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301. Criminal Courts Automated Information Network (CCAIN) Data
concept/Social Determinants of Health-SDOH-Digital Library-Image.jpg The Criminal Courts Automated Information Network (CCAIN) data from Manitoba Justice conta...
302. Crisis / Protection
One of 13 alternate levels of care (ALC) for patients who require pediatric or adult protection / crisis intervention (e.g. Safe Homes, Half-Way Houses, Foster Homes, Child Abuse Centres, Suicide Treatment Centres).
303. Critical Care / Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Data
NOTE: the Critical Care / Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Data has been updated in the Repository and this database is now considered inactive. For more up-to-date information on the current Critical Care and Medicine data in the Repository, see the
304. Critical Care and Medicine (CCMED) Data
The Critical Care and Medicine (CCMED)data contains episodic information for individuals admitted to any one of the six adult intensive care units (ICUs) in Winnipeg or to one of the four Medicine wards in Winnipeg. The types of ICUs include:
305. Critical Illness
Refers to any type of acute medical condition that by its nature and/or severity threatens life or limb or negatively affects the ability of the vital organs to perform their functions.
306. Critical Illness-Based Rate of ICU Care
The rate of ICU care relative to the number of persons who "should" have been admitted to ICUs, as reflected by the Estimated ICU Admission Pool.
307. Crohn's Disease
See Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
308. Cross Sectional Study
A study that examines the relationship between diseases (or other health-related characteristics) and other variables of interest as they exist in a defined population at one point in time. The presence or absence of disease and the presence or absence of...
309. Cross-Sectional Survey
A cross-sectional survey is a survey that collects data on a sample population at one point in time. As such, all measures resulting from this type of survey are static measures and changes to the sample population over time cannot be determined. Cross-se...
310. Crosswalk
"A crosswalk is a specification for mapping one metadata standard to another. Crosswalks provide the ability to make the contents of elements defined in one metadata standard available to communities using related metadata standards." Note: The ter...
311. Crown
concept/Social Determinants of Health-SDOH-Digital Library-Image.jpg The Crown is a legal term of art for His Majesty the King. In a courtroom, the Crown prose...
312. Crown Appeal
concept/Social Determinants of Health-SDOH-Digital Library-Image.jpg A Crown appeal means that the lawyers acting for the government (the Crown attorneys) have...
313. Crown Opinion Diversion
concept/Social Determinants of Health-SDOH-Digital Library-Image.jpg The Crown (lawyers working for the government) can offer the accused a diversion if they t...
314. Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
A federal government department (formerly part of the now-dissolved Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC)) that is responsible for renewing the relationship between Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit and Metis) and Canada, leading government wor...
315. Crude Hospitalization Rate
The number of persons who had at least one hospitalization for a specific condition in a given region, divided by the population of that region.
316. Crude Mortality Rate
The number of deaths for a specific condition in a given region, divided by the population of that region.
317. Crude Physician Visit Rate
The number of persons who had at least 2 visits to a physician for a particular diagnosis in a given region, divided by the population of that region.
318. Crude Rate
The number of events or people with a given condition or procedure, divided by the number of people living in an area/region; often expressed as a rate per 1,000 residents (for less frequent events). Crude rates are helpful in figuring out the burden of d...
319. CSD
acronym for Census SubDivision (CSD)
320. CT
acronym for Census Tract (CT)

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