The following highlights provide you with a general overview of the health of Canadians on an indicator-by-indicator basis. Highlights based on National Population Health Survey (NPHS) or National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) data are presented at a Canada or provincial level. Highlights based on other sources are presented at the health region level of geography, using peer groups.

Health status

• Self-rated health
  
• Self-rated health over consecutive survey cycles: 1994/95 and 1996/97
  
• Self-rated health over consecutive survey cycles: 1996/97 and 1998/99
  
• Self-rated health over consecutive survey cycles: 1994/95, 1996/97 and 1998/99
  
• Self-esteem
  
• Body mass index (BMI): Canadian standard
  
• Body mass index (BMI): International standard
  
• Arthritis and rheumatism
  
• Diabetes
  
• Asthma
  
• High blood pressure
  
• Pain or discomfort that affects activities
  
• Pain or discomfort by severity
  
• Depression
• Low Birth Weight
• Functional health
  
• Two-week disability days
  
• Activity limitation
• Disability-free life expectancy at birth
• Disability-free life expectancy at age 65
• Infant Mortality
• Perinatal mortality
• Life expectancy at birth
• Life Expectancy at Age 65
• Overall mortality rates
• Deaths due to all circulatory disease
• Deaths due to ischaemic heart disease
• Deaths due to cerebrovascular disease
• Deaths due to all other circulatory diseases
• Suicide
• Deaths due to unintentional injuries
• Deaths due to all cancers
• Deaths due to lung cancer
• Deaths due to colorectal cancer
• Deaths due to breast cancer
• Deaths due to prostate cancer
• Deaths due to all respiratory disease
• Deaths due to pneumonia and influenza
• Deaths due to bronchitis, emphysema and asthma
• Deaths due to all other respiratory diseases
• Deaths due to AIDS
• Potential years of life lost (PYLL): Overall mortality
• Potential years of life lost (PYLL): Cancer
  
• Potential years of life lost (PYLL): Circulatory disease deaths
  
• Potential years of life lost (PYLL): Respiratory disease deaths
• Potential years of life lost (PYLL): Unintentional injury deaths
  
• Potential years of life lost (PYLL): Suicide
  

Non-medical determinants of health

• Smoking
  
• Quitting smoking: 1994/95 and 1996/97
  
• Quitting smoking: 1996/97 and 1998/99
  
• Quitting smoking: 1994/95 and 1998/99
  
• Frequency of heavy drinking
  
• Leisure-time physical activity
  
• Breastfeeding practices
• High school graduates
• Post-secondary graduates
• Average number of years of schooling
  
• Long-term unemployment rate
• Low income rate (1995 Income)
• The Unemployment Rate and the Youth Unemployment Rate
• Children in low-income families (1995 Income)
  
• Average personal income (1995 Income)
• Income inequality
• Government transfer income
  
• Housing affordability (1995 Income)
  
• Owner-occupied dwellings and average dwelling Values
  
• Decision latitude at work
  
• Social support
  
• Life stress

Health system performance

• Influenza immunization
  
• Screening mammography
  
• Pap smear
  
• Deaths due to medically treatable diseases: Hypertensive disease
  
• Deaths due to medically treatable diseases: Cervical cancer
• Deaths due to medically treatable diseases: Bacterial infections
• Deaths due to medically treatable diseases: Pneumonia and unspecified bronchitis

Community health system characteristics

• Population density
• Dependency Ratio
• Aboriginal population
• Immigrant population
  
• Lone-parent families
  
• Visible minority groups
• Urban Population
• Internal migration rates

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