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Health Indicators

Health indicators are standardized measures by which to compare health status and health system performance and characteristics among different jurisdictions in Canada.

Health Indicators aim to support Regional Health Authorities in monitoring the health of their population and the functioning of their local health system through quality comparative information on:

• the overall health of the population served
• the major non-medical determinants of health in the region
• the health services received by the region's residents
• characteristics of the community or the health system that provide useful contextual information

Health Indicators 2009

Health Indicators 2009 is the tenth in a series of annual reports containing the most recently available health indicators data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information and Statistics Canada. As always, this report presents indicators measuring factors associated with the health of Canadians and the health system. This information is provided for Canada’s health regions with a population of at least 50,000, encompassing approximately 98% of the population, as well as provinces and territories. In addition, a selected set of indicators for health regions with a population ranging from 20,000 to 50,000 is reported in the Health Indicators e-Publication.

In view of the 10-year anniversary, this issue of the report also presents national trends over time for selected indicators focusing on the following six themes: heart attacks and cardiac revascularization; stroke; women’s health and men’s health—selected surgical procedures; hip fractures; joint replacements; and preventing hospital admissions. The aim of this information is to assist stakeholders and decision makers in the use and interpretation of the indicator data.

• Health Indicators  Reports

Health Indicators Technical Notes 

Provides supplementary documentation to assist with calculating and/or interpreting the Health Indicators data

• Technical Notes

Health Indicators e-publication

Since 1999, CIHI and Statistics Canada have collaborated in producing the Health Indicators e-publication. This interactive, online resource provides access to CIHI’s and Statistic Canada’s health indicator databases. As new data become available, the indicators are updated and released through a new edition of the e-publication.

CIHI has recently improved the look-and-feel and functionality of the way its indicators are retrieved and queried. Now, using the Health Indicators e-publication to explore CIHI’s health indicators is easier and more dynamic than before. New features include a more user-friendly interface and the ability to capture and present data in customized tables and graphs.

Search the current and past editions of the Health Indicators e-publication

• December 2009
• May 2008
• December 2007
• June 2006
• December 2005
• June 2004
• November 2003

Consensus Conference

• National Consensus Conference on Population Health Indicators Final Report
• The Health Indicators Project: The Next Five Years
• The Health Indicators Project: Report from the Third Consensus Conference on Health Indicators
  

Federal, Provincial and Territorial Reports on Comparable Indicators

Reports based on the Comparable health and health system performance indicators for Canada, the provinces and territories were published in:

• May 2009
• December 2006
• November 2004
• September 2002

Canadian Hospital Reporting Project

Information on CIHI's Hospital Reporting project.

Sector-specific Indicators

CIHI is working with key players across the country to develop specific national indicators in the following areas:

• Primary Health Care
• continuing care
• home care
• mental health and addiction services
• rehabilitation services

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