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Health indicators
December 2000
Health indicators is Web-based data publication produced by Statistics Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information. It provides a set of indicators that measure the health of the Canadian population and the health care system. These indicators are designed to provide comparable information at the health region and provincial/territorial level, and are based on standard definitions and methods.
The indicators are organized into four categories: health status (including health conditions, mortality rates, measures of well-being); non-medical determinants of health (socio-economic characteristics and health behaviours); health system performance (measures of accessibility, appropriateness, effectiveness of health care services); and community and health system characteristics (contextual information).
Health indicators contains data tables with rates for a variety of indicators organized by sex and by health region. It provides provincial and national rates within each table. These data are produced from a wide range of sources, and are the most recent available.
Selected health region level indicators are also available in the
Statistical profile of Canadian communities on Statistics Canada's Web site (www.statcan.ca).
Health indicators (82-221-XIE, free) is available on Statistics Canada's Web site (www.statcan.ca). For more information, contact Jason Gilmore (613-951-7118; jason.gilmore@statcan.gc.ca), Statistics Canada or Phil Taylor (416-481-2002; ptaylor@cihi.ca), Canadian Institute for Health Information.
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