Directory: Indicators

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Summary:
Health indicators provides a set of core data for the examination 
of the health situation in Canada. Aggregated data are organized 
into four categories: determinants of health, health status, 
health resources, and health utilization (see list below). 
Extended time series for Canada, provinces and territories, and 
depending upon the indicator data are cross-classified by age and sex, 
and sometimes education.

Determinants of health includes indicators which influence health 
status such as population characteristics, environment, socio-economic 
conditions, lifestyle of individuals and the many behavioural elements 
of individual risk. Health status refers to the measures of health and 
well being, perceived or diagnosed, in the population. Health resource 
indicators reflect the means brought to bear to restore or maintain the 
health of individuals; these can be human, physical, financial and 
organizational. Health utilization indicators reflect the resources 
and services used by the population.

WL.
November12, 2003