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Welcome to Health Trends - A Working Document

Health Trends in Alberta -- A Working Document presents statistical information about the health of Albertans. It includes information about demographics, health status, health determinants, mortality, communicable disease, and environmental health. It also provides summary information about provincial targets and provincial strategies for population health. Heath Trends - A Working Document (12.7MB)

Introduction (64.5K)

Acknowledgments
Strategic Direction
Objectives
Approach
Disease Categories and Data Sources
Epidemiologic Measures
Epidemiologic Measures for Maps
Provincial Business Plan Targets
Provincial Strategies
Updating the Working Document

Demographics (1.4MB)
- A.1 Population
- A.2 Mortality
- A.3 Fertility
- A.4 Migration
- A.5 Projected Population Change
Child and Infant Health (1.5MB)
- B.1 Infant Mortality
- B.2 Low Birth Weight
- B.3 Congenital Anomalies
- B.4 Teenage Fertility
Health Status and Determinants (2.7MB)
- C.1 Self-Reported Health
- C.2 Self-Reported Disability
- C.3 Life Expectancy
- C.4 Childhood Poverty
- C.5 Physical Activity
- C.6 Overweight
- C.7 Tobacco Use
- C.8 Alcohol Use
Chronic Disease and Injury (4.0MB)
- D.1 Cardiovascular Disease
  - D.1A Ischaemic Heart Disease
  - D.1B Stroke
- D.2 Cancer
  - D.2A Lung Cancer
  - D.2B Breast Cancer
  - D.2C Prostate Cancer
  - D.2D Cervical Cancer
- D.3 Injury
  - D.3A Motor Vehicle Collisions
  - D.3B Falls
  - D.3C Suicide
  - D.3D Homicide
- D.4 Respiratory Diseases
  - D.4A Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  - D.4B Asthma
- D.5 Diabetes
- D.6 Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis
- D.7 Kidney Disease
Communicable Diseases (2.6MB)
- E.1 HIV and AIDS
- E.2 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  - E.2A Gonorrhea
  - E.2B Syphilis
  - E.2C Chlamydia
- E.3 Tuberculosis
- E.4 Food and Waterborne Diseases
  - E.4A Giardiasis
  - E.4B Salmonellosis
  - E.4C Campylobacter Enteritis
  - E.4D E. Coli 0157:H7
- E.5 Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
  - E.5A Measles
  - E.5B Mumps
  - E.5C Rubella
  - E.5D Hepatitis B
  - E.5E Pertussis
Mental Health (1.2MB)
- F.1 Mental Health Problems
- F.2 Depression
- F.3 Schizophrenia
- F.4 Mental Health Service Delivery in Alberta
Environmental Health (1.1MB)
- G.1 Agents in the Ambient Environment
  - G.1A Water
  - G.1B Air
- G.2 Health Risk Assessment
  - G.2A Drinking
  - G.2B Breathing and Eating
- G.3 Surveillance of Human Health Responses
- G.4 Environmental Health Strategies

References and Appendices (45K)
- References
- Appendix A ICD-9-CM Codes by Disease (Causes of Death)
- Appendix B ICD-9-CM Codes by Disease (Communicable Diseases)
- Appendix C Standard Postcensal Population Estimates, Canada 1996

22-Aug-2006

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