Health Indicators e-Publication

The Health Indicators e-Publication is produced jointly by Statistics Canada and CIHI. It is a compilation of more than 80 indicators measuring health status, non-medical determinants of health, health system performance and community and health system characteristics.

These indicators are produced at the health region level, as well as at provincial, territorial and Canada levels. Data used to calculate the indicators is the most recently available and represents a wide range of sources including the censuses, surveys and administrative records.

What's new?

November 30, 2023

Updated data tables are available for the following 26 indicators from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI):

  • Health Status: Hospitalizations Entirely Caused by Alcohol; Injury Hospitalization; Hospitalized Stroke Event; Hospitalized Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Event
  • Health System Performance: Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions; 30-Day Acute Myocardial Infarction In-Hospital Mortality; 30-Day Stroke In-Hospital Mortality; Readmission(s); Hospitalized Hip Fracture Event; Hip Fracture Surgery Within 48 Hours
  • Community and Health System Characteristics: Inflow/Outflow Ratio(s); Coronary Artery Bypass Graft; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Cardiac Revascularization; Hip Replacement; Knee Replacement; Hysterectomy

Updated data tables are also available for the following Statistics Canada  indicators  

December 8, 2022

Updated data tables are available for the following 30 indicators from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI).

  • Health Status: Hospitalizations Entirely Caused by Alcohol, Injury Hospitalization; Hospitalized Stroke Event; Hospitalized Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) Event
  • Health System Performance:; Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions; 30-Day Acute Myocardial Infarction In-Hospital Mortality; 30-Day Stroke In-Hospital Mortality; Readmission(s); Hospitalized Hip Fracture Event; Hip Fracture Surgery Within 48 Hours
  • Community and Health System Characteristics: Inflow/Outflow Ratio(s); Coronary Artery Bypass Graft; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; Cardiac Revascularization; Hip Replacement; Knee Replacement; Hysterectomy; Doctors Rate

Updated data tables are also available for the following indicators.

For previous updates, visit Statistics Canada’s Health Indicators page External link, opens in new window

Data tables and definitions

Data and definitions are presented below according to the Health Indicator Framework (PDF).

Health Status

Well–being

Health conditions

Human function

Deaths

Non–medical determinants of health

Health behaviours

Living and working conditions

Personal resources

Environmental factors

Health system performance

Acceptability

Accessibility

Appropriateness

Continuity

Effectiveness

Safety

Community and health system characteristics

Community

Health system

Resources

Footnotes

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Indicator has been updated since the last publication with the most recent data available.

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Data are available at the provincial/territorial level or for a limited number of health regions only.

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