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  • 1. Health Reports
    Journals and periodicals: 82-003-X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Health Reports, published by the Health Analysis Division of Statistics Canada, is a peer-reviewed journal of population health and health services research. It is designed for a broad audience that includes health professionals, researchers, policymakers, and the general public. The journal publishes articles of wide interest that contain original and timely analyses of national or provincial/territorial surveys or administrative databases. New articles are published electronically each month.

    Health Reports had an impact factor of 5.0 for 2022 and a five-year impact factor of 5.6. All articles are indexed in PubMed. Our online catalogue is free and receives more than 700,000 visits per year. External submissions are welcome.
    Release date: 2024-03-20
  • 2. The effect of COVID-19 on physical activity among Canadians and the future risk of cardiovascular disease Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202100100019
    Description:

    The shift by Canadians to a more physically distanced life resulted in a dramatic reduction in the transmission of COVID-19. However, there are concerns that health behaviours, including physical activity, have consequently changed in ways that will result in an unintended increase in the risk of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes and cancer. This study looks at how many Canadians could develop cardiovascular disease over the next three years because of reduced levels of physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Release date: 2021-06-25
  • 3. The 10 leading causes of death, 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 82-625-X201700114776
    Description:

    Statistics shown in this fact sheet come from vital statistics Canadian death database. These data are collected from all provincial and territorial vital statistics registries and contain demographic and medical (cause of death) information on all deaths in Canada.

    Release date: 2017-03-09
  • 4. Blood pressure of adults, 2012 to 2015 Archived
    Stats in brief: 82-625-X201600114657
    Description:

    This is a Health fact sheet about measured blood pressure and hypertension among Canadian adults aged 20 to 79. An important risk factor for hypertension is being overweight or obese. The results shown are based on data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey.

    Release date: 2016-10-13
  • 5. Changes in causes of death, 1950 to 2012 Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-630-X2016003
    Description:

    This edition of Canadian Megatrends looks at changes in the causes of death from 1950 to 2012.

    Release date: 2016-03-21
  • 6. The health of girls and women in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 89-503-X201500114324
    Description:

    This chapter of Women in Canada presents a life course perspective of the physical, mental and social health of girls and women in Canada. It is intended to provide a summary of various aspects of women’s health, based on available recent survey and administrative data, as well as findings from published research papers and reports. It begins with a general overview of female health in Canada - with a look at the social determinants of health and the health of women who are immigrants to Canada - followed by four sections that describe female health in childhood, in adolescence, in adulthood, and at older ages. Each of these sections includes information on various health behaviours, disease and chronic conditions, and mental health. Sexual activity and reproduction are also examined, beginning in adolescence.

    Release date: 2016-03-08
  • 7. Population health impact of statin treatment in Canada Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201600114305
    Description:

    With data from the 2007 to 2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey, this study describes the CVD risk profile of Canadians aged 20 to 79, compares current treatment patterns with guideline recommendations, and examines the population health impact of statin treatment.

    Release date: 2016-01-20
  • 8. Omega-3 Index of Canadian adults Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201501114242
    Description:

    Two fatty acids—eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)—have been associated with cardioprotective effects. The Omega-3 Index is the combined percentage of EPA and DHA of total fatty acids in red blood cell membranes. This study estimates EPA+DHA levels in terms of the Omega-3 Index and the cut-points for coronary heart disease (CHD) risk among a nationally representative sample of Canadian adults. Factors related to Omega-3 Index levels and potential associations with CHD-related factors were examined, using direct measures from the 2012/2013 Canadian Health Measures Survey.

    Release date: 2015-11-18
  • 9. Omega-3 fatty acid levels of adults, 2012 and 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 82-625-X201500114245
    Description:

    This is a health fact sheet about omega-3 fatty acid levels in Canadians aged 20 to 79. Results shown are based on data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey.

    Release date: 2015-11-18
  • 10. Oral contraceptive use among women aged 15 to 49: Results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201501014222
    Description:

    Based on results for 2007 to 2011 from the Canadian Health Measures Survey, the present study estimates the prevalence of oral contraceptive (OC) use among non-pregnant reproductive-aged women; profiles OC users by sociodemographic characteristics and cardiovascular risk factors; and identifies the OCs used, by estrogen dose and progestin type.

    Release date: 2015-10-21
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  • 1. Mortality, Summary List of Causes Archived
    Table: 84F0209X
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This publication contains statistical tables showing the number of deaths by age, sex and grouped underlying cause for Canada, the provinces and territories. Also included are age-specific and age-standardized mortality rates by grouped underlying cause of death.

