Term: Cause-Specific Morbidity

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2007-09-26

Definition:

Based on treatment prevalence data available from hospital and physician claims databases, and cancer incidence data, the cause-specific morbidity categories included: injury hospitalizations (falls, motor vehicle collisions, violence, other); diabetes treatment prevalence; respiratory disease treatment prevalence; cancer incidence; and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) hospitalizations.

Related terms 

• Cause-Specific Mortality

References 

• Brownell M, Lix L, Ekuma O, Derksen S, Dehaney S, Bond R, Fransoo R, MacWilliam L, Bodnarchuk J. Why is the Health Status of Some Manitobans Not Improving? The Widening Gap in the Health Status of Manitobans. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2003. [Report] [Summary] (View)