Dementia, Including Alzheimer Disease, Crude and Age-Standardised Prevalence, Age 65 Years and Older, Canada
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
Dementia, including Alzheimer disease, crude and age-standardised prevalence,age 65 years and older, Canada
Numerator
Total number of dementia cases during the fiscal year,per 100,000,
Denominator
Total number of individuals with valid health insurance during the fiscal year
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
Age
Stratifications
Sex, age group (5 year), province/territory, and trend
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System (CCDSS), Public Health Agency of Canada. The CCDSS is a collaborative network of provincial and territorial surveillance systems supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada. In each province and territory, the health insurance registry database is linked to the physician billing and hospitalisation databases using the health card number as a unique personal identifier. Where available and specified by the case definition, data from the prescription drug databases are also linked.
The start year for reporting CCDSS data varies by disease/condition. The determination of the first reported year aims to allow enough time to capture all prevalent cases, given the parameters of the disease/condition specific case definition, and to ensure previously prevalent cases are excluded from incident cases.
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Online at health-infobase.canada.ca/ccdss/data-tool/, also publications