26 June, 2009

Health in Canada

Statistics Canada has just introduced a new module available from its home page. Called Health in Canada the module features the most up-to-date statistics on the health of Canadians and the health care system.
Scroll down the page and view the sections: Health Indicators (data about a topic), Health Reports (articles on a topic), Health Subtopics (information by theme) and Health Profile, which features community-level data from a number of sources, including Statistics Canada's health surveys, administrative data, and the Census of population.
The application provides the latest statistics available for a selected health region (e.g. Oakville), provides the corresponding provincial data by default, and users can easily select any region of choice for comparison.

Use this information to:
  • Find the latest health statistics available from a wide range of indicators for a specific region
  • Quickly compare with provincial or national rates, other jurisdictions, peer groups, etc.
  • Profile the overall health of a community.
  • Toggle to census Community profile data for the same area.