Death Rate Due to Dementia, Including Alzheimer Disease
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Number of deaths (underlying cause of death) from dementia, including Alzheimer disease per 100,000 persons in the population, in a given year
Numerator
Number of deaths in the population from dementia, including Alzheimer disease
Denominator
Total population
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Age
Stratifications
Sex (crude), age group (5 year and life course), and trend (age-standardised)
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Vital Statistics – Death Database (CVSD), Statistics Canada
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Online at health-infobase.canada.ca/ccdi/data-tool/?edi=2021&Dom=6&Ind=35&MS=76 , also Annually as a journal article in Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada by the Canadian Chronic Disease Indicators Committee
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada. Canadian Chronic Disease Indicators Data Tool, 2021 Edition. Public Health Infobase. Ottawa (ON): Public Health Agency of Canada, 2021.