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Study: An algorithm to differentiate diabetic respondents in the Canadian Community Health Survey
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The article "An algorithm to differentiate diabetic respondents in the Canadian Community Health Survey," is released today in Health Reports.
The article explains a method of determining whether respondents to the Canadian Community Health Survey who report diabetes have type 1 or type 2, based on their answers to questions about age of onset, medication use, and timing of the initiation of insulin treatment.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 3226.
The article "An algorithm to differentiate diabetic respondents in the Canadian Community Health Survey," is now available in the complete version of the latest issue of Health Reports, Vol. 19, no. 1 (82-003-XWE, free) from the Publications module of our website. A printed version (82-003-XPE, $24/$68) is also available.
For more information about Health Reports, contact Christine Wright (613-951-1765; christine.wright@statcan.gc.ca), Health Information and Research Division.
For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact Edward Ng (613-951-5308; edward.ng@statcan.gc.ca), Health Information and Research Division.
