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Type of Data, 1
Administrative and Registry Data
– For example, • hospitals: care, (e.g., admittances, duration of stays),
disease…• health centres: services, disease
– And includes vital statistics (births, deaths, marriages, …)
– WHO was the first person to collect hospital administrative data?
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Type of Data, 2
Survey Data
(including household surveys, e.g., through Statistics Canada)
100%– The Census of Population (every five years)
Population Samples– The Canadian Community Health Survey– The National Population Health Survey etc. etc.
• The academic community has data access through the Data Liberation Initiative with Statistics Canada, (contact Susan), and to CIHI data by individual request, (Web site to follow).
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In other words, Statistics come from…
…DATA
Data are processed to become Statistics
Person 1…2
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From Data to Statistics
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Person 1
Person 2
Raw coded data (confidential) Anonymized data (PUMF)
Statistics Summarized/aggregate data (Statistics)
Data Liberation Initiatve
COOL RDC
Public
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OFFICIAL STATISTICAL SOURCESMajor Government Departments and Agencies Publishing
Studies and Information on Health*
• Health Canada…
• Public Health Agency of Canada
• Statistics Canada …– Analytical Studies
• Canadian Institute for Health Information
• Provincial/Territorial Ministries of Health
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• Pan American Health Organization
• World Health Organization *page thanks to T. Rokolj, U.Ottawa librarian, GSG
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So, statistics can be presented in many ways, as…
- a table of numbers, - a few numbers in a newspaper article etc,- a graph, *
*see Graph types and …
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How to Cite Statistics Canada products
Main Web page http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/12-591-XIE/12-591-XIE2006001.htm
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Survey Datasets
Browse the DLI survey collection on the Web
including questionnaires, abstracts and data codebooks for the Public-Use Microdata Files (PUMFs)
Available DLI surveys (Browse)
And more about Get data on …
• http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/content.php?pid=14807&sid=99466
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Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS)
1. Largest health survey in Canada, Over 131,000 respondents from more than approximately 140 health regions (from 2001-Current). Cross-sectional survey.
2. Very detailed data on health status and health system (e.g., access/use), and correlates of health including economic, social, occupational, demographic and environmental indicators;
3. Statistics Canada publishes extensive CCHS statistics in various products including Health Indicators, a database of statistical tables (to be demonstrated);
4. Special CCHS topics now all included in one survey (issued every 2 years) 2002 (cycle 1.2): Mental Health and Well-Being, 2004 (cycle 2.2): Nutrition…
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And hundreds of potentially relevant surveys
• General Social Surveys annual topics, aging, social support, health (1985 and 1991) etc
• 2001 Post-censal Surveys (every 10 years)
Aboriginal People’s Survey 2001• Includes health topics
Participation and Activity Limitation Survey 2001• Disabilities
Ethnic Diversity Survey 2001
• Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS)– Tracks changes in smoking status, especially for populations most at risk, such as the 15 to 24 year olds.
• National Population Health Survey (NPHS), 1994/95-Current - longitudinal
• National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY/Kids survey)
• And many more, including other countries’ surveys and international surveys
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Note
Ask:Who collected and who sponsored the data collection?
Can you identify how the data sources were collected and what and how the data was being measured?
