
An injury is harm or damage to a person's body. Injuries can be accidental or deliberate.[1] Mortality or death is the permanent loss of all signs of life "after a live birth has taken place".[2]
Why is this important?
Most injuries and deaths from injuries are preventable.[3,4] Injuries that do happen can result in unnecessary loss of life and grief for family and loved ones. In Canada, preventable injury is the most common reason for death for children and adults ages from one to 44 years old.[4]
Hospitalization Rate by Injury |
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Hospitalization for injury occurs when a patient is admitted to the hospital as an inpatient. Hospitalizations are counted at discharge from hospital or if a death occurs.[6] This measure provides injury information distributed by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) through the IntelliHealth database[8] about the primary reason for a hospital stay. Why is Injury Hospitalization Important?Injury hospitalization costs individuals and communities money. When someone is injured, it results in both direct costs (e.g. a hospital stay) and indirect costs (e.g. lost productivity due to time in hospital).[4,5] Tracking injury hospitalization can help in developing injury prevention, education and treatment resources and programs to meet local needs and trends.[7]
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Length of Life |
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Length of life can be understood by measuring life expectancy. Life expectancy refers to how many years a person is expected to live.[10] Measure: Life Expectancy at Birth and Age 65This measure presents the average number of years Canadians are expected to live from birth and at the age of 65. This information has been taken directly from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) dashboard. The Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network includes Guelph, Wellington County, Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge and part of Grey County. Key FindingsLife expectancy at birth in the Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) area stayed roughly the same (82.2 years) from 2011 to 2017. In Ontario and Canada, life expectancy increased slightly from 2011 to 2017, increasing from 82.3 years old to 82.6 years old in Ontario and from 81.8 years old to 82.1 years old in Canada.
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Source: Vital Sign Statistics - Death and Birth Databases, Statistics Canada as retrieved from Canadian Institute for Health Information (2020). Your Health System: Life Expectancy at Birth details for Waterloo Wellington LHIN Website location: https://yourhealthsystem.cihi.ca/hsp/indepth;jsessionid=h+BLarYSt0aEZe5tu4K7+Lqe.yhs?lang=en#/indicator/011/3/C5004/Why is Life Expectancy Important?Life expectancy tells us about mortality trends across age groups.[11] Over the past hundreds of years, life expectancy has increased. Reasons for increased life expectancy include improved access to nutritious food, safe drinking water, birth control, immunization and medical supports and services.[12] Tracking trends in life expectancy is important to inform service and program planning, particularly when considering the needs of people who may live longer but who may not be in good health in the final years of their life.[10] Looking for more information?Please download the excel file below for more information about this measure.
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References
[1] Billette, J-M, Janz, T. (2015) Health at a Glance- Injuries in Canada: Insights from the Canadian Community Health Survey. Available at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-624-x/2011001/article/11506-eng.htm
[2] Statistics Canada (2015). Data quality, concepts and methodology: Definitions. Available at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/84f0209x/2009000/technote-notetech1-eng.htm
[3] Public Health Agency of Canada (2011). The Chief Public Health officer's Report on the State of Public Health in Canada. Available at: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/cphorsphc-respcacsp/2011/cphorsphc-respcacsp-07-eng.php#Pre
[4] Parachute (2015). The Cost of Injury in Canada. Parachute: Toronto, ON. Available at: http://www.parachutecanada.org/downloads/research/Cost_of_Injury-2015.pdf
[5] SMARTRISK. (2009). The Economic Burden of Injury in Canada. SMARTRISK: Toronto, ON Available at: http://www.parachutecanada.org/downloads/research/reports/EBI2009-Eng-Final.pdf
Statistic Canada (2013). Health Indicators 2013: Definitions, Data Sources and Rationale, May 2013. Available at: https://www.cihi.ca/en/ind_defin_2013_en.pdf
Canadian Institute for Health Information (2013b). Health indicators 2013. Available at: https://secure.cihi.ca/free_products/HI2013_Jan30_EN.pdf
[8] IntelliHealth (2015). Welcome to IntelliHealth. Available at: https://intellihealth.moh.gov.on.ca/
[9] Association of Public Health Epidemiologists (2012). Hospitalization Data. Available at: http://core.apheo.ca/index.php?pid=204
[10] Statistics Canada (2016). Life Expectancy. Available at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-229-x/2009001/demo/lif-eng.htm
[11] World Health Organization (n.d.) Life Expectancy at birth. Available at: http://www.who.int/whosis/whostat2006DefinitionsAndMetadata.pdf
[12] Clark JN. Health, illness, and medicine in Canada. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1990 as cited in Statistics Canada (2016). Life Expectancy. Available at: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-229-x/2009001/demo/lif-eng.htm