Health News & Statistics Wire
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- Study: Mental disorders and access to mental health care22 September 2023, 12:30 pm
Today, Statistics Canada is releasing a study titled "Mental disorders and access to mental health care," using new data from the Mental Health and Access to Care Survey. The study examines changes in the share of Canadians meeting the diagnostic criteria for some specific mental disorders.... - Health Reports, September 202320 September 2023, 12:30 pm
Transgender and non-binary adolescents, females attracted to the same gender and adolescents living with chronic conditions were particularly likely to have experienced cybervictimization compared with their peers.... - Provisional death counts and excess mortality, January 2021 to June 202314 September 2023, 12:30 pm
In its commitment to keep Canadians informed of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, today Statistics Canada is releasing new and updated provisional data on deaths, excess mortality and causes of death from the Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database. This includes an update to the Provisional deaths and excess mortality in Canada dashboard, which brings recent insights into the trends in excess mortality together with interactive data visualization tools.... - Top five highlights from a new report on the health of Canadians, 202313 September 2023, 12:30 pm
This release highlights key findings from the Health of Canadians report. While Canadians are living longer and most rate their general health as very good or excellent, many vulnerable groups (e.g., low income) are facing health challenges.... - Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey, 202211 September 2023, 12:30 pm
Vaping is the act of inhaling and exhaling vapour produced by a device such as an electronic cigarette (e-cigarette), vape mod, vaporizer or vape pen. Most vaping products contain nicotine, which can cause addiction. Results released today from the Canadian Tobacco and Nicotine Survey (CTNS) suggest that vaping continues to be prevalent among young people in Canada....
- Top five highlights from a new report on the health of Canadians, 202313 September 2023, 12:30 pm
This release highlights key findings from the Health of Canadians report. While Canadians are living longer and most rate their general health as very good or excellent, many vulnerable groups (e.g., low income) are facing health challenges.... - Product/Study: Indigenous Peoples Thematic Series, 2021, Vol. , No.18 July 2023, 12:30 pm
Catalogue number 41200002 (HTML | PDF)... - Study: Serious problems or disputes experienced by First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit living in the provinces, 202118 July 2023, 12:30 pm
Serious problems or disputes can occur in everyday life, such as contact with the criminal justice system, family breakdowns or an experience of discrimination or harassment. Indigenous people are more likely to experience these kinds of difficult challenges than their non-Indigenous, non-racialized counterparts, which could be attributable to numerous factors, including colonization, the effects of intergenerational trauma and existing socioeconomic disparities. For example, the proportion of p... - Over-Representation of Indigenous Persons in Adult Provincial Custody, 2019/2020 and 2020/202112 July 2023, 12:30 pm
This Juristat article presents data and information on the extent of Indigenous over-representation in correctional systems across Canada in 2019/2020 and 2020/2021, using three new corrections indicators recently developed: incarceration rates for Indigenous and non-Indigenous persons, the Over-Representation Index, and the Custodial Involvement Rate.... - Indigenous Population Profile: High-quality social, economic and demographic statistics for various geographic areas21 June 2023, 12:30 pm
June marks National Indigenous History Month in Canada, and today, June 21, 2023, is National Indigenous Peoples Day. This day is an annual reminder for people across Canada to recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations people, Métis and Inuit....
- HDI project is ending13 June 2016, 6:54 pm
The Health Data Interactive project is ending on Friday, July 22nd. We encourage you to use the data included in this project until that time. We also suggest that you investigate the following additional resources, which provide estimates of health topics from multiple data sources. • Health, United States • CDC WONDER • FastStats... - HDI Mortality tables updated with most recent data20 March 2015, 2:08 pm
The Health Data Interactive project is pleased to announce the release of updated tables for all topics included in "Mortality and Life Expectancy" topic. These tables include: Infant mortality by cause: US/State 2001-2012 (Source: NVSS) Life Expectancy at Birth, 65 and 85 Years of Age, US, Selected Years 1900-2012 (Source: NVSS) Injury mortality: US/State, 1999-2013 (Source: NVSS) Mortality by underlying and multiple cause, ages 18+: US, 1981-2013 (Source: NVSS) Mortality by underlying cause a... - Update and correction of two pregnancy and birth tables in HDI20 March 2015, 1:59 pm
The Health Data Interactive project announces the completion of data updates through 2013 to the tables in the Pregnancy and birth folder. Low birthweight: US/State, 1996-2013 (Source: NVSS) Preterm birth: US/State, 1996-2013 (Source: NVSS) These tables include minor corrections to the data for the previous years. All estimates in these two tables are new and should replace all previously published tables with these names.... - Infant mortality table updated with 2008-2010 data26 March 2014, 1:43 pm
The Health Data Interactive table titled "Infant mortality by cause: US/State 1999-2010 (Source: NVSS)", which describes infant mortality trends has been updated with the most recent data released by NCHS.... - Tutorial videos available7 February 2014, 3:21 pm
The Health Data Interactive project announces the release of three tutorial videos. These videos demonstrate how to use the detailed tables and drill into data. Part I explains how to access the site, how to open the data tables, and how the tables are oriented. Part II shows how to select categories among the variables, and how to change the rows and columns variables. Part III shows how to sort columns, and how to “nest” your variables. To use the tutorial, you can either start from Pa...
- QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years with Chronic Pain in the Past 3 Months, by Sex and Urbanization Level — United States, 20237 March 2025, 1:09 pm
In 2023, the percentage of adults aged ≥18 years with chronic pain in the past 3 months was higher among women (25.4%) than among men (23.2%) overall.... - QuickStats: Percentage Distribution of Deaths Attributed to Excessive Cold or Hypothermia, by Month — United States, 202328 February 2025, 1:00 pm
In 2023, a total of 1,024 deaths were attributed to excessive cold or hypothermia.... - QuickStats: Mental Health Treatment Trends Among Adults Aged ≥18 Years, by Age Group — United States, 2019–202320 December 2024, 1:10 pm
From 2019 to 2023, the percentage of adults who had received any mental health treatment during the past 12 months increased from 19.2% to 23.9%.... - QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years with Hypertension, by Sex and Race and Ethnicity — United States, August 2021–August 20236 December 2024, 1:54 pm
During August 2021–August 2023, the age-adjusted percentage of adults with hypertension was 44.5% and was highest among non-Hispanic Black or African American (Black) adults (58.0%).... - QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years with Diagnosed Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, by Urbanization Level — United States, 202322 November 2024, 1:00 pm
In 2023, the age-adjusted percentage of adults aged ≥18 years with diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was 3.8%....
- WHO and UNICEF issue new guidance to promote breastfeeding in health facilities globally11 April 2018, 3:25 pm
WHO and UNICEF today issued new ten-step guidance to increase support for breastfeeding in health facilities that provide maternity and newborn services. Breastfeeding all babies for the first 2 years would save the lives of more than 820 000 children under age 5 annually. The Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding underpin the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative, which both organizations launched in 1991. The practical guidance encourages new mothers to breastfeed and informs health workers how b... - WHO concerned about suspected chemical attacks in Syria11 April 2018, 10:00 am
WHO is deeply alarmed by reports of the suspected use of toxic chemicals in Douma city, East Ghouta. According to reports from Health Cluster partners, during the shelling of Douma on Saturday, an estimated 500 patients presented to health facilities exhibiting signs and symptoms consistent with exposure to toxic chemicals. In particular, there were signs of severe irritation of mucous membranes, respiratory failure and disruption to central nervous systems of those exposed.... - Nearly one billion people in Africa to be protected against yellow fever by 202610 April 2018, 4:00 pm
Nearly one billion people will be vaccinated against yellow fever in 27 high-risk African countries by 2026 with support from WHO, Gavi – the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF and more than 50 health partners. The commitment is part of the Eliminate Yellow fever Epidemics (EYE) in Africa strategy, which was launched by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, Professor Isaac Folorunso Adewole, Nigeria’s Minister of Health and partners at a regional meeting in Abuja, Nigeria on Tuesday (1... - WHO at 70 - working for better health for everyone, everywhere5 April 2018, 9:00 am
On 7 April, World Health Day, the World Health Organization marks its 70th anniversary. Over the past 7 decades, WHO has spearheaded efforts to rid the world of killer diseases like smallpox and to fight against deadly habits like tobacco use. This year, World Health Day is dedicated to one of WHO’s founding principles: “The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, e... - Donors pledge over US$ 15 million to WHO’s Contingency Fund for Emergencies27 March 2018, 11:00 am
Donors have pledged an additional US$15.3 million to support quick action by the World Health Organization to tackle disease outbreaks and humanitarian health crises through its emergency response fund in 2018, the Contingency Fund for Emergencies (CFE). Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, the Republic of Korea, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland announced contributions ranging from US$20,000 to US$5.6 million at a confere...
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