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- Nursing and residential care facilities, 202121 March 2023, 12:30 pm
Nursing and residential care facilities in Canada have been dealing with the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Staffing shortages have been prevalent since the number of employees fell 2.1% in 2020. As well, nursing and residential care facilities faced higher operating expenses for personal protective equipment purchases, testing and screening measures, and other infection control measures and supplies. In 2020, the number of residents dropped 4.3% because of fewer admissions and a hig... - Detailed preliminary data on confirmed cases of COVID-19, January 15, 2020, to March 9, 2023 (revised data)17 March 2023, 12:30 pm
An updated set of preliminary data on the number of confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases reported by provincial and territorial public health authorities to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is now available. Along with this dataset are two aggregated tables that summarize the information available in the dataset. The updated information covers the period from January 15, 2020, to March 9, 2023.... - Product/Study: Preliminary dataset on confirmed cases of COVID-19, Public Health Agency of Canada, 2020-2023, Vol. , No.17 March 2023, 12:30 pm
Catalogue number 13260003 (HTML)... - New innovative research provides a better understanding of the intersection of characteristics associated with opioid overdose15 March 2023, 12:30 pm
Opioid-related overdoses continue to be a public health crisis with deaths significantly increasing since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Previous studies have identified a range of individual characteristics associated with a higher risk of opioid overdoses including low income, precarious employment and contacts with police, but information on the intersection of these characteristics, that is, the combination of characteristics to identify profiles of individuals that may be at higher risk, has ... - Provisional death counts and excess mortality, January 2021 to December 20229 March 2023, 1:30 pm
In its commitment to keep Canadians informed of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, Statistics Canada is releasing today new and updated provisional data on deaths, excess mortality and the causes of death from the Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database. To understand the direct and indirect effects of the pandemic, it is important to measure excess mortality, which occurs when there are more deaths than expected in a given period....
- 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: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years with Serious Psychological Distress During the Past 30 Days, by Family Income — National Health Interview Survey, 202124 March 2023, 2:00 pm
In 2021, 3.8% of adults aged ≥18 years had serious psychological distress during the past 30 days.... - QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Drug Overdose Death Rates, by State — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 202117 March 2023, 2:01 pm
In 2021, the U.S. age-adjusted drug overdose death rate was 32.4 per 100,000 population.... - QuickStats: Percentage Distribution of Cigarette Smoking Status Among Current Adult E-Cigarette Users, by Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 202110 March 2023, 12:06 pm
In 2021, 4.5% of U.S. adults were current e-cigarette users.... - QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged 18–64 Years Who Used Telemedicine in the Past 12 Months, by Sex and Health Insurance Coverage — National Health Interview Survey, United States 20213 March 2023, 1:06 pm
Overall, in 2021, 35.3% of adults aged 18–64 years had a telemedicine visit with a health care professional in the past 12 months.... - QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years with Serious Psychological Distress in the Past 30 Days, by Sex and Age Group — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 202124 February 2023, 1:12 pm
In 2021, 3.7% of adults aged ≥18 years had serious psychological distress in the past 30 days with percentages higher among women (4.6%) than among men (2.7%)....
- 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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