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Table 1 Provincial characteristics one year before and one year after ICD-10 implementation

From: Implementation of ICD-10 in Canada: how has it impacted coded hospital discharge data?

Province

NL

PEI

NS

NB

ON

MB

SK

AB

BC

Year before and after ICD 10 implementation

2000

2001

2000

2001

2000

2001

2002

2003

2001

2002

2003

2004

2001

2002

2001

2002

2000

2001

Population count (thousands)

527.9

522.0

136.5

136.7

933.8

932.5

749.3

749.4

11,896.7

12,091.0

1,163.8

1,173.6

1,000.2

996.8

3,058.0

3,128.4

4,039.2

4,076.3

Number of hospitals/ clinical units submitting data

35

27

6

7

32

35

33

29

211

203

73

72

63

62

99

100

90

82

Number of discharges/year

1,251

1,205

900

952

1,912

2,000

1,671

1,761

11,257

11,183

2,737

2,798

2,904

3,027

3,433

3,736

3,892

3,975

  1. * Data from Statistics Canada’s Hospital Person-Oriented Information database (HPOI)
  2. Notes: NL Newfoundland and Labrador, PEI Prince Edward Island, NS Nova Scotia, NB New Brunswick, ON Ontario, MB Manitoba, SK Saskatchewan, AB Alberta, BC British Columbia, ICD International Classification of Disease