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Cancer affects the lives of many people living in Canada. It is estimated that 43% of Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, and cancer remains the leading cause of death. Examining the latest trends in the rates of diagnosis (incidence rates) and death (mortality rates) of cancer is useful for identifying emerging patterns and assessing the extent of the progress made in the fight against the disease. While several trends have been observed for different combinations of sex and cancer type over the past 35 years, all the trends described in this article are the most recent ones and have been observed f...
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - February 4, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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There were 307,205 deaths in Canada in 2020, an increase of 21,935 over the number of deaths observed in 2019. While some year-to-year increase in the number of deaths is expected, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on mortality in Canada, contributing to the largest annual decline in life expectancy since the vital statistics registration system was introduced in 1921. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 28, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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In 2018, persons with mental health-related disabilities were three times more likely than those without disabilities to report that they had been physically or sexually assaulted in the previous 12   months. Persons with mental health-related disabilities were also more likely than those with disabilities not related to mental health and those without disabilities to report that they spoke to someone other than the police, or that they contacted or used victim services for help following an experience of violent victimization in the previous 12   months. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 28, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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Problematic use of opioid pain relief medication (OPRM) was 2.61 times more likely among people who used OPRMs and reported having unmet needs for help with mental health or use of substances than among those who used OPRMs but reported they did not have these needs. The study "Significant factors associated with problematic use of opioid pain relief medications among the household population, Canada, 2018, released today in Health Reports, broadened the scope of previous research. It used modelling to examine associations between characteristics such as socioeconomic status, health behaviour and psychosocial factors to cl...
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 19, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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COVID-19 claimed the lives of 6,940   Canadians between mid-January 2021 and the beginning of July 2021. Significant excess mortality was not observed nationally during this time. However, some provinces experienced periods of excess mortality, generally coinciding with a higher number of deaths attributable to COVID-19 over the same period. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 19, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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Catalogue number 13-604-M (PDF) (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 19, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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Demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) among businesses stayed the same in August. Aside from a decrease in demand for PPE from February to May 2021, demand for PPE has been stable since December 2020. However, in August, more businesses had concerns about shortages of essential PPE, especially businesses in educational services. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 19, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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The October 2021 issue of Health Reports contains two articles. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 19, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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Accessibility practices continue to evolve in Canada, and this has implications for persons with disabilities. The Accessible Canada Act (ACA), which came into effect in 2019, aims to identify, remove and prevent barriers for persons with disabilities when interacting with federally regulated organizations. The ACA's priority areas are employment, the built environment, information and communications technology (ICT), communications, the procurement of goods, the design and delivery of programs and services, and transportation. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 19, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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Jumping is a skill that requires substantial muscular strength, coordination and balance and is commonly used to assess lower body muscle strength. New results based on the combined data from the 2016 to 2019 Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) show that peak jumping height is attained at a younger age and declines faster in Canadian females compared with males. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 19, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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The October 2021 issue of Economic and Social Reports contains four articles. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 19, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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A new dataset from the rapid response component of the Canadian Community Health Survey – Annual Component is now available. The rapid response data are on "smoking stages of change and tobacco alternatives and vaping." (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 19, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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COVID-19 claimed the lives of 6,255   Canadians from the end of January 2021 to the beginning of July 2021. Significant excess mortality was not observed nationally during this time. Some provinces, however, did experience periods of excess mortality, generally coinciding with higher numbers of deaths due to COVID-19 over the same period. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 19, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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An updated set of preliminary data on the number of confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases reported by provincial and territorial public health authorities to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is now available. Along with this dataset are two aggregated tables that summarize the information available in the dataset. The updated information covers the period from January 15, 2020 to November 7, 2021. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 19, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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Two new datasets from the Canadian Community Health Survey – Annual Component are now available. These datasets cover data collected from all respondents aged 12 years and older from all provinces, including respondents from the Canadian Health Survey on Seniors (CHSS) oversample. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 19, 2022 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research