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- 1. Shorter hospital stays for breast cancer ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040017038Geography: CanadaDescription:
In this Health Reports article, a 20-year trend in the average length of hospital stay for breast cancer is traced, using data from the Hospital Morbitiy Database and the Person-oriented Information Database. Reasons for the shorter length of stay are examined and its impact on outcomes is discussed.
Release date: 2004-10-19 - 2. Vision problems among seniors ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040017041Geography: CanadaDescription:
In this Health Reports article, data from the Canadian Community Health survey are used to estimate the number of seniors with vision problems, covering topics such as cataracts and glaucoma, diabetes and vision care insurance.
Release date: 2004-10-19 - Articles and reports: 11-522-X20020016713Description:
This paper explores the relationship between low income and prevalence of asthma. The genetic and environmental determinants are incompletely understood. It has been observed in a previous study that Canadians with low incomes are at increased risk of asthma. Based on data from 17,605 subjects 12 years of age or older who participated in the first cycle of the National Population Health Survey (NPHS) from 1994 to 1995, males and females with low incomes had 1.44- and 1.33-fold increases, respectively, in the prevalence of asthma compared with their counterparts with high incomes. However, there was no significant difference observed between middle and high income categories. Therefore, it is not clear if there is a more systematic relationship between income adequacy and asthma occurrence. A much larger sample size of the second cycle of the NPHS allowed us to further explore if the prevalence of asthma increases with decreasing income adequacy among Canadians.
Release date: 2004-09-13 - Articles and reports: 11-522-X20020016718Description:
Cancer surveillance research requires accurate estimates of risk factors at the small area level. These risk factors are often obtained from surveys such as the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) or the Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance Survey (BRFSS). Unfortunately, no one population-based survey provides ideal prevalence estimates of such risk factors. One strategy is to combine information from multiple surveys, using the complementary strengths of one survey to compensate for the weakness of the other. The NHIS is a nationally representative, face-to-face survey with a high response rate; however, it cannot produce state or substate estimates of risk factor prevalence because sample sizes are too small. The BRFSS is a state-level telephone survey that excludes non-telephone households and has a lower response rate, but does provide reasonable sample sizes in all states and many counties. Several methods are available for constructing small-area estimators that combine information from both the NHIS and the BRFSS, including direct estimators, estimators under hierarchical Bayes models and model-assisted estimators. In this paper, we focus on the latter, constructing generalized regression (GREG) and 'minimum-distance' estimators and using existing and newly developed small-area smoothing techniques to smooth the resulting estimators.
Release date: 2004-09-13 - Articles and reports: 82-003-X20030046974Geography: CanadaDescription:
Hospitalization with post-operative infection is relatively rare following cholecystectomy, hysterectomy or appendectomy, with 1.4%, 2.0% and 3.8%, respectively, of patients being identified as having an infection within 30 days of surgery. Nonetheless, the costs of readmission for post-operative infection are estimated at $5.4 to $6.3 million annually.
Release date: 2004-07-21 - 6. Inflammatory bowel disease: Hospitalization ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20030046975Geography: CanadaDescription:
Since the early 1980s, the overall hospitalization rate in Canada has fallen sharply, but the rate for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been stable. To some degree, this stability during an era of decline reflects the high rate of readmission among IBD patients, with more than 20% having at least two hospital stays during the course of a year.
Release date: 2004-07-21 - 7. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20030046978Geography: CanadaDescription:
- Between 1979 and 2001, 599 deaths in Canada were attributed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), only one of which was related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), known as "mad cow disease."
- CJD mortality rates rise with age and are highest among people in their seventies.
Release date: 2004-07-21 - 8. Injuries ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20030036850Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article examines which groups have high rates of injury and what activities are most likely to produce injuries.
Release date: 2004-05-18 - 9. Cancer survival statistics (1992-1994) ArchivedTable: 84-601-X20040017772Description:
The Cancer Survival Statistics tables provide site-specific five-year observed and relative survival estimates for cases diagnosed from 1992 onwards. In addition to age-specific and age-standardized national (excl. Quebec) estimates, all ages (15 to 99 years) and age-standardized provincial estimates are available.
Release date: 2004-05-06 - 10. Cancer incidence in Canada (1992-2002) ArchivedTable: 84-601-X20040017834Description:
The annual Cancer Incidence in Canada tables provide information on the number of new cases and rates of cancer tumours and patients from 1992 onwards by five-year age-groups and sex for all Canadian provinces and territories as well as information on the primary ICD-O-3 sites of cancer.
Release date: 2004-05-06
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- 1. Cancer survival statistics (1992-1994) ArchivedTable: 84-601-X20040017772Description:
The Cancer Survival Statistics tables provide site-specific five-year observed and relative survival estimates for cases diagnosed from 1992 onwards. In addition to age-specific and age-standardized national (excl. Quebec) estimates, all ages (15 to 99 years) and age-standardized provincial estimates are available.
