Health of Canadians

Prepared by the Health Statistics Branch, Statistics Canada
Release date: September 13, 2023 Correction date: September 15, 2023
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Correction Notice

Corrections have been made to this product. Please take note of the following changes:

On September 15th, 2023, the term ‘age-standardized’ was replaced by ‘crude’ for the presented mortality rates throughout Section 4.0.

Additionally, a note was added in the ‘Data and Methods’ section explaining that data from the Canadian Vital Statistics - Birth Database (CVSB) and the Canadian Vital Statistics - Death Database (CVSD) are subject to annual revisions to incorporate new and updated information received from the provinces and territories. The information presented in this report reflects the versions of the two databases released on September 28, 2022, and January 24, 2022, respectively.

Table of contents

Acknowledgements
Chief Statistician’s Message
Introduction
Health outcomes

Health behaviours and substance use Access to health care Determinants of health Summary and future directions
Data and methods
References



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Table of contents

Health of Canadians - Main page
Acknowledgements
Chief Statistician’s Message
Introduction
Health outcomes
1.0 General and mental health status
2.0 Reproductive health
3.0 Chronic conditions
4.0 Mortality
Health behaviours and substance use
5.0 Health behaviours
6.0 Substance use
Access to health care
7.0 Access to a regular health care provider
8.0 Wait time for a minor health problem
9.0 Unmet health care needs
10.0 Use of home care services
11.0 Unmet home care needs
Determinants of health
12.0 Influence of Canada’s demographics on health
13.0 Social determinants of health
Summary and future directions
Data and methods
References

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