Health Indicators and other Health Stats Topics Julie.Marcoux@dal.ca 902-789-0837 Dalhousie Libraries

•CIHI Quick Stats •Stat Can Data Tables •Google and Open Data •Health Geography (short intro) •Health Indicators •Flavors of Health Stats •CIHI Quick Stats •Stat Can Data Tables •Google and Open Data •PHAC •Grey Literature •Health Stats in Databases

Health Regions and Peer Groups

Some health geography resources Searching by postal code or place name in the 2011 census profile. Looking around Health Regions: Boundaries and Correspondence with Census Geography page (important: after selecting the most recent date, click on “table of contents".

Miscellaneous + Peer groups (see next slide) Files compatible with GIS software Linkages between health geography and census geography (good luck!!!) Beautiful PDF maps

Peer Groups

Health Indicators "Over 80 indicators measure the health of the Canadian population and the effectiveness of the health care system. Designed to provide comparable information at the health region and provincial/territorial levels (…)" Access the indicators: By going to the most recent release date on the health indicator's page, clicking on "Table of contents" and then selecting "Data tables and definitions". Quick groupings of indicators: CIHI's Health Indicators Interactive Tool. Stat Can data table 13-10-0113-01 of health characteristics by health regions. Stat Can data table 17-10-0086-01 of population estimates by health regions. CD CSD DA DB CT CMA HR FSA PC R/U

Health Indicators Most recent health indicators grouped by theme. The "newer" indicators are identified with a "1". When given options between different tables within a given indicator, be aware that data might be from different years. When looking at an interactive data table, check the footnotes to make sure that you have the most recent version available.

CIHI Grouping of Health Indicators It's a trap! Sometimes a trap! So is this! If CIHI says that there is no data for your chosen indicator(s), try selecting more than one level of geography (i.e. Newfoundland and Labrador + associated health regions), grab all the years, and make sure to click on "Both" for Sex even if you want subcategories.

Stat Can Data Table Grouping of Health Indicators Review Stat Can data table slides: remember to look at "Add/Remove data". See Stat Can data table 13-10-0452-01 for 2007 to 2014.

Population Estimates

Flavors of Health Stats (Health Stats for specific populations)

Working with your population Finding data about a specific population can be tricky. Finding health data on a specific population can be even trickier. Specific age groups: find demographic data in the census data tables. Look for health indicators with an "age group" variable (table 13-10-0113-01 is an example). Children under 12: the Canadian Community Health Survey does not cover children under 12, and does not cover children living in foster care. Try searching for health data in grey literature.

Working with your population Indigenous identity: there are differences in data collection on-reserve and off- reserve. Try a "Aboriginal peoples" subject search in Stat Can. Try health indicator table 13-10-0457-01 and health variables in the Aboriginal Peoples Survey. LGBTQ+: sexual orientation variables are not often included in Stat Can surveys. Find Stat Can data about family structures by searching for "same sex" data tables (recent censuses only). Explore resources shared in the LGBTQ+ Health subject guide. Try a grey literature search.

Bonus Round

SLIDES EXERCISES CIHI CIHI Quick Stats Google and Open Data Google (hypertension version) Health Databases Embedded in slides* Health Flavors (health stats by population) Health indicators Health indicators (Moncton version) PHAC Stat Can Data Tables* Data Tables (seniors version) *Not always up to date