Health

Description: The infographic presents data on Canadian Veterans with disabilities, including the types of disabilities, prevalence amongst age groups, potential causes, unmet needs for assistive aids, devices or technologies, and the proportion of Veterans receiving disability benefits.

Description: Utilizing data from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability, this infographic highlights the trends and experiences of persons with pain-related disabilities. This release is part of a series of infographics that focus on specific disability types.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: This table allows users to explore the latest data related to visits to an oral health professional in Canada.

Description: This table allows users to explore the latest data related to dental insurance coverage in Canada.

Description: This table allows users to explore the latest data related to self-perceived oral health status in Canada.

Description: This dashboard allows users to examine the latest data for selected oral health indicators in Canada: visits to an oral health professional, dental insurance coverage, oral health characteristics (self-reported), oral health characteristics (measured), oral health care risk factors.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: In Cycle 7 (2022), the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) introduced the OMRON (OM) IntelliSense HEM-907XL blood pressure (BP) monitor after using the BpTRU (BT) BPM-300 BP monitor for six cycles. This study assess differences between adult BP values measured by both devices and whether equations could be developed to compare BP measurements taken using the two devices.

Description: Income-related food insecurity is an important determinant of health. This study aimed to provide an update on the food security status of Canadian households using the most recent available data from a health-oriented national-level survey. This study also examined trends in food insecurity since 2017, and how these have tracked with changes in price inflation.

Description: This table contains 2610 series, with data for years 1994 - 1998 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-01-29. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (29 items: Austria; Belgium (French speaking);Canada; Belgium (Flemish speaking) ...), Sex (2 items: Males; Females ...), Age groups (3 items: 11 years;13 years;15 years ...), Parental support (3 items: If I have problems at school; my parent(s) are ready to help; My parent(s) encourage me to do well at school; My parent(s) are willing to come to the school to talk to teachers ...), Frequency (5 items: Never; Sometimes; Often; Rarely ...).

Description: This table contains 1914 series, with data for years 1998 - 1998 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-01-29. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (29 items: Austria; Belgium (Flemish speaking); Belgium (French speaking);Canada ...), Sex (2 items: Males; Females ...), Age groups (3 items: 11 years;13 years;15 years ...), Student response (11 items: University; CEGEP-pre-university program; Community college; CEGEP-professional program ...).

Description: This table contains 870 series, with data for years 1998 - 1998 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-01-29. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (29 items: Austria; Canada; Belgium (Flemish speaking);Belgium (French speaking) ...), Sex (2 items: Males; Females ...), Age groups (3 items: 11 years;13 years;15 years ...), Frequency (5 items: 0 days;2 days;1 day;3 days ...).

Description: This table contains 3480 series, with data for years 1994 - 1998 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-01-29. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (29 items: Austria; Canada; Belgium (Flemish speaking);Belgium (French speaking) ...), Sex (2 items: Males; Females ...), Age groups (3 items: 11 years;13 years;15 years ...), Questions asked (4 items: Do students feel safe at school; In our school; the students in my class(es) enjoy being together; In our school; other students accept me as I am; In our school; most of the students in my class(es) are kind and helpful ...), Frequency (5 items: Never; Sometimes; Often; Rarely ...).

Description: This table contains 870 series, with data for years 1994 - 1998 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-01-29. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (29 items: Austria; Belgium (Flemish speaking); Canada; Belgium (French speaking) ...), Sex (2 items: Males; Females ...), Age groups (3 items: 11 years; 15 years; 13 years ...), Frequency (5 items: Not been bullied; About once a week; Sometimes; Once or twice ...).

Description: This table contains 1392 series, with data for years 1998 - 1998 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-01-29. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (29 items: Austria; Canada; Belgium (French speaking);Belgium (Flemish speaking) ...), Sex (2 items: Males; Females ...), Age groups (3 items: 11 years;13 years;15 years ...), Reason (2 items: Bullied because of religion or race; Bullied because of the way the student looks or talks ...), Frequency (4 items: Not been bullied in this way; About once a week; More than once a week; Once or twice ...).

