Public Health: Statistics
Canadian Statistics and Data Sets
The following listing is a selected list of sources of health statistics. For the most complete listing of Statistics Resources please see the Data Research Guide, or the Data : Canada Research Guide. International statistics sources are found here
- Statistics Canada Data Portal (formerly CANSIM)Cansim is Statistics Canada's key socioeconomic database of survey data.
- Statistics Canada: Health Profilesfeatures health region data from a number of sources including Statistics Canada's health surveys, administrative data, and the census of population
- PHAC Surveillance ProgramsListing of the Public Health Agency of Canada's ongoing surveillance projects. Examples included Flu-Watch; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance System; West Nile Virus Surveillance Information; and more
- Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)An independant body that provides key information and statistics on the Canadian health care system. Also check out their Quick Stats page where you can search by topic (e.g., Quality of Care, Lifestyle, etc.)
- Institute of Health EconomicsSearch health statistics by geographic region (provincial, national, international) or topic area (e.g., Aboriginal Health, Diabetes, Nutrition, etc).
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Statistics Tutorial
The U.S. National Library of Medicine created this helpful online course Finding and Using Health Statistics.
