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Today, Statistics Canada is releasing data on the number of Canadians who have insurance that covers dental care as well as the number who have had a recent visit with a dental professional. The data are available in two tables using results from the 2022 cycle of the Canadian Community Health Survey. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - February 7, 2024 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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Today, Statistics Canada is releasing new and updated data on cancer incidence from the Canadian Cancer Registry. The two tables include information on cancer cases diagnosed from   1992 to   2021, available by cancer types, geographic regions, age groups and sex. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 31, 2024 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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Today's release includes new and updated adjusted counts of death from the Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database, covering the period from January   3,   2021, to November   4,   2023. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 18, 2024 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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The January issue of Health Reports contains two articles. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 17, 2024 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 January   4, 2024. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 13, 2024 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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Using data from the Canadian Community Health Survey 2015, 2016 and 2019, this study examines differences in insurance coverage by plan types, highlighting possible disparities across sex, racialized groups, immigrant status, household income and employment status. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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The accuracy of survival estimates from cancer registry data depends, in part, on identifying the deaths of cancer patients. If deaths are missed, those people seemingly live on forever and are informally referred to as "immortals". Their presence in registry data can result in inflated survival estimates. The study "Are "immortals" an issue for survival estimates derived from Canadian Cancer Registry data?" assessed the issue of immortals in the Canadian Cancer Registry (CCR) using a recently proposed method that compares the survival of long-term survivors with that of similar people from the general population. (Source:...
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - December 20, 2023 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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Today Statistics Canada is releasing new and updated provisional data on deaths and causes of death from the Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - December 14, 2023 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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Findings released today from the third cycle of the Survey on COVID-19 and Mental Health (SCMH) show that as the global health emergency associated with COVID-19 came to an end, some improvements in mental health were observed. The proportion of adults in Canada who reported excellent or very good mental health, a strong sense of belonging to their community, and high ratings of overall life satisfaction were all significantly higher in February to May   2023, compared with two years earlier at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, symptoms of depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remained u...
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - December 12, 2023 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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As of June 2023, the majority of Canadians had been infected by the virus causing COVID-19. Most people recover from their symptoms and are able to carry on with their lives, however, for many others, symptoms persist for months, often impacting their ability to work and their quality of life overall. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - December 8, 2023 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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New findings from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) showed that 27% of Canadians aged 15   years and older, or 8.0   million people, had one or more disabilities that limited them in their daily activities. The CSD is the official source of data on persons with disabilities aged 15   years and older in Canada. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - December 1, 2023 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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This report presents a conceptual framework to both understand and define the care economy in the Canadian context, as well as provide proposed definitions for key related concepts. The framework is based on the results of a literature review of Canadian and international research, as well as consultations with stakeholders internal and external to Statistics Canada. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - November 29, 2023 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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New data on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) is now available through Statistics Canada's Research Data Centres (RDCs). Health Canada, the federal department responsible for the monitoring of MAID, has published detailed findings in their Fourth Annual Report on Medical Assistance in Dying, 2022. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - November 29, 2023 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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The Canadian Health Measures Survey is releasing today a new table presenting the vitamin D status of Canadians aged 3 to 79. This table provides the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency, inadequacy, and sufficiency, by age group and sex for the period from 2007 to 2019. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - November 28, 2023 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research

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New 2022 information on stillbirths is available today from the Canadian Vital Statistics – Stillbirth Database. (Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health)
Source: Statistics Canada, The Daily: Health - November 27, 2023 Category: Statistics Authors: Statistics Canada Source Type: research