DOPHS Cases and Rates in Ottawa by Age and Sex

<div><b>Date created: </b>July 2024</div><div><b>Update frequency: </b>Quarterly</div><div><b>Accuracy - Points of consideration for interpretation of the data</b>:</div><div><ul><li>Individual Ottawa residents may have multiple confirmed reports of a DPHS infection and each of these reports would be counted.</li></ul></div><div><b>Attributes - Data fields:</b></div><div><ul><li>Year - the calendar year (YYYY) the DPHS was reported to OPH, year starts in January and ends in December.</li><li>Age – the age at time of illness of Ottawa residents with the reported DPHS. Age is reported by the following groups: 00 to 04 years, 05 to 09 years, 10 to 14 years, 15 to 19 years, 20 to 24 years, 25 to 29 years, 30 to 39 years, 40 to 59 years, 60 to 79 years and 80+ years.</li><li>Sex – the sex of Ottawa residents with the reported DPHS (Male, Female, and Other/Unknown).</li><li>DPHS – the name of the Disease of Public Health Significance (DPHS) reported to Ottawa Public Health.</li><li>Ottawa Cases – the number of DPHS cases reported to OPH by DPHS and year reported for the previous 10 years.</li><li>Ottawa Rates – the rate, per 100,000 Ottawa residents, of DPHS reported to OPH by year reported for the previous 10 years. The rate is calculated by dividing, for each DPHS and reporting year, the total number of cases by Ottawa’s population.</li></ul></div><div><b>Author: </b>OPH Epidemiology Team<br /></div><div><b>Author email:</b> <a href='mailto:[e-mail]' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>[e-mail]</a></div><div><b>Maintainer Organization:</b> Epidemiology &amp; Evidence, Ottawa Public Health</div><div><br /></div>