Official, sector/trade, academic and popular sources
have differing levels of authority
… further supported or refuted by the answers to the questions above
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ACCESS to HEALTH STATISTICS - 1
These statistics covers both survey and administrative data
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ACCESS to HEALTH STATISTICS
StatCan Web site :
- the Web site many access points ! WE HAVE A SUBJECT GUIDE for HEALTH STATISTICS
- some public and some restricted sources on the site
- we will start with the simple sources providing just a few general numbers, to detailed statistical tables and sources of statistical commentary and analysis
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ACCESS to HEALTH STATISTICS
StatCan Web site :- the Web site many access points ! THEREFORE WE HAVE A SUBJECT GUIDE for HEALTH STATISTICS- some public and some restricted sources on the site- we will start with the simple sources providing just a few general numbers, to detailed statistical tables and sources of statistical commentary and analysis
Others :- Search CANSIM (via E-STAT) restricted (DLI/DSP) from Statistics Canada- Health Canada (public health) summaries of mostly administrative public health data
… and don’t forget academic sources
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Strategies for finding health stats
(1) Look for a few numbers– Health Statistics (three examples)
(2) Look for more detailed statistical tables– Find Statistics By subject (Statistics Canada)– Health Indicators (advanced statistical tables)– Search CANSIM via E-STAT (advanced statistical tables)– A Profile of Disability in Canada
(3) Cross-tabulate health determinants and health outcomes – book a demo with Susan
(4) Search for more detailed statistical commentary and analysis, will include statistical tables
– General comments and GSG reference services
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Overview – what’s where on Public Web sites• Look for a few numbers
– Summary tables (Statistics Canada)– The Daily (Statistics Canada)– Health in Canada (Statistics Canada) including Health Profile
• Look for more detailed statistical tables– Find Statistics By subject (Statistics Canada)– Health Indicators (Health Canada and Statistics Canada sources)– Search CANSIM via E-STAT (Health Canada and Statistics
Canada sources)– Health Surveillance (Health Canada)
• Further search for more detailed statistical commentary and analysis, will include statistical tables
Get Health Statistical Tables
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http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/content.php?mode=preview&pid=16752&sid=112963
Starting with Getting a Few Numbers …
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a) Select Health Summary tableshttp://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/content.php?mode=preview&pid=16752&sid=112963
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a) Select The Dailyhttp://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/content.php?mode=preview&pid=16752&sid=112963
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#5, View table in full This table only displays to Ont., click on a province after Ont. to display 2nd table
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Search The Daily … for synopses 1995 to todayhttp://www.statcan.ca/english/dai-quo/
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Strategy 2
LOOK FOR MORE DETAILED STATISTICAL TABLES
(c) Find Statistics By subject
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Statistics by Subject page
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subject-sujet/index.action?&lang=eng
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EXPLORE STATISTICAL TABLESe.g., preview sample download page …
($$$ INSTEAD use a free version later to access this
CANSIM table)
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Finish previewing and save your sources, or in case of CANSIM table, note down your Table number, e.g., 105-0112
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Library Population Health Statistics pagehttp://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/aecontent.php?pid=16752&sid=112964
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Library Population Health Statistics pagehttp://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/aecontent.php?pid=16752&sid=112964
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Off campus access to E-Stat
1. Enter your library access account user name
• Your user name is the prefix of your uottawa.ca e-mail account, e.g., bsmi072 for [email protected]
2. Enter your password
• The password is the following format: YYMMDD?? where ?? represents the two last numbers of your social insurance number and YYMMDD represents your date of birth.
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For researchers particularly interested in details of CANSIM tables …download Beyond 20/20 optional but recommended
Click here
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Strategy 2
LOOK FOR MORE DETAILED STATISTICAL TABLES
(d) [Public] Health Surveillance
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Public Health Surveillancehttp://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/content.php?mode=preview&pid=16752&sid=112963
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Strategy 2
LOOK FOR MORE DETAILED STATISTICAL TABLES
(e) A Profile of Disability in Canada 2001
Get Statistical Tables on Disabilities
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http://uottawa.ca.libguides.com/content.php?mode=preview&pid=16752&sid=112963
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Use your power searching everwhere!
For example, on StatCan’s search (Advanced Search) feature… http://www.statcan.gc.ca/search-recherche/adv-ava-eng.htm
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For Statistics Canada publications (commentary and analysis) or more generally …
Further browsing
Index of downloadable Statistics Canada publications
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research assistance at your service!
Appointments welcomed
Susan Mowers and GSG Team
Morisset Library
3rd Floor
613-562-5800
Extension 3634
AND THANK YOU!