Health News & Statistics Wire
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- Unmet needs for help significantly related to problematic use of opioid pain relief medication19 January 2022, 1:30 pm
Problematic use of opioid pain relief medication (OPRM) was 2.61 times more likely among people who used OPRMs and reported having unmet needs for help with mental health or use of substances than among those who used OPRMs but reported they did not have these needs. The study "Significant factors associated with problematic use of opioid pain relief medications among the household population, Canada, 2018, released today in Health Reports, broadened the scope of previous research. It used ... - Economic and Social Reports, December 202118 January 2022, 1:30 pm
The December 2021 issue of Economic and Social Reports is now available and contains three articles.... - Detailed preliminary data on confirmed cases of COVID-19, January 15, 2020 to January 9, 2022 (revised data)14 January 2022, 1:30 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 January 9, 2022.... - Product/Study: User Guide and Data Dictionary for Preliminary COVID-19 Data, Vol. , No.14 January 2022, 1:30 pm
Catalogue number 13260002 (HTML | PDF)... - Product/Study: Preliminary dataset on confirmed cases of COVID-19, Public Health Agency of Canada, 2020-2022, Vol. , No.14 January 2022, 1:30 pm
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- Study: Indigenous Youth in Canada1 December 2021, 1:30 pm
The Indigenous population is significantly younger than the non-Indigenous population. Young people aged 15 to 24 years make up 17% of the Indigenous population, compared with 12% for the non-Indigenous population. On average, Indigenous peoples were 8.8 years younger than the non-Indigenous population in 2016.... - Survey on Access to Health Care and Pharmaceuticals During the Pandemic, March 2020 to May 202123 November 2021, 1:30 pm
In the 10 provinces, approximately half of Canadian adults needing health care in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic experienced a difficulty receiving the services they needed. This finding is based on results from the Survey on Access to Health Care and Pharmaceuticals during the Pandemic, which was conducted from March to May 2021.... - Study: Labour market impacts of COVID-19 on Indigenous people: March 2020 to August 202116 November 2021, 1:30 pm
A new study provides insights on the labour market impacts of COVID-19 on Indigenous people in Canada, in the eighteen-month period following the beginning of the pandemic. It reports on trends in employment, unemployment and labour force participation among Indigenous people living off reserve in the provinces and is based on the Labour Force Survey.... - Ontario First Nations Point-of-Sale Exemption Survey, 202026 October 2021, 12:30 pm
Data are now available from the 2020 Ontario First Nations Point-of-Sale Exemption Survey.... - Study: The achievements, experiences and labour market outcomes of First Nations, Métis and Inuit women with bachelor's degrees or higher20 October 2021, 12:30 pm
Indigenous women have made significant gains in every level of the educational system. Postsecondary credentials, especially those at the highest levels, lead to higher employment rates and better labour market outcomes for First Nations, Métis and Inuit women....
- 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 Children Aged 2-17 Years With 2 Hours of Screen Time Per Weekday, by Sex and Age Group - National Health Interview Survey, United States, 202021 January 2022, 1:06 pm
This report describes the percentage of children with more than two hours of screen time per weekday....
- QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Received Care at Home From a Friend or Family Member in the Past 12 Months, by Sex and Age Group - National Health Interview Survey, United States, July-December 202014 January 2022, 12:58 pm
This report describes the percentage of adults who received care at home from a friend or family member.... - QuickStats: Distribution of Emergency Department Visits Made by Adults, by Age and Number of Chronic Conditions - United States, 2017-20197 January 2022, 1:02 pm
This report describes emergency department visits made by adults by age and chronic conditions.... - QuickStats: Percentage of Children and Adolescents Aged 1-17 Years Who Received an Influenza Vaccine Within the Past 12 Months, by Health Insurance Coverage and Age Group - National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019-202030 December 2021, 5:00 pm
This report describes the percentage of children and adolescents who received an influenza vaccine in the past 12 months.... - QuickStats: Distribution of Hours per Day That Office-Based Primary Care and Specialist Care Physicians Spent Outside Normal Office Hours Documenting Clinical Care in Their Medical Record System† - United States, 201917 December 2021, 1:10 pm
This report describes hours spent by primary care and specialist care physicians documenting clinical care outside normal office hours....
- 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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