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Stroke Incidence (Hospitalization or Death)
The rate of hospitalization or death due to stroke over a five year period per 1,000 residents age 40 or older. Stroke is defined by ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes 431, 434, or 436 in the most responsible diagnosis field for hospitalization, or as the cause of ... |
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Strongly-Smoking-Associated-Cancer Incidence
Strongly-smoking-associated cancers include the following sites: esophagus, larynx, lung and bronchus, and oropharynx. See below for a list of ICD-O-3 (ICD-Oncology, version 3) codes used to identify specific cancer sites. Cance... |
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Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
Sometimes known as simultaneous equation modeling or analysis of covariance structures, it is a statistical technique for modeling complex relationships among variables. Some of the variables in SEM can be unobserved (latent). A response variable in one r... |
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Structural Quality Indicators (QIs)
Indicators that define if a healthcare facility has proper standards in place to facilitate the appropriate delivery of healthcare. Examples of structural QIs include having staff with appropriate training and credentials, ensuring that facility space and... |
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Structure
The organizational factors of the system in which the care is delivered, having a major impact upon access to care. One of three categories used for measuring of quality of care, it includes physician characteristics (resources, organization, and manageme... |
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Substance Abuse Prevalence
The percent of residents aged 10 and older with substance abuse indication, measured over two 5-year periods. For more detailed information including the data sources and applicable ICD diagnosis codes, see the Subst... |
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Substance Use by Mother During Pregnancy
This is a dichotomous measure of whether a mother used any substances (e.g., alcohol, illegal drugs, smoking) during her pregnancy. This measure was derived from hospital abstracts and physician visits data (see the Sub... |
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Substance Use Disorders / Substance Abuse
Substance use disorders / substance abuse are characterized by the excess use of and reliance on a drug, alcohol, or other chemical that leads to severe negative effects on the individual's health and well-being or to the welfare of others. For more de... |
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Substantiated Child Maltreatment
A case is considered substantiated if the balance of evidence indicates that abuse or neglect has occurred . Alternatively, a case is suspected if there is not enough evidence to substantiate maltreatment, but maltreatment cannot be ruled out. Lastly, a c... |
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy baby under one year of age. Such deaths usually occur while the child is sleeping and remain unexplained even after a full investigation ( Health Canada, 2005 ). |
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Suicidal Individuals
Suicidal individuals are individuals aged 10 years or more who attempted or completed suicide within a five-year period, and were identified by the presence of any specified ICD-9-CM or ICD-10 codes in Vital Statistics records, medical services/physician ... |
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Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally killing oneself. For the purposes of MCHP research, suicide was defined as the presence of any cause of death in Vital Statistics data with a code of suicide, self-inflicted injury, or accidental poisoning codes using e... |
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Suicide Attempters
Suicide attempters are individuals aged 10 years or more who attempted suicide at least once in a five-year period, and were identified by the presence of any specific suicide related codes of ICD-9-CM or ICD-10 in Vital Statistics (Mortality) data, Medic... |
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Suicide Attempts
Suicide attempt, also known as "self-inflicted injury" or para-suicide, does not result in death (Martens et al., 2010). In Martens et al. (2004), suicide attempts were defined as the presence of any codes identifying a suicide attempt using definition... |
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Suicide Prevalence (Attempts or Death)
This indicator measures the proportion of the population that committed or attempted suicide. The crude and adjusted annual prevalence of suicide or suicide attempts for residents aged 10 and older was measured for ten calendar years. The most recent even... |
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Suicide Rate
This measures the crude and adjusted suicide rate for residents aged 10 and older over a ten year period. Suicides were defined as any death record in Vital Statistics data. See Suicide and Attempted Suicide (Intentional Self Inflicted Injury) c... |
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Support Services
Support services are services provided by Child and Family Services to challenged families in need of support. The services can include counselling, guidance, support, education and emergency shelter services to aid the resolution of family matters. In co... |
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Support to Seniors Program
Helps seniors remain independent in the community. Funding is provided to encourage the development of Support Services initiatives at the community level. Flexibility in policy allows for variations in communities and promotes a sense of local ownership,... |
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Supportive Housing
Supportive housing is an intermediate care option between living in one's own home and moving into a Personal Care Home. Supportive housing tenants live in their own apartment but within a group community setting. Typically, tenants require help with meal... |
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Supportive Housing Data
The Supportive Housing data include records of supportive housing residents and applications for residency in the Winnipeg region. Residences combine apartment living, services such as meals and homemaking, and access to 24-hour support care and supervisi... |
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