About Health Indicators

Health Indicators is produced by the Statistics Canada. It selectively tabulates national and provincial health survey and administrative data. It is available for searching in the Health Sciences Library. You must obtain the "Health Statistics at a Glance" cd-rom (WA 900 DC2 H435 1999) from the Circulation Desk.

The 108 tables are grouped into six (6) categories: Determinant Indicators, Health Status Indicators, Health Resources Indicators, Health Resources Utilization Indicators, Causes of Death and Summary List of Causes.

Determinant Indicators

Determinant Indicators cover demographic, socio-economic and lifestyle factors that influence health.

Total fertility rate
Population and percentage distribution
Job satisfaction
Age-specific fertility rate
Teenage abortions and births
Livebirths
Number of smokers
Consumption of cigarettes
Number of drinkers
Population with high blood pressure
Consumption of alcohol
Individuals by age/income
Time-loss work injuries
Elderly population below income cutoffs
Size of labour force
Level of stress
Exercise frequency
Pap smear by age group
People who wear seatbelts
Recent measures taken to improve health
Population by body mass index
Weight change
Regular breast examination
Foods consumed at breakfast
Drinking and driving
Lone parent families
First sexual intercourse
Unmet health care needs
Social support
Giving informal care
Receiving informal care
Caregiver burden
Dietary practice
Women breast feeding by age
Life stress
Work stress
Self esteem
Feeling of mastery
Smoke free work places
Smoke free homes
Sun exposure
Family composition
Education and literacy

1991-1997
1961-1968
1985, 1991, 1994/95
1961-1997
1974-1995
1961-1997
1985, 1989, 1991, 1994/95, 1996/97
1985, 1989, 1991, 1994/95, 1996/97
1985, 1989, 1991, 1994/95, 1996/97
1985, 1989, 1991, 1994/95, 1996/97
1985, 1989, 1991, 1994/95, 1996/97
1973-1995 (biennial)
1982-1996
1973-1995 (biennial)
1996-1997
1985, 1991
1985, 1990, 1994/95, 1996/97
1985, 1990, 1994/95, 1996/97
1985, 1990, 1996/97
1985, 1990
1985, 1990, 1994/95, 1996/97
1985, 1990, 1996/97
1985, 1990, 1996/97
1985, 1990
1985, 1990, 1996/97
1986, 1991, 1996
1990, 1996/97
1996/97
1996/97
1995
1995
1995
1996/97
1996/97
1994/95
1994/95
1994/95
1994/95
1994/95
1994/95
1996
1996
1996

Health Status Indicators

Health Status Indicators measure health and well-being.

Ambulatory care visits
Infant/perinatal mortality
Suicides
Perceived health status
Potential years of life lost
Age-standardized mortality rate
Life expectancy
Disability of a specified nature
Disability due to motor vehicle accidents
Motor vehicle accident morbidity
Hospital separations by diagnostic group
Sexually transmitted diseases
Notifiable diseases
Diasbled persons
Live and stillbirths
Leading sites of cancer
Selected causes of death by age
Detailed causes of death
Leading causes of hospitalization
Hospitalization by CCP chapter
Hospital separations - interventions
Psychological well being
Two week disability
Chronic conditions
Risk of depression

1976-1993/94
1974-1996
1961-1997
1991, 1994/95, 1996/97
1961-1997
1950-1997
1920/22-1990/92
1986, 1991
1986, 1991
1979/80-1995/96
1979/80-1996/97
1979-1997
1979-1997
1986, 1991
1974-1996
1992-1994
1991-1997
1991-1997
1994/95, 1995/96
1994/95, 1995/96
1994/95, 1995/96
1994/95
1996/97
1996/97
1996/97

Health Resources Indicators

Health Resources Indicators provide a measure of health care capacity.

Hospitals and residential care
Community college enrolment graduates
University health discipline graduates
University health discipline enrolment
Health expenditures by sector
Health expenditures by category of service
Health personnel

1979/80-1993/94
1975/76-1996/97
1972/73-1996/97
1972/73-1996/97
1975-1997
1975-1994
1977-1992

Health Resources Utilization Indicators

Health Resources Utilization Indicators measure how resources and services are used.

Hospital separations
Institutional bed occupancy rate
Institutional patient-days
Hospital patient-days
Average stay in hospitals
Average length of stay - leading causes of hospitalization
Average length of stay - interventions
Average length of stay - leading interventions
Average payment per medical care service
Professional visits
Dental visits
Physical exams
Eye exams
Medications used
Use of home care
Alternative health care
Average payment by specialty

1979/80-1993/94
1979/80-1993/94
1979/80-1993/94
1979/80-1993/94
1979/80-1996/97
1994/95, 1995/96
1994/95, 1995/96
1994/95, 1995/96
1989/90, 1995/96
1996/97
1996/97
1996/97
1996/97
1996/97
1996/97
1996/97
1992/93-1995/96

Causes of Death

Number of deaths and rates
Deaths underlying cause - ICD9 - 3 digit
Deaths underlying cause - ICD9 - 3 digit
Deaths underlying cause - ICD9 - 4 digit
Deaths underlying cause - ICD9 - 4 digit
Deaths underlying cause - ICD9 - Chapter, Block
Deaths nature of injury - ICD9 - 3 digit
Deaths nature of injury - ICD9 - 3 digit
Deaths nature of injury - ICD9 - 4 digit
Deaths nature of injury - ICD9 - 4 digit
Deaths nature of injury - ICD9 - Block

1996/97
1996
1997
1996
1997
1996/97
1996
1997
1996
1997
1996/97

Summary List of Causes

Summary of vital statistics indicators
Number of deaths by selected causes
Age-standardized mortality rates per 100,000 population by selected causes
Number of deaths by causes (A-list)
Number of infant deaths for selected detailed causes

1995-1997
1995-1997
1995-1997
1995-1997
1995-1997

Please consult Health Indicators Guide for information on searching Health Indicators in the Health Sciences Library.


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September 29, 2008
Shelagh Wotherspoon