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Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) - Nutrition (Cycle 2.2) - Body Weight |
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| REGION: |  NATIONAL |
| TOPIC(S): | BODY WEIGHT, EXERCISE |
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The CCHS is a national survey, providing sub-provincial level data on health status, health determinants, and health system utilization across Canada. It is intended as a flexible survey instrument that can pose focused survey questions through the years according to emerging health issues. Data are disaggregated by sex, age, and province/territory.
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Genuine Progress Index (GPI) - Nova Scotia |
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| REGION: |  NOVA SCOTIA |
| TOPIC(S): | DIABETES, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, ASTHMA, BODY WEIGHT, SELF-RATED HEALTH, EXERCISE, TOBACCO, LUNG CANCER, OVARIAN CANCER, CERVICAL CANCER, BREAST CANCER - COMING SOON, STRESS, UNPAID WORK, NON-PARENTAL CHILD CARE, LIFE EXPECTANCY, EDUCATION, LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION |
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GPI Atlantic is a non-profit research and education organization that has created a Genuine Progress Index for Nova Scotia. This comprehensive report provides Nova Scotia with its first integrated set of progress measures that assess how the province is doing socially, economically, and environmentally. This 2008 Genuine Progress Index, which updates and completes 12 years of intensive research and development, presents the most recent available evidence on all 20 components of the Nova Scotia GPI (trends in health, crime, education, wealth, income, economic security, employment, and volunteer work to greenhouse gases, air pollution, fisheries, forests, transportation, energy, waste management, agriculture, and water quality).
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Project for an Ontario Women’s Health Evidence-Based Report (POWER) Study: Ontario Women’s Health Equity Report - Burden of Illness (Chapter 3) |
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| REGION: |  ONTARIO |
| TOPIC(S): | SELF-RATED HEALTH, ARTHRITIS, ASTHMA, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD), DIABETES, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, HIV/AIDS, LUNG CANCER, OVARIAN CANCER, CERVICAL CANCER, BREAST CANCER - COMING SOON, DEPRESSION, LOW INCOME, EDUCATION, BODY WEIGHT, EXERCISE, EXERCISE, TOBACCO, INJURY HOSPITALIZATIONS, SELF-RATED HEALTH, POTENTIAL YEARS OF LIFE LOST (PYLL), HEALTH-ADJUSTED LIFE EXPECTANCY (HALE), LIFE EXPECTANCY |
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The POWER Study is a multi-year project funded by Echo: Improving Women’s Health in Ontario, an agency of the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC). POWER is examining gender differences in access to care, as well as quality and outcomes of care for the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the province. A comprehensive two-volume report and interactive website tool will serve as evidence-based tools for policy makers, providers, and consumers in their efforts to improve health and reduce inequities among the women and men of Ontario.
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General Social Survey – Family, Social Support, and Retirement (2007) - Body Weight |
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| REGION: | NATIONAL |
| TOPIC(S): | BODY WEIGHT, EXERCISE |
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The two primary objectives of the General Social Survey (GSS) program are: to gather data on social trends in order to monitor temporal changes in the living conditions and well being of Canadians and to provide immediate information on specific social policy issues of current or emerging interest.
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Aboriginal People's Survey - Body Weight |
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| REGION: | NATIONAL |
| TOPIC(S): | BODY WEIGHT, EXERCISE |
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This survey provides data on the social and economic conditions of Aboriginal people in Canada. Its specific purpose was to identify the needs of Aboriginal people focusing on issues such as health, language, employment, income, schooling, housing, and mobility. The data is disaggregated by: sex, age, Aboriginal ancestral group (North American Indian, Metis, Inuit), educational attainment, language, employment status, housing characteristics, and postal code.
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Government of Alberta Vital Statistics Annual Review |
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| REGION: |  ALBERTA |
| TOPIC(S): | LIVE BIRTHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS, LIVE BIRTHS TO OLDER MOTHERS, BREAST CANCER - COMING SOON, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, CERVICAL CANCER, ALCOHOL, ANEMIA, ASTHMA, HIV/AIDS, ILLICIT DRUGS, EATING DISORDERS, DIABETES, FERTILITY/INFERTILITY, INFANT MORTALITY, INDUCED ABORTION, BODY WEIGHT |
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Service Alberta regulates the registration of all vital events that occur in Alberta such as births, deaths, marriages, and legal changes of name. Vital Statistics also provides statistical information to governments and approved health related agencies for comparison and research. In addition, the Vital Statistics office is responsible for the registration of religious organizations and clergy who perform marriages, marriage commissioner appointments and providing burial permits. The office also processes delayed registration events and amendments to event records. Most Vital Statistics' services are provided through the registry agent network, including the issuance of marriage licences and applications for birth, marriage and death certificates.
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Self-Reported Body Mass Index and its Correlates in Alberta: A Portrait from Survey and Administrative Data Sources |
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| REGION: | ALBERTA |
| TOPIC(S): | BODY WEIGHT |
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The current report presents BMI for Albertans based upon self-reported height and weight from the 1996 National Population Health Survey and the 2001 & 2003 Canadian Community Health Surveys. It also presents information about health utilization from administrative records linked to responses from the National Population Health Survey.
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