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Over 80 indicators measure the health of the Canadian population and the effectiveness of the health care system. Designed to provide comparable information at the health region and provincial/territorial levels, these data are produced from a wide range of the most recently available sources.
This Internet publication is produced by Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
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December 9, 2021
Updated data tables are available for the following 29 indicators from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
- Health Status: Injury hospitalization; Hospitalized stroke event; Hospitalized acute myocardial infarction (AMI) event.
- Health System Performance: Patients with repeat hospitalizations for mental illness; Ambulatory care sensitive conditions; 30-day acute myocardial infarction in-hospital mortality; 30-day stroke in-hospital mortality; Readmission(s); Hospitalized hip fracture event; Hip Fracture Surgery Within 48 Hours.
- Community and health system characteristics: Inflow/outflow ratio(s); Coronary artery bypass graft; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Cardiac revascularization; Hip replacement; Knee replacement; Hysterectomy; Doctors rate.
Updated data tables are also available for the following indicators.
- Health status: Perceived health (13-10-0096-01); Life expectancy (13-10-0114-01; 13-10-0140-01); Infant mortality (13-10-0713-01); Perinatal mortality (13-10-0714-01); Cancer incidence (13-10-0747-01).
- Community and health system characteristics: Dependency ratio (17-10-0133-01); Population estimates (17-10-0134-01).
- Non-medical determinants of health: Crime incidents (35-10-0177-01); Adults and youth charged (35-10-0177-01).
July 30, 2020
- In the Data tables and definitions section, updated data tables are available for population estimates and dependency ratio.
May 28, 2020
- In the Data tables and definitions section, updated data tables are available for the following 30 indicators from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).
- Health Status: Injury hospitalization; Hospitalized stroke event; Hospitalized acute myocardial infarction (AMI) event; Hospitalizations entirely caused by alcohol.
- Health System Performance: Caesarean section; Patients with repeat hospitalizations for mental illness; Ambulatory care sensitive conditions; 30-day acute myocardial infarction in-hospital mortality; 30-day stroke in-hospital mortality; Readmission(s); Hospitalized hip fracture event.
- Community and health system characteristics: Inflow/outflow ratio(s); Coronary artery bypass graft; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Cardiac revascularization; Hip replacement; Knee replacement; Hysterectomy; Doctors rate.
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