1. DATA and STATISTICS … at your service! S.Mowers & the GSG team ©2009, University of Ottawa

2. Professor E. Diem INTRODUCTION

3. Professor E. Diem Type of Data, 1 Administrative and Registry Data –For example, hospitals: care, (e.g., admittances, duration of stays), disease… health centres: services, disease –And includes vital statistics (births, deaths, marriages, …) –WHO was the first person to collect hospital administrative data?

4. Professor E. Diem Type of Data, 2 Survey Data (including household surveys, e.g., through Statistics Canada) 100% –The Census of Population (every five years) Population Samples –The Canadian Community Health Survey –The National Population Health Survey etc. etc. The academic community has data access through the Data Liberation Initiative with Statistics Canada, (contact Susan), and to CIHI data by individual request, (Web site to follow).

5. Professor E. Diem In other words, Statistics come from… … DATA Data are processed to become Statistics Person 1…2

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7. Professor E. Diem OFFICIAL STATISTICAL SOURCES Major Government Departments and Agencies Publishing Studies and Information on Health* Health Canada…Health Canada Public Health Agency of Canada Statistics Canada …– Analytical Studies Canadian Institute for Health Information Provincial/Territorial Ministries of Health Canadian Institutes of Health Research Pan American Health Organization World Health Organization *page thanks to T. Rokolj, U.Ottawa librarian, GSGWorld Health Organization

8. Professor E. Diem So, statistics can be presented in many ways, as… - a table of numbers, - a few numbers in a newspaper article etc, - a graph, * * see Graph types and …Graph types

9. Professor E. Diem … AS A MAP

10. Professor E. Diem How to Cite Statistics Canada products Main Web page http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/12-591-XIE/12-591- XIE2006001.htm http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/12-591-XIE/12-591- XIE2006001.htm

11. Professor E. Diem Part II: SURVEYS

12. Professor E. Diem Survey Datasets Browse the DLI survey collection on the Web including questionnaires, abstracts and data codebooks for the Public- Use Microdata Files (PUMFs) Available DLI surveys (Browse)

13. And more about Get data on … http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/content.php?pid=14807&sid=99466 Professor E. Diem

14. Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) 1.Largest health survey in Canada, Over 131,000 respondents from more than approximately 140 health regions (from 2001-Current). Cross-sectional survey. 2.Very detailed data on health status and health system (e.g., access/use), and correlates of health including economic, social, occupational, demographic and environmental indicators; 3.Statistics Canada publishes extensive CCHS statistics in various products including Health Indicators, a database of statistical tables (to be demonstrated); 4.Special CCHS topics now all included in one survey (issued every 2 years) 2002 (cycle 1.2): Mental Health and Well-Being, 2004 (cycle 2.2): Nutrition …

15. Professor E. Diem And hundreds of potentially relevant surveys General Social Surveys annual topics, aging, social support, health (1985 and 1991) etc 2001 Post-censal Surveys (every 10 years) Aboriginal People’s Survey 2001 Includes health topics Participation and Activity Limitation Survey 2001 Disabilities Ethnic Diversity Survey 2001 Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) – Tracks changes in smoking status, especially for populations most at risk, such as the 15 to 24 year olds. National Population Health Survey (NPHS), 1994/95-Current - longitudinal National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY/Kids survey) And many more, including other countries’ surveys and international surveys

16. Professor E. Diem Part III: ACCESS to HEALTH STATISTICS

17. Professor E. Diem Note Ask: Who collected and who sponsored the data collection? Can you identify how the data sources were collected and what and how the data was being measured? Official, sector/trade, academic and popular sources have differing levels of authority … further supported or refuted by the answers to the questions above

