Health News & Statistics Wire
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- Deaths, causes of death and life expectancy, 201628 June 2018, 12:30 pm
There were 267,213 deaths in Canada in 2016—the highest level since the Vital Statistics registration system was introduced in the 1920s. The number of deaths recorded each year in Canada is generally trending upward.... - Canadian Community Health Survey, 201726 June 2018, 12:30 pm
In Canada, more than three-quarters of women met the guidelines for mammogram screening and two in five adults met the guidelines for colorectal cancer screening in 2017.... - Canadian Community Health Survey: Rapid response on barriers to physical activity, 201726 June 2018, 12:30 pm
New data on barriers to physical activity are now available for custom requests from the rapid response component of the Canadian Community Health Survey—Annual Component.... - Health Reports: Factors associated with hypertension control among older Canadians, June 201820 June 2018, 12:30 pm
Hypertension affects about 1 in 4 Canadian adults, and becomes more common as people age, resulting in many negative health implications. One of the most serious is damage to blood vessels, increasing the risk of heart attack or stroke—two of the leading causes of hospitalization and death in Canada.... - Canadian Cancer Statistics, 201812 June 2018, 12:30 pm
Canadian Cancer Statistics 2018 will be released on June 13, 2018, at 3:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. This year's edition includes the special topic on cancer incidence by stage in Canada and a summary of key statistics from Canadian Cancer Statistics 2017 for the most common types of cancers....
- 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 Residential Care Community Residents with an Advance Directive, by Census Division - National Study of Long-Term Care Providers, 201620 July 2018, 2:11 pm
In 2016, 77.9% of residents in residential care communities had an advance directive documented in their files.... - QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged 20 Years and Older Told Their Cholesterol Was High Who Were Taking Lipid-Lowering Medications, by Sex and Age Group - National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2006 to 2015-201613 July 2018, 2:26 pm
The percentage of men told by a health professional that their cholesterol was high who were taking lipid-lowering medications increased from 36% in 2005-2006 to 50% in 2015-2016 among those aged 60 years or older but not among those aged 20-39 years (1% to 2%) or 40-59 years (16% to 17%).... - QuickStats: Percentage of Injury Deaths That Occurred in the Decedent's Home for the Five Most Common Causes of Injury Death - United States, 20166 July 2018, 2:00 pm
This report monitors the percentage of injury deaths that occurred in the decedent's home for the five most common causes of injury death in 2016.... - QuickStats: Percentage of Residential Care Communities That Use Electronic Health Records, by Census Region - United States, 201629 June 2018, 2:24 pm
CDC graphic shows the percentage of residential care communities that use electronic health records by U.S. Census region in 2016.... - QuickStats: Changes in Late Preterm Birth Rates by State - National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2014 and 201622 June 2018, 2:00 pm
The late preterm birth (34 to 36 weeks of gestation) rate rose 4% in the United States, from 6.82% in 2014 to 7.09% in 2016....
- 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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