Release date: 2004-05-06 - 2. Cancer incidence in Canada (1992-2002) ArchivedTable: 84-601-X20040017834Description:
The annual Cancer Incidence in Canada tables provide information on the number of new cases and rates of cancer tumours and patients from 1992 onwards by five-year age-groups and sex for all Canadian provinces and territories as well as information on the primary ICD-O-3 sites of cancer.
Release date: 2004-05-06
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- 1. Shorter hospital stays for breast cancer ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040017038Geography: CanadaDescription:
In this Health Reports article, a 20-year trend in the average length of hospital stay for breast cancer is traced, using data from the Hospital Morbitiy Database and the Person-oriented Information Database. Reasons for the shorter length of stay are examined and its impact on outcomes is discussed.
Release date: 2004-10-19 - 2. Vision problems among seniors ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20040017041Geography: CanadaDescription:
In this Health Reports article, data from the Canadian Community Health survey are used to estimate the number of seniors with vision problems, covering topics such as cataracts and glaucoma, diabetes and vision care insurance.
Release date: 2004-10-19 - Articles and reports: 11-522-X20020016713Description:
This paper explores the relationship between low income and prevalence of asthma. The genetic and environmental determinants are incompletely understood. It has been observed in a previous study that Canadians with low incomes are at increased risk of asthma. Based on data from 17,605 subjects 12 years of age or older who participated in the first cycle of the National Population Health Survey (NPHS) from 1994 to 1995, males and females with low incomes had 1.44- and 1.33-fold increases, respectively, in the prevalence of asthma compared with their counterparts with high incomes. However, there was no significant difference observed between middle and high income categories. Therefore, it is not clear if there is a more systematic relationship between income adequacy and asthma occurrence. A much larger sample size of the second cycle of the NPHS allowed us to further explore if the prevalence of asthma increases with decreasing income adequacy among Canadians.
Release date: 2004-09-13 - Articles and reports: 11-522-X20020016718Description:
Cancer surveillance research requires accurate estimates of risk factors at the small area level. These risk factors are often obtained from surveys such as the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) or the Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance Survey (BRFSS). Unfortunately, no one population-based survey provides ideal prevalence estimates of such risk factors. One strategy is to combine information from multiple surveys, using the complementary strengths of one survey to compensate for the weakness of the other. The NHIS is a nationally representative, face-to-face survey with a high response rate; however, it cannot produce state or substate estimates of risk factor prevalence because sample sizes are too small. The BRFSS is a state-level telephone survey that excludes non-telephone households and has a lower response rate, but does provide reasonable sample sizes in all states and many counties. Several methods are available for constructing small-area estimators that combine information from both the NHIS and the BRFSS, including direct estimators, estimators under hierarchical Bayes models and model-assisted estimators. In this paper, we focus on the latter, constructing generalized regression (GREG) and 'minimum-distance' estimators and using existing and newly developed small-area smoothing techniques to smooth the resulting estimators.
Release date: 2004-09-13 - Articles and reports: 82-003-X20030046974Geography: CanadaDescription:
Hospitalization with post-operative infection is relatively rare following cholecystectomy, hysterectomy or appendectomy, with 1.4%, 2.0% and 3.8%, respectively, of patients being identified as having an infection within 30 days of surgery. Nonetheless, the costs of readmission for post-operative infection are estimated at $5.4 to $6.3 million annually.
Release date: 2004-07-21 - 6. Inflammatory bowel disease: Hospitalization ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20030046975Geography: CanadaDescription:
Since the early 1980s, the overall hospitalization rate in Canada has fallen sharply, but the rate for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been stable. To some degree, this stability during an era of decline reflects the high rate of readmission among IBD patients, with more than 20% having at least two hospital stays during the course of a year.
Release date: 2004-07-21 - 7. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20030046978Geography: CanadaDescription:
- Between 1979 and 2001, 599 deaths in Canada were attributed to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), only one of which was related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), known as "mad cow disease."
- CJD mortality rates rise with age and are highest among people in their seventies.
Release date: 2004-07-21 - 8. Injuries ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20030036850Geography: CanadaDescription:
This article examines which groups have high rates of injury and what activities are most likely to produce injuries.
Release date: 2004-05-18 - Articles and reports: 82-003-X20030026811Geography: CanadaDescription:
Five-year relative survival ratios for prostate and breast cancer rose substantially in the 1985 to 1987 and the 1992 to 1994 periods. Increases in survival ratios for colorectal cancer over the same periods were smaller, but still statistically significant. Relative survival for lung cancer changed little.
Release date: 2004-03-29 - 10. Influenza vaccination ArchivedArticles and reports: 82-003-X20030026830Geography: CanadaDescription:
In 2000/01, 28% of Canadians aged 20 or older reported having had a flu shot in the previous year, up from 16% in 1996/97. Close to two-thirds of seniors and one-half of people with chronic conditions had been vaccinated. Among the minority of seniors who did not get a flu shot, the main reason for not getting a shot was that they thought it was unnecessary.
Release date: 2004-03-29
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