This area offers links to sites providing data about the incidence and prevalence of various health problems, for the benefit of clinicians, health care policy makers and service planners. These information sheets cover various aspects of what is currently known about the epidemiology of HIV and AIDS among various populations in Canada. Chronic Diseases in Canada Chronic Diseases in Canada, a publication of the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control in the Health Protection Branch of Health Canada, is a quarterly scientific journal focusing on the epidemiology of chronic diseases and injuries in Canada and their impact on the Canadian population. Feature articles include original research, meta-analyses, methodological papers, literature reviews, position papers and workshop or conference reports.
Scientific articles are peer-reviewed.
The journal also publishes guest editorials, letters to the editor, status reports, fact sheets, book or software reviews, abstract reprints and announcements of books and publications, conferences and other events of interest to subscribers. Subscription is available free upon request. Authors retain responsibility for the contents of their papers, and opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the Editorial Committee or of Health Canada. This page at the Statistics Canada site offers data tables on health determinants, health care resources and health status. These statistics provide health professionals, researchers and policymakers detailed information regarding the incidence and mortality of the most common types of cancer by age, sex, time period and province.