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Therapeutic Abortions Database (TADB)
The Therapeutic Abortions Database (TADB) is a national data holding that captures administrative, clinical and demographic information on women obtaining an induced abortion in Canada. The TADB also includes data on Canadian women who obtained an induced abortion in selected key US states, primarily along the United States–Canada border.
Purpose:
- to support CIHI's mandate
- to collect, process and analyze non-identifiable record level and summary data on therapeutic abortions
- to provide data to public departments for the calculation of teen pregnancy rates and for assessing the impact of planned parenting initiatives
- to support related approved analysis and research
Data Elements:
- administrative data elements (e.g., admission and discharge dates)
- clinical data elements (e.g., procedure)
- demographic data elements (e.g., patient age)
Source: Data suppliers include provincial and territorial ministries of health, hospitals, independent abortion clinics in Canada, and selected departments of health in the United States.
Data Quality: Through our Data Quality Enhancement Program, CIHI strives to ensure that the quality of the information in our data holdings is suited to its intended uses, and that data users are provided good information about data quality.
Privacy Restrictions: Data disclosure is determined by CIHI's privacy principles and policies. The Privacy Impact Assessment of the Therapeutic Abortions Database (June 2003) (PDF) 320 KB evaluates, documents and addresses the privacy impacts of the TADB program and systems. CIHI is committed to completing PIAs on all its data holdings.
Resources: None
Availability:
- most recent year: 2005
- next release: 2006 (March 2008)
- historical series:
- 1996 to 2004
- 1969 to 1995 (available from Statistics Canada)
Publications/Outputs:
National abortion statistics are published annually in Statistics Canada's The Daily .
Contact: ta@cihi.ca
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