Health News & Statistics Wire
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- Detailed preliminary data on confirmed cases of COVID-19, January 15 to May 2, 20204 May 2020, 12:30 pm
A revised set of preliminary data on the number of confirmed novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases reported by the provincial and territorial health authorities to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is now available. The set covers the period from January 15 to May 2, 2020.... - Detailed preliminary data on confirmed cases of COVID-19, January 15 to April 29, 20201 May 2020, 12:30 pm
A revised set of preliminary data on the number of confirmed novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases reported by the provincial and territorial health authorities to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is now available. The set covers the period from January 15 to April 29, 2020.... - Detailed preliminary data on confirmed cases of COVID-19, January 15 to April 28, 202030 April 2020, 12:30 pm
A revised set of preliminary data on the number of confirmed novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases reported by the provincial and territorial health authorities to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is now available. The set covers the period from January 15 to April 28, 2020.... - Detailed preliminary data on confirmed cases of COVID-19, January 15 to April 27, 202029 April 2020, 12:30 pm
A revised set of preliminary data on the number of confirmed novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases reported by the provincial and territorial health authorities to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is now available. The set covers the period from January 15 to April 27, 2020.... - Detailed preliminary data on confirmed cases of COVID-19, January 15 to April 26, 202028 April 2020, 12:30 pm
A revised set of preliminary data on the number of confirmed novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases reported by the provincial and territorial health authorities to the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is now available. The set covers the period from January 15 to April 26, 2020....
- Product/Study: 2016 Census Aboriginal Community Portrait Series, Vol. , No.14 January 2020, 1:30 pm
Catalogue number 41260001 (HTML | PDF)... - Indigenous people with disabilities in Canada: First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit aged 15 and older12 December 2019, 1:30 pm
In 2017, 32% of First Nations people living off reserve, 30% of Métis and 19% of Inuit had one or more disabilities that limited them in their daily activities.... - Study: Housing, income and residential dissimilarity among Indigenous people in Canadian cities10 December 2019, 1:30 pm
A growing number of Indigenous people in Canada today live in an urban setting. A new study released today examines the living conditions of Indigenous people living in Canadian cities....
- 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 Families That Often or Sometimes Did Not Have Enough Food To Last 30 Days and Did Not Have Enough Money to Buy More, by Poverty Status - National Health Interview Survey, United States, 20183 July 2020, 2:15 pm
This report describes the percentage of United States families that often or sometimes did not have enough food to last 30 days and did not have enough money to buy more, by poverty status during 2018.... - QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Percentage of Adults Aged 18 Years or Older Who Currently Have Asthma, by Sex and Race/Ethnicity ─ National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2017-201826 June 2020, 2:12 pm
This report describes that during 2017-2018, women aged 18 years or older were more likely than men to currently have asthma.... - QuickStats: Reason for the Most Recent Colonoscopy, Among Adults Aged 50-75 Years Who Had a Test in the Past 10 Years - National Health Interview Survey,† United States, 201819 June 2020, 2:08 pm
This report describes the percentage of U.S. adults aged 50-75 years without a personal history of colorectal cancer who had a colonoscopy in the past 10 years.... - QuickStats: Percentage of Families That Did Not Get Needed Medical Care Because of Cost, by Poverty Status - National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2013 and 201812 June 2020, 1:45 pm
This report describes the decreased percentage from 2013 to 2018 of all families that did not get needed medical care because of cost in the past 12 months.... - QuickStats: Prevalence of High Total Cholesterol Among Adults Aged 20 Years or Older, by Age Group and Sex - National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2015-20185 June 2020, 2:07 pm
This report describes prevalence of high total cholesterol among adults aged 20 years or older, by age group and sex during 2015-2018....
- 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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