Comparable health indicators
October 1, 2002


   Comparable health indicators for Canada, the provinces and the
territories are now available through the Web sites of Statistics Canada
and the Canadian Institute for Health Information. Reports based on these
comparable health indicators were published on September 30 by the
Government of Canada, the provinces and territories.

   These indicators were identified in response to the First Ministers'
Communiqué on health issued in September 2000
(www.scics.gc.ca/cinfo00/800038004_e.html). During the past two years,
health ministries from the provinces, the territories and the federal
government have been working to select and to report on comparable
indicators that address health status, outcomes of health services and
quality of health services.

   The Communiqué on health identified 14 areas for comparable indicator
reporting: life expectancy, infant mortality, low birth rate,
self-reported health, change in life expectancy, improved quality of life,
reduced burden of disease, illness and injury, waiting times for key
diagnostic and treatment services, patient satisfaction, hospital
re-admission for selected conditions, access to first-contact health
services, home and community care services 24 hours a day and seven days a
week, public health surveillance and protection, and health promotion and
disease prevention.

   Comparable health indicators (82-401-XIE, free) is available on
Statistics Canada's Web site (www.statcan.ca). From the Our products and
services page, choose Free publications, then Health.

   For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data
quality of this release, contact Brenda Wannell (613-951-8554;
[log in to unmask]), Health Statistics Division.

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