18. Professor E. Diem ACCESS to HEALTH STATISTICS - 1 These statistics covers both survey and administrative data

19. Professor E. Diem ACCESS to HEALTH STATISTICS StatCan Web site : - the Web site many access points ! WE HAVE A SUBJECT GUIDE for HEALTH STATISTICS - some public and some restricted sources on the site - we will start with the simple sources providing just a few general numbers, to detailed statistical tables and sources of statistical commentary and analysis

20. Professor E. Diem ACCESS to HEALTH STATISTICS StatCan Web site : - the Web site many access points ! THEREFORE WE HAVE A SUBJECT GUIDE for HEALTH STATISTICS - some public and some restricted sources on the site - we will start with the simple sources providing just a few general numbers, to detailed statistical tables and sources of statistical commentary and analysis Others : - Search CANSIM (via E-STAT) restricted (DLI/DSP) from Statistics Canada - Health Canada (public health) summaries of mostly administrative public health data … and don’t forget academic sources

21. Professor E. Diem Strategies for finding health stats (1) Look for a few numbers –Health Statistics (three examples) (2) Look for more detailed statistical tables –Find Statistics By subject (Statistics Canada) –Health Indicators (advanced statistical tables) –Search CANSIM via E-STAT (advanced statistical tables) –A Profile of Disability in Canada (3) Cross-tabulate health determinants and health outcomes –book a demo with Susan (4) Search for more detailed statistical commentary and analysis, will include statistical tables –General comments and GSG reference services

22. Professor E. Diem Overview – what’s where on Public Web sites Look for a few numbers –Summary tables (Statistics Canada) –The Daily (Statistics Canada) –Health in Canada (Statistics Canada) including Health Profile Look for more detailed statistical tables –Find Statistics By subject (Statistics Canada) –Health Indicators (Health Canada and Statistics Canada sources) –Search CANSIM via E-STAT (Health Canada and Statistics Canada sources) –Health Surveillance (Health Canada) Further search for more detailed statistical commentary and analysis, will include statistical tables

23. Professor E. Diem Strategy 1 LOOK FOR A FEW CURRENT NUMBERS (a) Health Summary Tables

24. Get Health Statistical Tables Professor E. Diem http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/content.php?mode=preview&pid=16752&sid=112963 Starting with Getting a Few Numbers …

25. Professor E. Diem a) Select Health Summary tables http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/content.php?mode=preview&pid=16752&sid=112963

26. Major Health Summary Tables Professor E. Diem

27. All Statistics Canada Summary tables Professor E. Diem http://www40.statcan.ca/z01/cs0002-eng.htm

28. Professor E. Diem #2, Search (e.g., “smokers”) … OR …

29. Professor E. Diem #3 Browse Health subheadings… one subject, “smoking”, can have 2 aspects

30. Professor E. Diem #4, Select table …

31. Professor E. Diem Strategy 1 continued … LOOK FOR A FEW CURRENT NUMBERS (b) The Daily

32. Professor E. Diem a) Select The Daily http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/content.php?mode=preview&pid=16752&sid=112963

33. Professor E. Diem #5, View table in full This table only displays to Ont., click on a province after Ont. to display 2 nd table

34. Professor E. Diem Strategy 1 LOOK FOR A FEW CURRENT NUMBERS (b) The Daily

35. Professor E. Diem Strategy 1 … SEARCH FOR A FEW NUMBERS IN (b) The Daily

36. Professor E. Diem Searching Formulate a question (What statistics can I find on mental illness?) ↓ Identify key concepts mental illness ↓ Use OR to combine like concepts e.g. illness OR ill OR disorder OR disease ↓ Use AND to combine key concepts e.g., mental* AND (illness or ill or disorder or disease)

37. Professor E. Diem Search The Daily … for synopses 1995 to today http://www.statcan.ca/english/dai-quo/

38. Professor E. Diem A few numbers and commentary…

39. Professor E. Diem Strategy 1 LOOK FOR MORE DETAILED STATISTICAL TABLES (c) Health in Canada

40. Health in Canada Professor E. Diem

41. Health Profile ! Professor E. Diem

42. Strategy 2 LOOK FOR MORE DETAILED STATISTICAL TABLES (c) Find Statistics By subject

43. Professor E. Diem Statistics by Subject page http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subject-sujet/index.action?&lang=eng

