Today, Statistics Canada is releasing new data from the Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database (CCMED). The CCMED is a database developed at Statistics Canada in collaboration with the provincial and territorial Chief Coroners and Chief Medical Examiners and the Public Health Agency of Canada. The CCMED combines information from 12 provincial and territorial databases to provide national level information on the circumstances related to deaths reported to and investigated by coroners and medical examiners.
The availability of national-level information about circumstances of deaths strengthens the ability to respond and protect Canadians from further preventable deaths.
Note to readers
Data for Manitoba are not currently available in the Canadian Coroner and Medical Examiner Database. Data are preliminary and may be updated with future releases as death investigations are finalized.
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