Hello
We are pleased to inform you that the following files are now available on the Statistics Canada Nesstar Webview site (http://www62.statcan.ca).
Homeowner Repair and Renovation Survey – 1995 and 1994
Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) 2010 : Cycle 2 – Household and Person files
Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) 2010 : Annual – Household and Person files
Anyone can view the metadata for these files on the Statistics Canada Nesstar site. Only DLI Contacts however will be able to access the data files on the site. If you are a DLI Contact and would like to access and manipulate data files on the Statistics Canada Nesstar site, please send an email to dli-idd@statcan.gc.ca to request a password. Please note that the DLI data files available through Nesstar are subject to the DLI license agreement.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Home births in Canada
Question
The Cansim Table 102-4516 provides data on “Live births and fetal deaths (stillbirths), by place of birth (hospital and non-hospital), Canada, provinces and territories, annual”. The term “non-hospital” is defined in the footnotes for the table: the category "Place of birth , non-hospital" includes births in private homes, in health care institutions such as nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, nursing stations and other short-term care facilities and other health care facilities not licensed to operate as hospitals by provincial, territorial or federal governments, such as free-standing birthing centres and at other specified sites.
There is also data on non-hospital births in the Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey (data tables are available on the Public Health Agency of Canada website): http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/rhs-ssg/pdf/tab-eng.pdf
Here is the Daily release for that survey: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/071127/dq071127d-eng.htm
I can't seem to find any statistics on home births in the StatCan pages - CANSIM, Health in Canada, etc. Is there anything?
Answer
The Cansim Table 102-4516 provides data on “Live births and fetal deaths (stillbirths), by place of birth (hospital and non-hospital), Canada, provinces and territories, annual”. The term “non-hospital” is defined in the footnotes for the table: the category "Place of birth , non-hospital" includes births in private homes, in health care institutions such as nursing homes and other long-term care facilities, nursing stations and other short-term care facilities and other health care facilities not licensed to operate as hospitals by provincial, territorial or federal governments, such as free-standing birthing centres and at other specified sites.
There is also data on non-hospital births in the Canadian Maternity Experiences Survey (data tables are available on the Public Health Agency of Canada website): http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/rhs-ssg/pdf/tab-eng.pdf
Here is the Daily release for that survey: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/071127/dq071127d-eng.htm
Canadian sexual assaults reported to police
Question
Does Stats Can have the percentage of overall Canadian sexual assaults that are reported to police from 1999 - 2009? For example, 36% of sexual assaults are reported to police, and 64% of them are not reported? I can only find stats on spousal sexual assaults in the GSS victimization surveys.
Answer
You will be able to get data on sexual assaults from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR) -- in Summary Statistics on the Stats Can site, in CANSIM, and through the DLI. But those will not include non-reported data because how would you know what is not reported if it is not reported? I think your only approach could be to use surveys like the GSS that include variables on sexual assault and whether or not the crime was reported. For instance, the PUMF for GSS, Cycle 23 has the variable cir_d010 for "type of incident" (which includes "sexual assault") and another variable pfo_q100 for "Police find out about incident." There is also another variable pfo_q105 (How police learned about incident).
Furthermore, the following links may help you get an idea of how much is reported and what is not reported:
Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/061002/dq061002a-eng.htm
General Social Survey: Victimization
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/100928/dq100928a-eng.htm
Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends 2006
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-570-x/85-570-x2006001-eng.htm
Criminal victimization in Canada, 2009
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2010002/article/11340-eng.htm
Does Stats Can have the percentage of overall Canadian sexual assaults that are reported to police from 1999 - 2009? For example, 36% of sexual assaults are reported to police, and 64% of them are not reported? I can only find stats on spousal sexual assaults in the GSS victimization surveys.
Answer
You will be able to get data on sexual assaults from the Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR) -- in Summary Statistics on the Stats Can site, in CANSIM, and through the DLI. But those will not include non-reported data because how would you know what is not reported if it is not reported? I think your only approach could be to use surveys like the GSS that include variables on sexual assault and whether or not the crime was reported. For instance, the PUMF for GSS, Cycle 23 has the variable cir_d010 for "type of incident" (which includes "sexual assault") and another variable pfo_q100 for "Police find out about incident." There is also another variable pfo_q105 (How police learned about incident).
