Nova Scotia Mortality by Cause and Region, 2006

Nova Scotia mortality data from 2006 provides counts of deaths by cause across counties and district health authorities. The dataset is archived and not maintained, with users directed to Statistics Canada for current information. Its primary purpose is for historical research, reference, and record-keeping.

Use Cases

• Analyzing geographic disparities in cause-specific mortality across Nova Scotia counties.
• Tracking historical trends in leading causes of death for public health planning.
• Conducting archival research on morbidity patterns in Canadian provincial health data.

Strengths

• Provides geospatial breakdowns at the county and district health authority levels.
• Released under the permissive OGL-CA-2.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Data is explicitly archived and not maintained or updated, limiting current applicability.
• Key metadata such as row count, column names, and exact file size are unknown.
• The listed last updated date of 2026-04-17 is a future date, indicating a potential metadata error.

Provenance

Source

Government of Nova Scotia

Time Range

2006

Freshness

2026-04-17 15:33:51.836233

Geography

Nova Scotia, Canada (counties, district health authorities)