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Tuesday, June 15, 2004 Health indicators2004, no. 1The second cycle of data from the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) is available today free of charge in this latest issue of Health indicators, an Internet-based publication. In 2003, the CCHS collected information from about 135,000 individuals, aged 12 and older, in 126 health regions covering all provinces and territories. Health indicators (2004, no. 1) contains maps and data tables from the CCHS 2003 for 32 indicators. These include dietary practices, frequency of heavy drinking, exposure to second-hand smoke, body mass index, Pap smear, screening mammography, life stress, high blood pressure, diabetes, leisure-time physical activity and much more. Information on all these variables is available by age, sex and various levels of geography, down to the local health region level. Other data featured in this issue are the latest population estimates and unemployment rates by current health regions. Indicators based on vital statistics, cancer data, census, and hospitalization are also found in this publication. Health indicators is 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 Canada, provincial/territorial and health region level, and are based on standard definitions and methods. Definitions, data sources and methods: survey numbers 3207, 3226, 3233, 3604, 3701 and 3901. The new issue of Health indicators, 2004, no. 1 (82-221-XIE, free) is now available on Statistics Canada's website. From the Our products and services page, under Browse our Internet publications, choose Free, then Health. The Community profiles module now provides "health information," a selection of data from 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey that compliments the 2001 Census data available for those interested in the health region level of geography. For more information, contact Brenda Wannell (613-951-8554; brenda.wannell@statcan.gc.ca), Health Division, Statistics Canada, or Anick Losier (613-241-7860), Canadian Institute for Health Information. |
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