Mortality

Report looks into the death of Evander Lee Daniels while in the care of the Ministry of Social Services.

Facts about mortality, chronic diseases, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, access to health and health of children from infant to adolescent in the American Indian population.

Reports on the three year collaborative research project to address knowledge, attitudes and resources related to tobacco use.

Reports that life expectancy rates in Northern Canada have increased but still have a way to go to meet the Southern level.

Concludes that North-South place of residence does matter in regards to adverse birth outcomes, but the effects may differ by ethnicity and this situation could require different intervention strategies.

Findings of the report highlights poor health of Aboriginal people compared to non-Aboriginal counterparts.

Primary data source for this publication is the Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System (CANSIM 2).

Compares population development changes between Sami and non-Sami as well as the South and North Sami.

Provides an overview of health and living circumstances and includes data on community characteristics, non-medical determinants of health and health status.

Focuses on the peoples of the northern area of the Northwest Coast including Alaska, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia. Chapter from Volume 2 of Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures edited by Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember.

Looks at TB impact in one residential school. Chapter 12 from: Multiplying and Dividing: Tuberculosis in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Judith Littleton, Julie Park, Ann Herring and Tracy Farmer. Scroll down to page 149 to read chapter.

Considers the sociological factors in the high incidence of adoption among the Inuit.

Reports on health care practices involving Native Americans and offers suggestions from an Australian Aboriginal point of view.

Provides overview of the strategy.

Data from 1999 to 2012 are final and 2013 to 2016 have been updated. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Death Database, Special Tabulation.

Statistical table. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Death Database, Special Tabulation.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Death Database table #13-10-0707-01.

Statistical table. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Death Database, CANSIM ( Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System) table # 13-10-0707-01.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Death Database, CANSIM (Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System) tables.

Statistical tables. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Death Database, CANSIM (Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System) tables.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Death Database, CANSIM (Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System) table #13-10-0716-01.

Statistical table. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Death Database, CANSIM (Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System) table #13-10-0716-01.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics, Death Database, CANSIM ( Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System) table # 13-10-0713-01.

Statistical table.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Vital Statistics.

Data from Canadian Vital Statistics, Birth Database, and CANSIM (Canadian Socio-economic Information Management System) tables. Data for 2018 is preliminary.

Examines health care practices for pregnant Navajo women and the need for more culturally sensitive approaches to help reduce mortality rates. Part 1 of 2.

Examines health care practices for pregnant Navajo women and the need for more culturally sensitive approaches to help reduce mortality rates for Navajo women and infants. Part 2 of 2.

Studies the nutritional characteristics and associated lifestyle factors that affect the mortality and morbidity rates of Native Americans.

Discusses the The NWT Health Status Report 1999.

Study provides information to understand the high rates of obesity, looks at the effectiveness of preventative interventions, and comments on directions for future research.

Analyzes obituaries published in the The Globe and Mail from 1900 to 2011 as a reflection of how Aboriginal women were viewed in the public sphere.

Looks at increases in accident rates due to unfavourable and hazardous conditions.

Infographic with statistics on usage of individual drugs and overdose deaths between 2014 and 2016.

Statistical information on number of prescriptions, number of prescriptions by type, rates of opioid-related hospitalization and emergency department visits, and mortality

Data for: mortality (apparent accidental deaths from fentanyl/non-fentanyl opioids), confirmed drug and alcohol toxicity deaths (both accidental and suicides), opioid dispensing, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and emergency medical response.

Statistics from various sources gathered to assist tribes in developing public health programs and priorities.

Investigates young gangs in a society where injury mortality (deaths due to accident, suicide and homicide) is the single most important health problem.

Examines birth data.

Studies of the current health status of healthy young Native American men are rare compared with the attention researchers have given the many problems that plague the lives of these young men.

Group formed to examine the role of racism in Sinclair's death and the subsequent inquest. The 45-year-old Aboriginal man died while awaiting treatment in the Health Sciences Centre Emergency Department. He had been in the department for 34 hours.

Public Health Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2009.

Describes, discusses and evaluates the Native Women Enjoying the Benefits (WEB) program which is designed to increase participation in screening procedures.

Discusses ways to improve diagnosis and compares death rates with women in the white population by reducing racial misclassification in cancer data mortality rates.

Short story about the ghost of a young boy who walks after enduring a lifetime of suffering.

Statistics for overdose events from January 31, 2015 - November 30, 2016 and for overdose deaths from January 31, 2015 - July 31, 2016. Sources: BC Coroners Service, Drug and Poison Information Centre, BC Emergency Health Services/Ambulance Service and emergency department visits at hospitals; supplemented by information from Centre for Disease Control.