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Measuring Up

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Measuring Up
A Health Surveillance Update on Canadian Children and Youth
Table of Contents
  Introduction
1

Infant Health
infant mortality
preterm birth
neural tube defects
future developments: enhanced surveillance of women's pregnancy experiences

2

Childhood Cancer
cancer incidence
cancer mortality
cancer survival
future developments: surveillance of late effects among cancer survivors

3

Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
vaccine coverage
measles
pertussis
future developments: national immunization registry

4

Respiratory Health
asthma prevalence
asthma hospitalizations
tuberculosis
future developments: asthma prevention and control efforts

5

Child Injury
injury mortality
motor vehicle crashes
suicide
injuries from infant walkers
future developments: child maltreatment surveillance

6

HIV and Sexual Health
HIV infection and AIDS
chlamydia
teen pregnancy
future developments: street youth project



Edited by
I.D. Rusen, MD, MSc, FRCPC and Catherine McCourt, MD, MHA, FRCPC

Research Assistant
Adèle Gélinas

Published by authority of the Minister of Health

Également disponible en français sous le titre :
À la hauteur : une mise à jour de la surveillance de la santé des jeunes du Canada

This publication can also be accessed electronically via internet using a Web
browser at http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/meas-haut/

© Minister of Public Works and Government Services Canada, 1999
Cat. H42-2/82-1999E
ISBN 0-662-27888-7

 

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Last Updated: 1999-06-16 Top