This massive site has been integrated into a network of health related sites. There are numerous, extremely useful links. If the topic that you are researching is not listed in this site summary, you may want to try using Health Canada's search engine or A-Z index to find it.

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STATISTICS AVAILABLE:

• 1994 Youth Smoking Survey
• Alcohol and Other Drugs
  (Statistics and Publications on substance abuse and related topics from the Office of Alcohol, Drugs and Dependency Issues)
• Basketball Injuries
  In the Database of the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP)
• Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System
  Includes factsheets on Breastfeeding, Alcohol and Pregnancy, Infant Mortality, Induced Abortion, and Maternal Mortality
• Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey
  (CTUMS) 
  Wave 1 includes trends in smoking, daily consumption, access to cigarettes, prevalence of smoking and amount smoked, smoking and young adults, provincial comparisons, cessation statistics, gender differences, government tobacco control interventions, other tobacco products (ie. cigars/cigarillos, pipes, smokeless tobacco)
• Cancer Bureau
  Publications and statistics on Breast Cancer, Unconventional Cancer Therapies, etc.
• The Changing Face of Heart Disease and Stroke in Canada - 2000 
  Includes hospitalizations for stroke, the cost of cardiovascular diseases, coronary heart disease and stroke, the number and percentage of deaths due to cardiovascular diseases by sex, age-standardized mortality rates by ethnicity and sex (1979-1993), daily smokers in Canada (1977-1996/97), proportion of physically inactive adults in Canada, high blood pressure by age and sex, overweight women and men by age group, and other statistics on risk factors, costs of intervention and services, health outcomes, etc.
• CHIRPP Injury Reports
  Read reports on injuries associated with baby gates, cribs, dog attacks, fireworks, hot beverages, in-line skating, infant swings, playground equipment, playpens, rugby, trampolines, etc.
• Division of Aging and Seniors: Publications and Resources
• The Economic Burden of Illness in Canada, 1993
• The Economic Burden of Unintentional Injury in Canada, 1998
• Family Violence
  Includes Abuse of Older Adults, Child Abuse , Child Sexual Abuse, Family Violence, Wife Abuse
• Firearms Regulation: Canada in the International Context
  Report on gun deaths and injuries; comparative analysis
• First Nations and Inuit Health Programs
• Health Research
  A listing of reports produced or sponsored by Health Canada on AIDS/HIV, alcohol and drugs, children and youth, environment and health, First Nations and Aboriginal peoples, heart health, mental health, miscellaneous, nutrition/food, pregnancy, seniors and aging, smoking and tobacco, women's health, etc.; most reports are downloadable in  format
• Heart Disease and Stroke in Canada 1997
• HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Updates
  Includes data on Aboriginal population, women, gay men, infants, drug users as well as sexual risk behaviour in Canada
• Mental Health
• Nutrition Labelling: Perceptions and Preferences of Canadians 
  Consumer research report includes statistics on the importance of nutrition information in food purchase decisions, etc.
• Projected Smoking-attributable Mortality in Canada, 1991 - 2000
• Report on Health of Canadians, September 1996
  Detailed compendium of health statistics
• Statistical Report on the Health of Canadians (1999)
  A companion to the Toward a Healthy Future report
• Toward a Healthy Future: Second Report on the Health of Canadians
  Public policy report
• Tuberculosis in Canada, 1996