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DSCI 321 - Health Analytics Library Research Guide

This is an OC Library Research Guide prepared for the DSCI 321 Health Analytics course to introduce the students to how to use the resources and services of the library in their course research assignments

The Eternal Battle

"Keeping Away Death"

Julian Hoke Harris

Base-Reliefs on the Former

Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness Building

Dedicated in 1959

Mortality

 

Statistics Canada reported a population of 30.7 million in 2000 and 37.6 million in 2019, a 22.4 percent increase in population and a 24.2 percent increase in the number of deaths. 

Data Source: Global Health Estimates 2019 (GHE) 2020). Death by Cause, Age, Sex, by Country and Region, 2000-2019. Geneva, World Health Organization. 2020 Available at https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/mortality-and-global-health-estimates

Statistics Canada Population Estimate 2000 https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/000926/dq000926a-eng.htm

Statistics Canada Population Estimate 2019 https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/11-627-m/11-627-m2019061-eng.htm

How Health are Canadians

Over Eight Thousand Causes of Morality

The World Health Organization (WHO) International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems currently includes more than 8,000 health conditions that can kill you. 

20,000+ Diseases and Health Conditions

The MalaCards: The Human Disease Database is a database designed to enable genomic and genetic researchers, investigators, and scholars to efficiently navigate the universe of human genes, genetic variants, proteins, cells, and biological pathways related to various human diseases. Available since 2013, MalaCards provides detailed data on thousands of human diseases and their relationships with respective genes.

Chronic Disease in Canada

Chronic disease in Canada, based on Statistics Canada data gathered in 2021, indicates that 45% of Canadians lived with one major chronic disease, and 1 in 12 had three or more chronic chronic diseases. 

The same report indicated that 4.7 million Canadians did not have a regular primary care provider, and 2.5 million Canadians indicated unmet health care needs. 

MAID

Since 2016, Canada has had legislation that allows Canadians who meet certain health-related conditions to seek Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). 

In 2023, 19,660 MAID received. 15,343 people received MAID; the remaining cases were requests for MAID that did not result in MAID being provided; 2,906 died before receiving MAID, 915 individuals were deemed ineligible, and 496 individuals withdrew their request).

In 2023, 326,571 Canadians passed away. MAID accounted fopr 4.7 percent of this number.  

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