44. Professor E. Diem Here are some relevant health-related subjects to consider … (Births and deaths)

45. Professor E. Diem EXPLORE Statistics by Subject pages …

46. Professor E. Diem EXPLORE STATISTICAL TABLES e.g., preview of CANSIM tables of interest …

47. Professor E. Diem Description of table

48. Professor E. Diem EXPLORE STATISTICAL TABLES e.g., preview sample download page … ($$$ INSTEAD use a free version later to access this CANSIM table)

49. Professor E. Diem

50. Finish previewing and save your sources, or in case of CANSIM table, note down your Table number, e.g., 105-0112

51. Professor E. Diem Strategy 2 LOOK FOR MORE DETAILED STATISTICAL TABLES (b) Health Indicators

52. Professor E. Diem Library Population Health Statistics page http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/aecontent.php?pid=16752&sid=112964 http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/aecontent.php?pid=16752&sid=112964

53. Professor E. Diem #1, View

54. Professor E. Diem #2, Data tables and maps

55. Professor E. Diem #3 Index to tables page

56. Professor E. Diem Strategy 2 LOOK FOR MORE DETAILED STATISTICAL TABLES (c) Search CANSIM via E-STAT

57. Professor E. Diem Library Population Health Statistics page http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/aecontent.php?pid=16752&sid=112964 http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/aecontent.php?pid=16752&sid=112964

58. Professor E. Diem #1, Connect now…

59. Professor E. Diem Off campus access to E-Stat 1.Enter your library access account user name Your user name is the prefix of your uottawa.ca e-mail account, e.g., bsmi072 for bsmi072@uottawa.ca 2. Enter your password The password is the following format: YYMMDD?? where ?? represents the two last numbers of your social insurance number and YYMMDD represents your date of birth.

60. Professor E. Diem #2, Search CANSIM

61. Professor E. Diem #3, Many access options, see CANSIM by survey

62. Professor E. Diem “CANSIM by survey”, sort alphabetically… …example of rich content

63. Professor E. Diem #4, Search by table number

64. Professor E. Diem #5 Select your items working down the screen DEMO

65. Professor E. Diem #6, sample results

66. Professor E. Diem For researchers particularly interested in details of CANSIM tables … download Beyond 20/20 optional but recommended Click here

67. Professor E. Diem Strategy 2 LOOK FOR MORE DETAILED STATISTICAL TABLES (d) [Public] Health Surveillance

68. Professor E. Diem Public Health Surveillance http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/content.php?mode=preview&pid=16752&sid=112963

69. Professor E. Diem Example, Disease Surveillance Online breakdowns by : age, sex, provinces, time

70. Professor E. Diem Strategy 2 LOOK FOR MORE DETAILED STATISTICAL TABLES (e) A Profile of Disability in Canada 2001

71. Get Statistical Tables on Disabilities Professor E. Diem http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/content.php?mode=preview&pid=16752&sid=112963

72. Professor E. Diem Strategy 3: Further search for more detailed statistical commentary and analysis

73. Professor E. Diem Use your power searching everwhere! For example, on StatCan’s search (Advanced Search) feature… http://www.statcan.gc.ca/search-recherche/adv-ava-eng.htmhttp://www.statcan.gc.ca/search-recherche/adv-ava-eng.htm

74. Professor E. Diem For Statistics Canada publications (commentary and analysis) or more generally … Further browsing Index of downloadable Statistics Canada publications

75. Professor E. Diem research assistance at your service! Appointments welcomed Susan Mowers and GSG Team Morisset Library 3 rd Floor smowers@uottawa.ca 613-562-5800 Extension 3634 AND THANK YOU!