Furthermore, the following links may help you get an idea of how much is reported and what is not reported:
Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/061002/dq061002a-eng.htm
General Social Survey: Victimization
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/100928/dq100928a-eng.htm
Measuring Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends 2006
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-570-x/85-570-x2006001-eng.htm
Criminal victimization in Canada, 2009
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/85-002-x/2010002/article/11340-eng.htm
Official release of the Preview of Census Products and Services
The 2011 Census Dissemination Project is pleased to announce the official release of the Preview of Census Products and Services, Catalogue no. 98-300-XWE.
The Preview of Census Products and Services represents the first official product released for the 2011 Census. It provides a complete overview of the proposed products and services that will be disseminated based on the results from both the 2011 Census of Population and 2011 Census of Agriculture. Information (where applicable) will include major characteristics and content, 'What's new?' in comparison to 2006, levels of geography, availability/delivery methods, release timeframe and pricing.
The 'Preview' will be updated periodically as details regarding products and services become finalized.
As of 8:30 a.m. (Ottawa time) on September 21, 2011, this product will be available in HTML and PDF (print-friendly) formats via the 'New products and studies' link within The Daily. Users can also access it from the census web module. From the Statistics Canada home page, click on the 'Latest census data' link under the 2011 Census header. The Preview can then be accessed either through the 'Census news' spotlight entry or through the 'Preview of Products and Services' link in the left-hand sidebar under the 2011 Census header (http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/ref/preview-avantgout/index-eng.cfm). Eventually, this product will be permanently stored under the upcoming 2011 Census 'Reference materials' link in the left-hand sidebar of this page.
The Preview of Census Products and Services represents the first official product released for the 2011 Census. It provides a complete overview of the proposed products and services that will be disseminated based on the results from both the 2011 Census of Population and 2011 Census of Agriculture. Information (where applicable) will include major characteristics and content, 'What's new?' in comparison to 2006, levels of geography, availability/delivery methods, release timeframe and pricing.
The 'Preview' will be updated periodically as details regarding products and services become finalized.
As of 8:30 a.m. (Ottawa time) on September 21, 2011, this product will be available in HTML and PDF (print-friendly) formats via the 'New products and studies' link within The Daily. Users can also access it from the census web module. From the Statistics Canada home page, click on the 'Latest census data' link under the 2011 Census header. The Preview can then be accessed either through the 'Census news' spotlight entry or through the 'Preview of Products and Services' link in the left-hand sidebar under the 2011 Census header (http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/ref/preview-avantgout/index-eng.cfm). Eventually, this product will be permanently stored under the upcoming 2011 Census 'Reference materials' link in the left-hand sidebar of this page.
Updated Products: SVOLM - Revised files
Hello,
Please note the updated products listed below and the path to access them via the DLI FTP and web sites.
Survey on the Vitality of Official Language Minorities, 2006 - Revised Files
Revised English versions of the codebook, user guide, and SAS and SPSS syntax cards for SVOLM 2006 are now available. The corresponding SAS and SPSS data files (.sas7bdat and .sav) have also been corrected - these new versions include corrected information that address the concerns raised between the French and English labels.
WEB: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/data-donnees/ftp/svolm-evmlo/svolm-evmlo2006-eng.htm
FTP: /dli/DLI-Collection_Other-Products/Survey on the Vitality of Official-Language Minorities – svolm/2006
svolm2006cbk-ver2.pdf
svolm2006cbk-ver2.txt
svolm2006gid-ver2.pdf
svolm2006-ver2.sas
svolm2006-ver2.sps
2006dat-spss-sav-ver2.zip
2006dat-sas7bdat-ver2.zip
New versions of the French and English SPSS data files (.sav) containing long variable descriptions and missing values are also available:
2006dat-dli-spss-fra-sav-ver2.zip
2006dat-dli-spss-eng-sav-ver2.zip
Some users may prefer to use these .sav files, which were based on the SPSS cards created by the DLI unit in response to concerns about the variable names raised by Laine Ruus on July 30, 2009. More information pertaining to those files is available at the following links (for DLI members only):
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/data-donnees/mhonarc/dli-ild-msg/msg15440.html
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/data-donnees/mhonarc/dli-ild-msg/msg15166.html
Please note the updated products listed below and the path to access them via the DLI FTP and web sites.
