Finding Data: Vital Statistics Geography 342.3; Community planning in Canada Kiran Doranalli Lucy Li Data & GIS Library Services, U of S Library October 1, 2008

Vital Statistics in community planning:  Primary records of the number of births and deaths in a population.  Other factors, –Number of marriages –Causes of death –By age groups  These records help us to calculate birth and death rates to determine trends  Earliest known system of Vital Statistics – China.

Finding Vital Statistics: CANSIM via Statistics Canada 1.Annual Demographic Statistics 2.CANSIM via E-STAT 3.Census of Population

1. Annual Demographic Statistics:  Annual publication – Statistics Canada  Access from Library a)In CD-ROM – CA1 BS 91: C213 (Main floor reference desk) (Current year only – previous years stacked in Government publication) b)Online from U of S Library site Data and GIS Library services Social Sciences Annual Demographic Statistics U of S Data archive

2. CANSIM (Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System)  Statistics Canada’s database of time series  Covering a wide variety of social and economic aspects of Canadian life  Containing more than 38 million time series regrouped in approximately 2,800 tables

CANSIM II (via CHASS and via E-STAT):  Current and historical time series data for Canada  38 million time series  Production, sales, trade  CANSIM II via CHASS--Updated weekly  CANSIM II via E-STAT—Updated annually

CANSIM I  The version before CANSIM II  Has not been updated since June 1 st, 2002.

Restrictions on use  CANSIM via CHASS: licensed for use by the U of S faculty, staff and students for academic research and study  CANSIM via E-STAT: licensed for use by students in schools and colleges and universities

3 Ways to Get CANSIM – Only 2 are Free  Yes  No $$$ START at the Data Library Site (especially if you’re off campus)

3a. Demonstration; CANSIM II via E-STAT

 Click on “English”.  Review license, Click on “Accept and enter”. Now, You will See E-STAT tables for different categories

Option 1: Browsing by topics - Example

 Click “Description” for an overview  Click table number to retrieve data

 Exercise: table : Births by sex, Canada, provinces and territories, annual (person), 1971/1972 to 2006/2007

Option 2: Browse using search option - Example

Type in key words

Option 2: Browse using search option - Example You will see the similar tables

3b. Demonstration; CANSIM II via CHASS

Click on either ‘multidimensional interface’ or ‘new version’

 Click on ‘Continue in English’.Continue in English  Click on ‘CANSIM CHASS Main Menu’CANSIM CHASS Main Menu Now, You will See tables under different categories 3b. Demonstration; CANSIM II via CHASS

4. Statistics Canada Census 2001 Website  2 ways to get to the Census data  4a.Through “Statistics Canada” website  4b.Through “2001 Census of Population”

4a. Statistics Canada website  Go to Stat Canada Website ‘  Click on “Census” on the left side menu bar  Click on “Census of Population” under 2001 Census

4a. Through Library Website  Go to Stat Canada Website ‘  Click on ‘Data & GIS Library Services’Data & GIS Library Services  Click on “2001 Census of Population’2001 Census of Population

 Search by topic  Age and sex  profile of Age and Sex, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2001 Census- Cat. No. 95F0486XCB

 Change the drop down menu to change geography  View Data quality notes  Check for output/formatting options at the end of the table.

5. Finding International Vital Statistics  From ‘Data & GIS Library Services’ websiteData & GIS Library Services  Scroll down to “Other Resources”  “Find Data on the Internet ”Find Data on the Internet  “Census Bureau ”Census Bureau  “Subjects A to Z ” on upper right cornerSubjects A to Z

5. Finding International Vital Statistics  Click on ‘I’  Under ‘International’ find International Data Base (IDB)

 Select Predefined Age Group: 5 year ages (option of custom age groups too)  Variable group: click “population and sex ratio”  Aggregate Options: How to aggregate, Output Options  Region/ Country Selection: Select Region, Country (Multiple Options)  Year Selection (Select more than one option)  Click “Submit query” 5. Finding International Vital Statistics

6. Ask Data Library Staff Winnie Smit (7261) Lucy Li (8841) Kiran Doranalli (8841) Elise Pietroniro (2677) Rob Alary (5987) Darlene Fichter (7209)  Office: 2nd Floor, Main Library  Appointments recommended  us at

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