Table 2 Health and healthcare performance indicators: descriptions, estimates, Canadian averages, and data sources [12-16]
Indicator | Description | Provincial & Territorial value Range | Canadian average (95% C.I.) | Data source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Health status'Tier' | Â | Â | Â | Â |
• Well-being |  |  |  |  |
Self-rated health (excellent or very good) [+] | Percentage of the population aged 12 and over who rate their own health status as either excellent or very good | 53.2–66.2% | 61.4 (61.0–61.8) | Statistics Canada, CCHS 2000–01 |
• Health conditions |  |  |  |  |
Body mass index higher than 27 [-] | Body weight in kilograms divided by the squared value of the height in meters with values greater than 27 (overweight) for those aged 20 to 64 | 29.0–42.8 kg/m2 | 31.9 (31.4–32.3) | Statistics Canada, CCHS 2000–01 |
Asthma rate [-] | Percentage of the population aged 12 and over who report that they have been diagnosed by a health professional as having asthma | 3.6–9.2% | 8.4 (8.2–8.6) | Statistics Canada, CCHS 2000–01 |
Diabetes rate [-] | Percentage of the population aged 12 and over who report that they have been diagnosed by a health professional as having diabetes | 1.9–5.8% | 4.1 (4.0–4.3) | Statistics Canada, CCHS 2000–01 |
• Human function |  |  |  |  |
Functional health (perfect of very good) [+] | Percentage of the population aged 12 and over reporting measures of overall functional health, based on eight dimensions of functioning (vision, hearing, speech, mobility, dexterity, feelings, cognition and pain) | 66.3–84.9% | 80.5 (80.1–80.8) | Statistics Canada, CCHS 2000–01 |
• Deaths |  |  |  |  |
Life expectancy [+] | Life expectancy at birth calculated in years for overall population | 69.4–80.4 years | 79.6 (79.6–79.7) | Statistics Canada |
Healthcare performance'Tier' | Â | Â | Â | Â |
• Acceptability |  |  |  |  |
Satisfied with family doctor [+] | Population aged 15 and above who report being very or somewhat satisfied with the most recent family doctor or other physician care received | 88.3–93.5% | 91.4 (90.7–92.0) | Statistics Canada, CCHS 2003 |
Satisfied with health care services [+] | Population aged 15 and above who report being very or somewhat satisfied with health care services received in the past 12 months | 74.2–88.6% | 84.9 (84.3–85.6) | Statistics Canada, CCHS 2003 |
Satisfied with community health care [+] | Population aged 15 and above who report being very or somewhat satisfied with community health care received in the past 12 months | 78.0–91.9% | 83.0 (81.4–84.6) | Statistics Canada, CCHS 2003 |
• Accessibility |  |  |  |  |
Screening mammography [+] | Women aged 50 to 69 who reported having had a mammogram for routine screening within the past 2 years | 36–54% | 52 | Statistics Canada, CCHS 2000/01 |
Pap smear [+] | Women aged 18 to 69 who reported having had a Pap smear test for routine for routine screening within the past 3 years | 65–81% | 73 | Statistics Canada, CCHS 2000/01 |
Difficulties accessing routine care [-] | Population aged 15 and above who report difficulties accessing routine or on-going care, among those who required care at any time of day | 12.2–20.4% | 16.4 (15.3–17.5) | Statistics Canada, CCHS 2003 |
Difficulties accessing health information [-] | Population aged 15 and above who report difficulties accessing health information or advice, among those who required care at any time of day | 12.3–17.8% | 15.8 (14.7–16.9) | Statistics Canada, CCHS 2003 |
• Appropriateness |  |  |  |  |
Vaginal birth after Caesarean section [+] | Proportion of women who have previously had a caesarean section who give birth via vaginal delivery in an acute care hospital | 12.5–60.7% | 26.7 (26.2–27.2) | CIHI, Discharge abstract database |
Caesarean sections [-] | Proportion of women delivering babies in acute care hospitals by caesarean section (stillbirths are excluded from denominator due to database characteristic) | 9.2–27.9% | 22.5 (22.3–22.6) | CIHI, Hospital mortality database |
• Effectiveness |  |  |  |  |
In-hospital 30-day stroke mortality [-] | Risk-adjusted rate of all-cause in-hospital death occurring within 30 days of first admission to an acute care hospital with a diagnosis of stroke (aged 20 to 105 years) | 15.5–24.2% | 18.7 | CIHI, Hospital mortality database |
Pneumonia readmission rate [-] | Risk-adjusted rate of unplanned readmission following discharge for pneumonia (aged 15 to 84 years) within 28 days of index episode; based on three years of pooled data | 2.7–6.9% | 3.2 | CIHI, Discharge abstract database |
Ambulatory care sensitive conditions [-] | Age-standardized inpatient acute care hospitalization rate for conditions where appropriate ambulatory care prevents or reduces the need for hospitalization, per 100,000 population | 243–1,114 | 346 (344–348) | CIHI, Hospital mortality database |
Pneumonia & influenza hospitalizations [-] | Age-standardized acute care hospitalization rate for pneumonia and influenza, per 100,000 population aged 65 and older | 482–2566 | 768 (760–777) | CIHI, Hospital mortality database |
• Safety |  |  |  |  |
Hip fracture hospitalizations [-] | Age-standardized hospitalization rate for fracture of the hip, per 100,000 population aged 65 and older | 495–660 | 554 (547–561) | CIHI, Hospital mortality database |
• Other: health surveillance |  |  |  |  |
Chlamydia [-] | Number of cases of genital chlamydia reported, per 100,000 population | 89.14–2514.29 | 149.19 | CIDPC, 2000 |
Hepatitis C [-] | Number of cases of hepatitis C reported, per 100,000 population | 9.74–156.67 | 60.42 | CIDPC, 2000 |