Survey on the Vitality of Official Language Minorities, 2006 - Revised Files
Revised English versions of the codebook, user guide, and SAS and SPSS syntax cards for SVOLM 2006 are now available. The corresponding SAS and SPSS data files (.sas7bdat and .sav) have also been corrected - these new versions include corrected information that address the concerns raised between the French and English labels.
WEB: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/data-donnees/ftp/svolm-evmlo/svolm-evmlo2006-eng.htm
FTP: /dli/DLI-Collection_Other-Products/Survey on the Vitality of Official-Language Minorities – svolm/2006
svolm2006cbk-ver2.pdf
svolm2006cbk-ver2.txt
svolm2006gid-ver2.pdf
svolm2006-ver2.sas
svolm2006-ver2.sps
2006dat-spss-sav-ver2.zip
2006dat-sas7bdat-ver2.zip
New versions of the French and English SPSS data files (.sav) containing long variable descriptions and missing values are also available:
2006dat-dli-spss-fra-sav-ver2.zip
2006dat-dli-spss-eng-sav-ver2.zip
Some users may prefer to use these .sav files, which were based on the SPSS cards created by the DLI unit in response to concerns about the variable names raised by Laine Ruus on July 30, 2009. More information pertaining to those files is available at the following links (for DLI members only):
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/data-donnees/mhonarc/dli-ild-msg/msg15440.html
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/data-donnees/mhonarc/dli-ild-msg/msg15166.html
Updated Products - PCCF+ Version 5J
Hello,
The following product is now available on the DLI FTP and website.
Postal Code Conversion File Plus (PCCF+) - version 5J
"The Postal Code Conversion File Plus (PCCF+) is a complementary product to the Postal Code Conversion File (PCCF). It is an automated system that uses postal codes to assign census geography. PCCF+ is based on the latest Postal Code Conversion File and the Postal Code Population Weight File produced by the Geography Division of Statistics Canada. PCCF+ uses weights to allocate postal codes linked to multiple dissemination areas according to the distribution of population using a given postal code." (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=82F0086X&lang=eng)
WEB: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/data-donnees/ftp/health-sante-eng.htm
FTP: /dli/DLI-Collection_Other-Products/Health - PCCF+/pccf5j-fccp5j-can
The following product is now available on the DLI FTP and website.
Postal Code Conversion File Plus (PCCF+) - version 5J
"The Postal Code Conversion File Plus (PCCF+) is a complementary product to the Postal Code Conversion File (PCCF). It is an automated system that uses postal codes to assign census geography. PCCF+ is based on the latest Postal Code Conversion File and the Postal Code Population Weight File produced by the Geography Division of Statistics Canada. PCCF+ uses weights to allocate postal codes linked to multiple dissemination areas according to the distribution of population using a given postal code." (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=82F0086X&lang=eng)
WEB: http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-ild/data-donnees/ftp/health-sante-eng.htm
FTP: /dli/DLI-Collection_Other-Products/Health - PCCF+/pccf5j-fccp5j-can
New files on Statistics Canada Nesstar
Hello,
We are pleased to inform you that the following files are now available on the Statistics Canada Nesstar Webview site (http://www62.statcan.ca):
Survey of Approaches to Educational Planning (SAEP) – 1999 and 2002
International Youth Survey, 2006
Absence from Work Survey – 1993, 1998 and 1999
Access and Support to Education and Training Survey, 2008
Labour Force Survey, July 2011
Ontario Material Deprivation Survey, 2009
Canadian Survey of Experiences with Primary Health Care, 2007-2008
Anyone can view the metadata for these files on the Statistics Canada Nesstar site. Only DLI Contacts however will be able to access the data files on the site. If you are a DLI Contact and would like to access and manipulate data files on the Statistics Canada Nesstar site, please send an email to dli-idd@statcan.gc.ca to request a password. Please note that the DLI data files available through Nesstar are subject to the DLI license agreement.
We are pleased to inform you that the following files are now available on the Statistics Canada Nesstar Webview site (http://www62.statcan.ca):
Survey of Approaches to Educational Planning (SAEP) – 1999 and 2002
International Youth Survey, 2006
Absence from Work Survey – 1993, 1998 and 1999
Access and Support to Education and Training Survey, 2008
Labour Force Survey, July 2011
Ontario Material Deprivation Survey, 2009
Canadian Survey of Experiences with Primary Health Care, 2007-2008
Anyone can view the metadata for these files on the Statistics Canada Nesstar site. Only DLI Contacts however will be able to access the data files on the site. If you are a DLI Contact and would like to access and manipulate data files on the Statistics Canada Nesstar site, please send an email to dli-idd@statcan.gc.ca to request a password. Please note that the DLI data files available through Nesstar are subject to the DLI license agreement.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Standardize & Normalize Health Data
Question
Could you please send me the formula that Statistics Canada uses to standardize and normalize its heart attack or diabetes rates per 100,000?
