Deaths by selected causes, 1995 to 1997: Summary of vital statistics indicators (32), Canada, provinces and territories
- Infant deaths for selected detailed causes, 1995 to 1997: Number of infant deaths for selected detailed causes (95), count and rate (2), by sex (3) and age groups (24), Canada, provinces and territories
- Summary of vital statistics information, 1995 to 1997: Number of deaths by causes (A-list)(359), count and rate (2), sex (3) and age groups (25), Canada, provinces and territories
Health determinants
- Age specific fertility rate
- Body mass index groupings(5), age group(8) and by sex(3)
- Breast feeding by age groups (7) and education (6)
- Caregiver burden by age groups (9), sex (3) and education (6)
- Consumption of alcohol
- Consumption of cigarettes
- Consumption of selected foods(5) at breakfast by frequency of consumption(4), age group (5) and by sex(3)
- Dietary practices (5), age groups (10), sex (3) and education (6)
- Education and literacy by age groups (8), sex (3) and education (6)
- Elderly by low income cutoff (LICO)(5), age group(4) and by sex(3)
- Elderly unattached individuals by age groups(4), income level(8) and by sex(3)
- Exercise by age group(8), exercise frequency(5) and by sex(3)
- Family composition (3)
- Feeling of mastery by age groups (11), sex (3), education (6) and level of mastery (5)
- Frequency of drinking and driving within two hours of consuming alcohol(5) by age group(5) and sex(3)
- Giving informal care by by age groups (9), sex (3), education (6) and informal care (4)
- Job satisfaction by age group and sex
- Length of sun exposure (4) by age groups (9) and sex (3)
- Life stress by age groups (5), sex (3) and education (6)
- Live births
- Lone parent families with children under the age of 18 at home by sex of parent(3)
- Number of drinkers
- Number of people with high blood pressure
- Number of smokers
- Number of therapeutic abortions and number of live births for women aged 13 through 19
- Pap smear within the past year by age group(8)
- People 15 years and over who always wear seatbelts by age group(8) and by sex(3)
- Population and percentage distribution
- Population by age of first sexual intercourse(7) and by sex(3)
- Population by level of stress(4), age group(5) and sex(3)
- Receiving care by age groups (9), sex (3) and education (6)
- Recent measures taken to improve health by age group(5), types of measures(13) and by sex(3)
- Regular breast examination by type of examination and age group(8)
- Self esteem by age groups (11), sex (3), education (6) and level of self esteem (5)
- Size of the labour force by age groups(5) and sex(3)
- Smoke free homes by age groups (11), sex (3) and education (6)
- Smoke free workplaces by age groups (11), sex (3) and education (6)
- Social support by age groups (10), sex (3), education (6) and social support needs (3)
- Time-loss work injuries by age groups(5), industry division(20) and by sex(4)
- Total fertility rate
- Unmet health care needs by age groups (10), sex (3), and education (6)
- Weight change desire by age group(8) and by sex(3)
- Work stress by age groups (9), sex (3) and occupation (12)
Health resources
- Enrolment and Graduates in health related disciplines in community colleges by type of discipline(9) and by sex(3)
- Enrolments in health related disciplines in universities, by type of discipline(15), level of program(3), status of student(3) and by sex(3)
- Graduates from health related disciplines in universities by type of discipline(15), level of program(3) and by sex(3)
- Health expenditures by category(7)
- Health expenditures by sector(4)
- Number of approved beds and beds per 1,000 population by type of institution(3) and by type of care(7)
- Number of health personnel by type of occupation(48)
Health resources utilization
- Alternative health care (5), by age groups (10), sex (3) and type of alternative care (4)
- Average length of stay by age groups (12), sex (3) and leading causes of hospitalization (16)
- Average length of stay in hospital by chapters of Canadian Classification of Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Surgical Procedures (CCP) (19), age groups (12) and sex (3), Canada, provinces and territories (13)
- Average length of stay in hospital by leading interventions (16), age groups (12) and sex (3)
- Average length of stay in hospitals, days' stay and number of separations by diagnostic chapter(19), age group(6) and by sex(3)
- Average payment per medical care service by category of service (17) and physician specialty (19)
- Average payment per medical care service by category of service(18) and physician specialty(21)
- Dental visits (5), by age groups (10), sex (3) and education (6)
- Eye exams (5), by age groups (10), sex (3) and education (6)
- Medications used (7), by age groups (10), sex (3) and education (6)
- Number of patient-days by age group(6) and by sex(3)
- Number of patient-days by type of institution(3) and by type of care(3)
- Number of separations from hospitals by type of separation(3)
- Percentage occupancy of institutional approved beds, by type of institution(2) and by type of care(7)
- Physical exams (5), by age groups (10), sex (3) and education (6)
- Professional visits: number of health professional visits (5), by age groups (10), sex (3) and education (6)
- Use of home care (8), by age groups (10), sex (3) and care type (7)
Health status
- Age-standardized mortality rates by selected causes(25) and by sex(3)
- Chronic conditions by age groups (10), sex (3), and education (6))
- Detailed causes of deaths, rates, by age groups (21) and sex (3) and detailed causes of death (283)
- Leading causes of hospitalization: number and rate of hospitalizations by leading causes of hospitalization (16), age groups (12) and sex (3)
- Leading sites of cancer by age and sex: number and rates of reported cases of cancer by leading cancer sites (10), age groups (9) and sex (3)
- Life expectancy by age group(20) and by sex(3)
- Live births and stillbirths by age groups(11) and order of birth(7)
- Number and rate of hospital separations by interventions (16), age groups (12) and sex (3)
- Number and rate of hospitalizations by Canadian Classification of Diagnostic, Therapeutic and Surgical Procedures (CCP) chapter (19), age groups (12) and sex (3)
- Number of ambulatory care and surgical day care visits and ambulatory and surgical day care visits by type of visit(4) to hospitals
- Number of hospital separations and days' stay due to motor vehicle traffic accidents by age group(6) and by sex(3)
- Number of hospital separations by age group(6), diagnostic group(19) and by sex(3)
- Number of persons and percentage of persons with at least one type of disability by age group(6), nature of disability(8) and by sex(3)
- Number of persons with at least one disability by age group(5), severity of disability(4), type of living arrangement(3) and by sex(3)
- Number of persons with at least one type of disability due to motor vehicle accidents by age group(4), nature of disability(4) and by sex(3)
- Number of reported cases of sexually transmitted diseases by type of disease(4), age group(12) and by sex(4)
- Number of reported cases of notifiable diseases by type of disease(10), age groups(12) and by sex(4)
- Number of stillbirths of 28 weeks and over gestation, number of deaths under one week and one year, number of live births, infant mortality rate, perinatal mortality rate and early neo-natal mortality rate by cause of death(11) and by sex(4)
- Number of suicides by age group(8) and by sex(3)
- Perceived health status by age group(5) and sex(3)
- Potential years of life lost by cause of death(10), age group(15) and by sex(3)
- Psychological well being by age group (10), sex (3), education (6)
- Risk of depression (5), by age groups (10), sex (3), and education (6)
- Selected causes of death by age and sex: number of deaths by selected causes of death (44), by age groups (20) and sex (3)
- Two week disability by age groups (12), sex (3), and education (6)
Last modified : February 23 2009