Health in Québec,
compared, analyzed and interpreted
Santéscope is an internet tool that facilitates access to information on the health and well being of the Quebec population. Health data are presented from three different perspectives.
A first set of analysis presents time comparisons for Quebec with an emphasis on socioeconomic health disparities, rural versus urban settings and geographic disparities at local and regional levels.
A second set of analysis contrasts Québec with the Canadian provinces, the 50 American states and with OECD countries and France in particular.
Finally, Santéscope presents detailed analyses of major health issues, and provides methodological tools and guides. Links to related publications are also provided.
News
January 4, 2010 | Close to 80 graphs were updated in the last few months in the sections Evolution for Quebec, Canadian comparisons and International comparisons. These updates were carried out through several sources of data, including Québec’s provisional data available on deaths and births for 2008; the Canadian Community Health Survey for 2007-2008; OECD’s Eco-Health of 2009 and other data available on Statistics Canada’s website.
April 22, 2009 | New section on the health of linguistic communities : This section presents indicators on the health and well-being of three linguistic communities: Francophone, Anglophone and Allophone. We present an initial group of indicators, taken from the 2006 census, cross tabulating mother tongue with certain socioeconomic variables. In this way, we can compare the situation of Francophones, Anglophones and Allophones relative to the age structure, marital status, migration status, unemployment, level of education, income and care provided to the elderly.
December 22, 2008 | A new utility for calculating crude or adjusted rates of potential years of life lost is now available (PYLL): You can download this tool from the Guide and methodological tools section. This utility is designed to calculate crude or adjusted PYLL (with the direct method) as well as their measures of precision, for a large number of populations at once. It also offers the possibility of calculating statistical tests of difference (Z test and P value) versus a population or the rest of this population. Note that the User’s and Methodology Guide is included in the utility.
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