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Notifiable Diseases On-Line

Notifiable Diseases On-Line is a web based application developed by the Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control of the Public Health Agency of Canada to enhance dissemination of surveillance data collected on notifiable diseases in Canada.

The application contains information on the number of cases reported for several of the notifiable diseases as well as their rate in the population. The data are available for each province and territory for each year starting at 1989 up to the end of 2004. (For 1999, Northwest Territories and Nunavut data have been combined).

Please note:

  1. The 2003 and 2004 data are preliminary and are subject to change.
  2. The following data is not available at the present time:
    • Saskatchewan 2003 (except Gonococcal Infections, Chlamydia and all Syphilis) and all 2004 data;
    • Nunavut all 2004 data;
    • Tuberculosis data for 2003 and 2004;
    • Hepatitis C 2004 data for Nova-Scotia.
    The rates are based on reporting provinces and territories only.
  3. The interactive table, chart and mapping functions are not enabled for some of the notifiable diseases because of none or few cases reported. These data and some related information can be accessed by clicking here.

How to Use Notifiable Diseases On-Line

This section provides information on the use of notifiable diseases data, limitations of the data, and important considerations to be taken into account when analyzing and interpreting the data.

Notifiable Disease Maps

This section will allow the user to create maps of Canada showing the number of reported cases and rates of infection per 100,000 population for selected notifiable diseases. The data may be broken down by sex, age-group and year.

Notifiable Disease Charts

Notifiable Disease Incidence by Year, 1989-2004
This section will allow the user to generate tables and charts which display the number of reported cases and the rate of infection per 100,000 population for a selected notifiable disease over the time interval from 1989 to 2004. The number of cases and rates of infection may be broken down by sex, age-group, and province/territory.

Notifiable Disease Incidence by Province/Territory
This section will allow the user to generate tables and graphs which display the number of reported cases and rate of infection per 100,000 population for a selected notifiable disease by province/territory. The data may be broken down by sex, age-group, and year. The user may select double bar charts to compare the data by two or more of the variables at the same time.

Incidence by Notifiable Disease
This section will allow the user to generate tables and charts which display the number of reported cases and rate of infection per 100,000 population by one or more notifiable disease. The data may be broken down by sex, age-group, province/territory, and year.

Notifiable Disease Incidence by Age Group
This section will allow the user to generate tables and charts which display the number of reported cases and the rate of infection per 100,000 population for a selected notifiable disease by age-group. The data may be broken down by sex, province/territory and year.

Glossary

This section contains definitions in non-technical language for most of the technical terms used on this site. Definitions for technical terms are also provided throughout Notifiable Diseases On-Line. By clicking on the underlined term you will be taken to the word in the Glossary. From the Glossary page, please use your browser's [BACK] button to return to your previous selection page.