Health Regions: Boundaries, Geographic Information and Population Estimates, 2000 [Canada] [Excel files, digital mapping files]

Health regions are defined by provincial governments as the areas of responsibility for regional healthboards (i.e., legislated) or as regions of interest to health care authorities. In 1998, Statistics Canada, together with the Canadian Institute for Health Information and the Advisory Council on Health Info-Structure (Health Canada),consulted stakeholders across Canada to identify current and future needs for health information. These consultations identified a need for comprehensive and comparable sub-provincial data. In response to this need, health regions were investigated as an alternative geographic unit for disseminating health information. <br> This report provides an overview of health regions in Canada, along with sourcesand methodologies for developing and understanding the health region data linkage and digital boundary files, geographic attributes, and population estimates. The same health region boundaries contained in Health Regions - 2000 have been used in the sample design for the Canadian Community Health Survey. Future boundary changes may cause adjustments to the survey collection and dissemination process, or sample revisions for future survey cycles. <p>For current Health Regions data, refer to <a href="https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/82-402-X" target="_blank">Statistics Canada</a>.</p>

卫生区域由各省政府划定，作为区域卫生委员会（即法定责任主体）的管辖范围，或卫生保健主管部门关注的辖区。1998年，加拿大统计局（Statistics Canada）联合加拿大卫生信息研究所（Canadian Institute for Health Information）以及加拿大卫生部（Health Canada）下属的卫生信息结构咨询委员会，面向加拿大全国利益相关方开展咨询，以明确卫生信息领域当前及未来的需求。此次咨询明确了对全面且具备可比性的省以下分区卫生数据的需求。为响应这一需求，相关方将卫生区域作为传播卫生信息的替代地理单元展开了研究。<br>本报告概述了加拿大的卫生区域体系，并介绍了卫生区域数据关联、数字边界文件、地理属性及人口估算的相关数据源与构建方法。《Health Regions - 2000》中所采用的同一套卫生区域边界，被应用于加拿大社区健康调查（Canadian Community Health Survey）的抽样设计中。未来若边界发生调整，可能会对调查数据收集与发布流程产生影响，或需要对后续调查周期的抽样方案进行修订。<p>如需获取最新的卫生区域数据，请参阅<a href="https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/82-402-X" target="_blank">加拿大统计局</a>相关资源。</p>