    Release date: 2012-07-25
  • 2. Comparable Health Indicators - Canada, Provinces and Territories Archived
    Table: 82-401-X
    Geography: Province or territory
    Description:

    This Internet publication presents comparable health indicators for Canada, the provinces and territories. Indicators have been jointly selected by provincial and territorial health ministries, and Health Canada. Comparable Health Indicators address primary health care, home care, other programs and services, catastrophic drug coverage and pharmaceutical management, diagnostic and medical equipment, health human resources and healthy Canadians.

    Release date: 2009-05-25
  • 3. National Population Health Survey - Public Use Microdata Files - Household Component Archived
    Public use microdata: 82M0009X
    Description:

    The National Population Health Survey (NPHS) used the Labour Force Survey sampling frame to draw the initial sample of approximately 20,000 households starting in 1994 and for the sample top-up this third cycle. The survey is conducted every two years. The sample collection is distributed over four quarterly periods followed by a follow-up period and the whole process takes a year. In each household, some limited health information is collected from all household members and one person in each household is randomly selected for a more in-depth interview.

    The survey is designed to collect information on the health of the Canadian population and related socio-demographic information. The first cycle of data collection began in 1994, and continues every second year thereafter. The survey is designed to produce both cross-sectional and longitudinal estimates. The questionnaires includes content related to health status, use of health services, determinants of health, a health index, chronic conditions and activity restrictions. The use of health services is probed through visits to health care providers, both traditional and non-traditional, and the use of drugs and other mediciations. Health determinants include smoking, alcohol use and physical activity. A special focus content for this cycle includes family medical history with questions about certain chronic conditions among immediate family members and when they were acquired. As well, a section on self care has also been included this cycle. The socio-demographic information includes age, sex, education, ethnicity, household income and labour force status.

    Release date: 2000-12-19
  • 4. National Population Health Survey: Health Institutions Public Use Microdata File Archived
    Public use microdata: 82M0010X
    Description:

    The National Population Health Survey (NPHS) program is designed to collect information related to the health of the Canadian population. The first cycle of data collection began in 1994. The institutional component includes long-term residents (expected to stay longer than six months) in health care facilities with four or more beds in Canada with the principal exclusion of the Yukon and the Northwest Teritories. The document has been produced to facilitate the manipulation of the 1996-1997 microdata file containing survey results. The main variables include: demography, health status, chronic conditions, restriction of activity, socio-demographic, and others.

    Release date: 2000-08-02
  • 5. Vital Statistics Compendium Archived
    Table: 84-214-X
    Description:

    This compendium of vital statistics includes summary data on births, deaths, marriages and divorces. The introduction covers the data sources, data quality, and methods pertaining to each event, and includes a glossary defining the terms used. The first chapter is a brief overview of vital statistics for 1996. Subsequent chapters treat marriage, divorce, birth, fetal and infant mortality, total mortality, causes of death, vital statistics by census division, and international comparisons. Most charts and tables show Canada data for 1986 though 1996, while the charts and tables for causes of death show Canada data for 1979 through1996. Data for the provinces and territories are usually shown for 1995 and 1996. Appendices include population denominator data, age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) calculation methods, and leading causes of death methodology.

    Release date: 1999-11-25
  • 6. National Population Health Survey 1994-1995 Archived
    Public use microdata: 82F0001X
    Description:

    The National Population Health Survey (NPHS) uses the Labour Force Survey sampling frame to draw a sample of approximately 22,000 households. The sample is distributed over four quarterly collection periods. In each household, some limited information is collected from all household members and one person, aged 12 years and over, in each household is randomly selected for a more in-depth interview.

    The questionnaire includes content related to health status, use of health services, determinants of health and a range of demographic and economic information. For example, the health status information includes self-perception of health, a health status index, chronic conditions, and activity restrictions. The use of health services is probed through visits to health care providers, both traditional and non-traditional, and the use of drugs and other medications. Health determinants include smoking, alcohol use, physical activity and in the first survey, emphasis has been placed on the collection of selected psycho-social factors that may influence health, such as stress, self-esteem and social support. The demographic and economic information includes age, sex, education, ethnicity, household income and labour force status.

    Release date: 1995-11-21
  • 7. 1991 Aboriginal Peoples Survey - Adults Microdata File Archived
    Public use microdata: 89M0013X
    Description:

    This public use microdata file provides unaggregated data on the Aboriginal adult population - those who identify with their Aboriginal origin(s) and those who do not. For persons who identify, it contains almost 700 variables from the 1991 survey, such as, the group with which they identify, language proficiency, disability, chronic health conditions, schooling, work experience and the 1991 Census variables such as, income levels, marital status, fertility. The same census variables are provided for the population who does not identify.

    Release date: 1995-06-30
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  • 11. All-cause and circulatory disease-related hospitalization, by generation status: Evidence from linked data Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201501014227
    Description:

    This study uses data from the 2006 Census of Population (long-form respondents) linked to administrative records to determine if hospitalization patterns among first-generation immigrants persist in the second generation, and if patterns differ between South Asians and Chinese subgroups, when socioeconomic covariates are taken into account.