Description: This table contains 2784 series, with data for years 1998 - 1998 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-01-29. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (29 items: Austria; Canada; Belgium (French speaking);Belgium (Flemish speaking) ...), Sex (2 items: Males; Females ...), Age groups (3 items: 11 years;13 years;15 years ...), Type of bullying (4 items: Hitting; slapping or pushing; Making sexual jokes; comments or gestures; Threatening; Spreading rumours or mean lies ...), Frequency (4 items: Not been bullied in this way; About once a week; More than once a week; Once or twice ...).

Description: This table contains 1044 series, with data for years 1998 - 1998 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-01-29. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (29 items: Austria; Canada; Belgium (Flemish speaking); Belgium (French speaking) ...), Sex (2 items: Males; Females ...), Age groups (3 items: 11 years; 15 years;13 years ...), Student response (6 items: Not been bullied; One boy; One girl; A group of boys ...).

Description: This table contains 870 series, with data for years 1994 - 1998 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-01-29. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (29 items: Austria; Belgium (Flemish speaking); Canada; Belgium (French speaking) ...), Sex (2 items: Males; Females ...), Age groups (3 items: 11 years; 15 years;13 years ...), Frequency (5 items: Not bullied others at school; Once or twice; About once a week; Sometimes ...).

Description: This table contains 2610 series, with data for years 1994 - 1998 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2007-01-29. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (29 items: Austria; Belgium (French speaking);Canada; Belgium (Flemish speaking) ...), Sex (2 items: Males; Females ...), Age groups (3 items: 11 years;15 years;13 years ...), Type of feeling felt (3 items: Feel left out of things; Feel confident in themselves; Feel helpless ...), Frequency (5 items: Never; Sometimes; Often; Rarely ...).

Description: Active commuting (AC) to and from work is associated with numerous health benefits, through increased physical activity. This study examined whether occupation types and part-time work, by sex, were associated with AC in a population-based sample of Canadian workers. This study examined the associations between occupational classifications, part-time work, and AC (i.e., walking, cycling) and public transit use, in a nationally representative sample of Canadian adults, while controlling for other relevant sociodemographic characteristics (e.g., education, income, urbanity). This study also explored how associations between occupational classifications and AC differed by sex and how AC rates may have changed over time.

Description: Physical and sexual childhood abuse are associated with suicidal ideation and mental health disorders. However, less is known about non-physical types of maltreatment. This study examined associations between non-physical types of child maltreatment (e.g., emotional abuse, interpersonal aggression, exposure to physical intimate partner violence, emotional and physical neglect) and suicidal ideation, and mental health disorders.

Description: This study uses data from multiple waves of the Canadian Social Survey (CSS) to examine trends in three key Quality of Life indicators, namely life satisfaction, experiences of financial hardship, and future outlook. Monitoring these well-being indicators following periods of considerable social and economic change is particularly important. Beginning in the summer of 2021, the CSS, a new quarterly survey, captured the latter part of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the rising cost of living in Canada, allowing for an understanding of how Canadians are coping with these challenges.

Description: This infographic examines declines in Canadians’ well-being over the past few years, and how these downward changes vary across different segments of the population. Life satisfaction, financial difficulty, and future outlook, which are key quality of life indicators, are presented.

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin

Description: Work arrangements changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, as organizations switched to working from home on a large scale and used digital technologies to adapt to physical distancing mandates. It is largely unknown how changes to work arrangements since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Canada. This article focuses on whether needs and unmet needs for workplace accommodations (WPAs) among employed Canadians with disabilities have changed since 2017, with the widespread deployment of working from home and digital technologies.

Description: An extensive literature shows wide variations in life expectancy (LE) across various subnational geographic areas. However, little is known about these variations across very small levels of geographic disaggregation in Canada. This study expands the boundaries for such analyses by focusing on metropolitan areas, allowing an examination of small area variations in LE that cannot be ascribed to provincial or federal-level health, social, and other policies and programs, as more than one metropolitan area per province can be studied.

Description: Income-related food insecurity is an important determinant of health. Persons with disabilities are at a higher risk of experiencing household food insecurity (HFI) than those without disabilities. The main objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of HFI for persons with different types, numbers, and severity of disabilities, and to examine sociodemographic correlates of HFI among this group.

