Finding data on number of deaths by any cause in Canada
October 10, 2020 8:02 PM Subscribe
Is there a place where I can find data related to deaths in a specified Canadian province from any cause in a given time period? I feel like it should be easy to find, but my searches are coming up empty. Ideally, I'd like if it also included 2020 data. Bonus points if there's also data at the municipality level. Thanks.
Have you tried tried looking up the Vital Statistics department website for the specific province? That is where the most recent information would be. However there is usually a lag of several months. The NB Vital Statistics for example has 2018 but has not yet posted 2019, let alone 2020.
This is not unusual. The data comes from various different locations. It usually takes from fifteen days to six weeks to obtain a death certificate when paperwork has already been forwarded by the medical institution regarding an individual death, and this is the primary function that they are set up to perform. The collation and analysis of things like cause of death and number in each age group takes much longer.
You could look for data provided by the Board of Health for the municipality that you are interested in. However they are not in the business of providing information - their Annual Report is going to be a shiny pr document about all the wonderful things they are doing to promote Public Health and not a record of how many people died and what they died of.
You might have to wait until you could get some of your statistics from a group like WHO that produces statistical information. But I think you may have to actually send some e-mails or make some phone calls, because the information simply may not be being posted on line.
posted by Jane the Brown at 9:45 PM on October 10, 2020
This is not unusual. The data comes from various different locations. It usually takes from fifteen days to six weeks to obtain a death certificate when paperwork has already been forwarded by the medical institution regarding an individual death, and this is the primary function that they are set up to perform. The collation and analysis of things like cause of death and number in each age group takes much longer.
You could look for data provided by the Board of Health for the municipality that you are interested in. However they are not in the business of providing information - their Annual Report is going to be a shiny pr document about all the wonderful things they are doing to promote Public Health and not a record of how many people died and what they died of.
You might have to wait until you could get some of your statistics from a group like WHO that produces statistical information. But I think you may have to actually send some e-mails or make some phone calls, because the information simply may not be being posted on line.
posted by Jane the Brown at 9:45 PM on October 10, 2020
Beyond the ubiquitous StatCan, this is CIHI’s wheelhouse. In addition, this U of T guide has a lot of (somewhat Ontario/Toronto specific) resources.
posted by saucysault at 10:45 PM on October 10, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by saucysault at 10:45 PM on October 10, 2020 [1 favorite]
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https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1310078501
posted by unstrungharp at 9:40 PM on October 10, 2020 [1 favorite]