Answer
The Health Statistics Division provided the following response and attachments:
Age Standardized Rates (taken from Vital Stats methodology section) Mortality rates, with the exception of crude rates, potential years of life lost (PYLL) and infant and perinatal mortality, as well as cancer incidence and certain CIHI-based data, are age-standardized using the direct method, and the 1991 Canadian Census population structure. The use of a standard population results in more meaningful rate comparisons, as it adjusts for variations in population age distributions over time and across different geographic areas.
Table 5 - Age standardized rates
Age (in years) Standard population
Less than 1 403,061
1 to 4 1,550,285
5 to 9 1,953,045
10 to 14 1,913,115
15 to 19 1,926,090
20 to 24 2,109,452
25 to 29 2,529,239
30 to 34 2,598,289
35 to 39 2,344,872
40 to 44 2,138,891
45 to 49 1,674,153
50 to 54 1,339,902
55 to 59 1,238,441
60 to 64 1,190,217
65 to 69 1,084,588
70 to 74 834,024
75 to 79 622,221
80 to 84 382,303
85 to 89 192,410
90 and over 95,467
Source: Statistics Canada Cat. No. 84F0208XPB, Causes of Death 1997 The formula for age-standardized death rate r is:
Description
r is equal to the summation over i, for i is between 1 and 20, of w subscript i multiplied by the ratio of d subscript i by p subscript I
Where for age group i,
is the age-sex specific death count,
is the population size for a given cause of death and geographical area, and
is the weight for that group.
Note(s): that the same weight is used for each sex. To yield a rate per 100,000 population, r is multiplied by 100,000.
The confidence intervals for the age-standardized cancer incidence rates were produced using the method found in Estève et al.
For more information on the standardization of rates using the direct method, please refer to the following article found on the Association of Public Health Epidemiologists in Ontario webpage: Standardization of Rates - Namrata Bains http://www.apheo.ca/index.php?pid=193
Could you please send me the formula that Statistics Canada uses to standardize and normalize its heart attack or diabetes rates per 100,000?
Answer
The Health Statistics Division provided the following response and attachments:
Age Standardized Rates (taken from Vital Stats methodology section) Mortality rates, with the exception of crude rates, potential years of life lost (PYLL) and infant and perinatal mortality, as well as cancer incidence and certain CIHI-based data, are age-standardized using the direct method, and the 1991 Canadian Census population structure. The use of a standard population results in more meaningful rate comparisons, as it adjusts for variations in population age distributions over time and across different geographic areas.
Table 5 - Age standardized rates
Age (in years) Standard population
Less than 1 403,061
1 to 4 1,550,285
5 to 9 1,953,045
10 to 14 1,913,115
15 to 19 1,926,090
20 to 24 2,109,452
25 to 29 2,529,239
30 to 34 2,598,289
35 to 39 2,344,872
40 to 44 2,138,891
45 to 49 1,674,153
50 to 54 1,339,902
55 to 59 1,238,441
60 to 64 1,190,217
65 to 69 1,084,588
70 to 74 834,024
75 to 79 622,221
80 to 84 382,303
85 to 89 192,410
90 and over 95,467
Source: Statistics Canada Cat. No. 84F0208XPB, Causes of Death 1997 The formula for age-standardized death rate r is:
Description
r is equal to the summation over i, for i is between 1 and 20, of w subscript i multiplied by the ratio of d subscript i by p subscript I
Where for age group i,
is the age-sex specific death count,
is the population size for a given cause of death and geographical area, and
is the weight for that group.
Note(s): that the same weight is used for each sex. To yield a rate per 100,000 population, r is multiplied by 100,000.
The confidence intervals for the age-standardized cancer incidence rates were produced using the method found in Estève et al.
For more information on the standardization of rates using the direct method, please refer to the following article found on the Association of Public Health Epidemiologists in Ontario webpage: Standardization of Rates - Namrata Bains http://www.apheo.ca/index.php?pid=193
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