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| 3 Life Expectancy |
Description | Specific Indicators | Corresponding Mandatory Objectives | Corresponding National Indicators | Data Sources | Alternative Data Sources | ICD Codes | Analysis Check List | Method of Calculation | Basic Categories | Indicator Comments | Cross-References to Other Sections | References
Description | - Life expectancy is the average length of time that an individual will live if subjected to the mortality experience for the specified population and time period. The period life table approach is used.
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Corresponding Mandatory Objectives
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Comparable Health Indicators | As a result of a Communiqué on Health issued by the First Ministers in September 2000, the health ministries from all provinces and territories, and the federal government have selected and reported on a set of comparable health indicators to the public. There are 14 areas for comparable health status and health system performance indicators reporting, organized under the three headings of health status, health outcomes and quality of service. This indicator is one of the comparable health indicators, also referred to as PIRC in Ontario (Performance Indicators Reporting Committee).
See Statistics Canada's web site:
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/82-401-XIE/2002000/index.htm
See Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care web site:
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/public/pub/ministry_reports/pirc_04/pirc_04.html Comparable Health Indicator: Healthy Canadians/Life Expectancy
PIRC: How Healthy Are Ontarians Now?/Are Ontarians Living Longer? |
Data Sources (see Resources: Data Sources)
Numerator: Mortality Data
Original source: Ontario Office of Registrar General (ORG)
Distributed by: - Provincial Health Planning Database (PHPDB), Health Planning Branch, Ontario MOHLTC
- Health Planning System (HELPS), Public Health Branch, Ontario MOHLTC
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Suggested citation (see Data Citation Notes): - Ontario Mortality Data [years], Provincial Health Planning Database (PHPDB) Extracted: [date], Health Planning Branch, Ontario MOHLTC
- Ontario Mortality Database [years], HELPS (Health Planning System) Release: [date], Public Health Branch, Ontario MOHLTC
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Denominator: Population Estimates
Original source: Statistics Canada
Distributed by:
- Provincial Health Planning Database (PHPDB), Health Planning Branch, Ontario MOHLTC
- Health Planning System (HELPS), Public Health Branch, Ontario MOHLTC
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Suggested citation (see Data Citation Notes): - Population Estimates [years]*, Provincial Health Planning Database (PHPDB) Extracted: [date], Health Planning Branch, Ontario MOHLTC
- Population Estimates [years]*, HELPS (Health Planning System) Release: [date], Public Health Branch, Ontario MOHLTC
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* Note: Use the total years of the estimates, including the most recent year, even if not all were used in the analysis. The years used in the analysis should be included in the report itself.
Alternative Data Sources | - Statistics Canada, Health Indicators
Analysis Check List
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Method of Calculation
See Life Table Worksheets
Basic Categories
| - Sex: male, female
- Geographic areas of residence of deceased: health planning region, public health unit, district health council, county from PHPDB or census division from HELPS, and municipality from PHPDB or census sub-division from HELPS.
- Other ages, e.g., at age 65
Indicator Comments | - A traditional method of estimating population health.
- Caution should be taken when describing life expectancy; generally, life expectancy should not be used to predict population health.
- Life expectancy can be calculated for different age groups, i.e., at birth, at age 65.
Cross-References to Other Sections
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References
| - Manuel D, Goel V, Williams J. The derivation of life expectancy at the local level. Chronic Dis Can 1998;19(2):52-6. Available from: URL:
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cdic-mcc/19-2/a_e.html. - Manuel D, Goel V, Williams J. Life expectancy at the local level in Ontario. Can J Public Health 1999 Jan-Feb;90(1):52-4.
- Chiang CL. The Life Table and its Applications. Malabar, Florida: Robert E. Krieger Publication Company, 1984.
- Martel L, Bélanger A. Dependence-free life expectancy in Canada. Canadian Social Trends 2000;58:26-29.
- Manuel DG, Schultz SE. Adding Years to Life and Life to Years: Life and Health Expectancy in Ontario. Toronto, ON: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, 2001. URL: http://www.ices.on.ca/webpage.cfm?site_id=1&org_id=31&morg_id=0&gsec_id=0&item_id=1280
- Manuel DG, Schultz SE. Adding Years to Life and Life to Years: Life and Health Expectancy in Ontario – Technical Supplement. Toronto, ON: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, 2001.
URL: http://www.ices.on.ca/webpage.cfm?site_id=1&org_id=31&morg_id=0&gsec_id=0&item_id=1280
Date of Last Revision: June 7, 2006 .
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