    Release date: 2015-10-21
  • 12. Tobacco use of Canadians, 2012 and 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 82-625-X201500114210
    Description:

    This is a health fact sheet about the tobacco use of Canadians aged 12 to 79. It includes self-reported information on smoking as well as measured urine cotinine concentrations. Results shown are based on data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey.

    Release date: 2015-07-15
  • 13. Cholesterol levels of adults, 2012 to 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 82-625-X201400114122
    Description:

    This health fact sheet presents data on the levels of cholesterol in the Canadian population aged 18 to 79. Overall data and results by sex and age group as well as by prevalence of unhealthy levels of cholesterol and dyslipidemia are presented. The results shown are based on data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey.

    Release date: 2014-12-16
  • 14. Metabolic syndrome in adults, 2012 to 2013 Archived
    Stats in brief: 82-625-X201400114123
    Description:

    This health fact sheet presents data on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome in the Canadian population aged 18 to 79. Overall data and results by sex and age group as well as by number of metabolic syndrome components are presented. The results shown are based on data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey.

    Release date: 2014-12-16
  • 15. Ninety years of change in life expectancy (1921 to 2011) Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-624-X201400114009
    Description:

    This article explores the patterns and frequency of death by age and by cause in the population. The main goal is to explain how and why life expectancy has changed over a 90 year period. Although the article is primarily focused on mortality, it concludes with a brief discussion about how living longer may be associated with deteriorating health in later years of life.

    Release date: 2014-07-17
  • 16. Adjusting the scales: Obesity in Canada after correcting for respondent bias Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-624-X201400111922
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This paper presents estimates of obesity adjusted for certain biases in self-reported data. Adjusted estimates for adult Canadians by age, sex, and multiple levels of geography are provided using data from the 2011-2012 Canadian Community Health Survey.

    Release date: 2014-05-28
  • 17. The 10 leading causes of death, 2011 Archived
    Stats in brief: 82-625-X201400111896
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Statistics shown in this fact sheet come from vital statistics Canadian death database. These data are collected from all provincial and territorial vital statistics registries and contain demographic and medical (cause of death) information on all deaths in Canada.

    Release date: 2014-01-28
  • 18. Trends in mortality rates, 2000 to 2011 Archived
    Stats in brief: 82-625-X201400111897
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This fact sheet presents the age-standardized mortality rates and analyzes the trends in mortality rates since 2000, with emphasis on the leading causes of death.

    Release date: 2014-01-28
  • 19. Smoking, smoking cessation and heart disease risk: A 16-year follow-up study Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201300211770
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study measures the association between daily smoking and the risk of heart disease. The number of years of cessation required for former daily smokers to achieve a risk level similar to that of people who have never smoked daily is quantified. The study is based on data collected from 1994/1995 through 2010/2011 by the National Population Health Survey.

    Release date: 2013-02-20
  • 20. Abdominal obesity and cardiovascular disease risk factors within body mass index categories Archived
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X201200211653
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Based on data from the 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey, this study examines associations between measures of abdominal obesity and cardiovascular risk factors within the body mass index categories for adults aged 18 to 79. The abdominal obesity measures considered are waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and waist-to-height ratio.

    Release date: 2012-05-16
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Reference (2) ((2 results))

  • 1. Comparability of ICD-10 and ICD-9 for Mortality Statistics in Canada Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 84-548-X
    Description:

    This report describes the design, methodology, and results of the first study undertaken by Statistics Canada to measure the impact on Canadian cause of death trends of a new revision of the World Health Organization's International Classification of Diseases (ICD).

    Using 1999 Canadian mortality data, Statistics Canada carried out a comparability, or "bridge-coding", study by dual-coding deaths to both the Ninth and Tenth Revisions of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9 and ICD-10). The preliminary results of this exercise were used to generate comparability ratios; these ratios measure the net effect of the new revision, with ratios above 1.00 indicating a net increase in deaths classified to a cause of death, and ratios below 1.00 indicating a net decrease.

    The comparability ratios derived from dual-coding medical certificates of cause of death presented in this report estimate the size and direction of the disruption to cause of death trends due to the implementation of ICD-10. Researchers and analysts using Canadian mortality data should use these summary measures to calculate comparability-modified death counts and mortality rates to bridge the gap between ICD-9 and ICD-10.

    Release date: 2005-11-23
  • 2. There's Omegas in Those Hemp Seeds Archived
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 96-328-M2004020
    Description:

    This activity focusses on fat in our diet. The discussion centres on the nutritional benefits of omega fatty acids, which are found in hemp and other oilseeds.

    Release date: 2004-10-29
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