Description: This infographic details the prevalence of vitamin D inadequacy among the Canadian population aged 3 to 79 by focusing on risk factors as well as behaviours that can reduce the likelihood of low vitamin D.

Description: Health regions are defined by the provinces and represent administrative areas or regions of interest to health authorities. This product contains correspondence files (linking health regions to latest Census geographic codes) and digital boundary files. User documentation provides an overview of health regions, sources, methods, limitations and product description (file format and layout).

In addition to the geographic files, this product also includes Census data (basic profile) for health regions.

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This report deals with Indigenous identity, Indigenous ancestry, Indigenous group, Registered or Treaty Indian status, Membership in a First Nation or Indian band, Membership in a Métis organization or Settlement, and Enrollment under an Inuit land claims agreement, and contains explanations of concepts, data quality, historical comparability and comparability with other sources, as well as information on data collection, processing and dissemination.

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Created in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), this user guide with appended data dictionary provides Canadians and researchers with required information to be able to utilize the Detailed preliminary information on confirmed cases of COVID-19 (Revised) table.

The user guide with appended data dictionary describes background information of COVID-19 as well as objectives, coverage, content, limitations and data quality concerns of the table.

Description: The Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) is a national survey of Canadians aged 15 and over whose everyday activities are limited because of a long-term condition or health-related problem. The 2022 CSD Concepts and Methods Guide is designed to assist CSD data users by providing relevant information on survey content and concepts, sampling design, collection methods, data processing, data quality and product availability.

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The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (CIMD) is an area-based index which uses Census of Population microdata to measure four key dimensions of deprivation at the dissemination area (DA)-level: residential instability, economic dependency, situational vulnerability and ethno-cultural composition. The CIMD allows for an understanding of inequalities in various measures of health and social well-being. While it is a geographically-based index of deprivation and marginalization, it can also be used as a proxy for an individual. The CIMD has the potential to be widely used by researchers on a variety of topics related to socio-economic research. Other uses for the index may include: policy planning and evaluation, or resource allocation.

Description: The Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (CIMD) is an area-based index which uses Census of Population microdata to measure four key dimensions of deprivation at the dissemination area (DA)-level: residential instability, economic dependency, situational vulnerability and ethno-cultural composition.

The CIMD allows for an understanding of inequalities in various measures of health and social well-being. While it is a geographically-based index of deprivation and marginalization, it can also be used as a proxy for an individual. The CIMD has the potential to be widely used by researchers on a variety of topics related to socio-economic research. Other uses for the index may include: policy planning and evaluation, or resource allocation.

Description: This electronic publication presents the methodology underlying the production of the life tables for Canada, provinces and territories.

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The User Guide for the Canadian Index of Multiple Deprivation (CIMD) outlines uses for the index, as well as it provides a brief description of the methodology behind the development of the index. This User Guide also provides instructions on how to use the index, and lists considerations when using the CIMD data.

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The mandate of the Analytical Studies Branch (ASB) is to provide high-quality, relevant and timely information on economic, health and social issues that are important to Canadians. The branch strategically makes use of expert knowledge and a large range of statistical sources to describe, draw inferences from, and make objective and scientifically supported deductions about the evolving nature of the Canadian economy and society. Research questions are addressed by applying leading-edge methods, including microsimulation and predictive analytics using a range of linked and integrated administrative and survey data. In supporting greater access to data, ASB linked data are made available to external researchers and policy makers to support evidence-based decision making. Research results are disseminated by the branch using a range of mediums (i.e., research papers, studies, infographics, videos, and blogs) to meet user needs. The branch also provides analytical support and training, feedback, and quality assurance to the wide range of programs within and outside Statistics Canada.

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This paper describes the process that led to the creation of the new Disability Screening Questions (DSQ), jointly developped by Statistics Canada and Employment and Social Development Canada. The DSQ form a new module which can be put on general population surveys to allow comparisons of persons with and without a disability. The paper explains why there are two versions of the DSQ—a long and a short one—, the difference between the two, and how each version can be used.