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Reliable, timely and relevant health data are crucial to help the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) make decisions on how to protect and improve the health of people living in Canada. We use public health data to: promote good health; prevent and control chronic and infectious diseases; respond to public health emergencies
How the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) gathers, uses and protects data to help protect and improve people's health.
How we gather public health data. At the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), we get our data from various sources, such as: public health surveillance. surveys. public engagement and consultation.
share best practices and establish clear guidelines on developing accessible, public-facing data and dashboards that are easy to understand and use and meet Canada.ca web standards ; plan and prioritise data projects that are agile, responsive and focused, given various capacity constraints
The Data Tools help users visualize public health data through simple drop-down menus. Users can access geographic comparisons, trends, age distributions, and disaggregated data layered by socioeconomic and sociodemographic variables.
This report presents an evidence-informed vision for a pan-Canadian public health data system, commissioned by the Office of the Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) at the Public Health Agency of Canada to inform the 2021 annual CPHO report.
Dec 12, 2023 · In March 2023, the Public Health Agency of Canada launched a new, interactive dashboard that reports on the health of people in Canada. This collection of public health indicators helps us understand areas where we are doing well and where we need to improve.
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