2000 to 2019 mortality data for Alberta, its health service zones, and former health regions. The dataset presents age-standardized mortality rates per 100,000 population, categorized by cause of death derived from ICD10 codes. It is published by the Government of Alberta on the open_canada platform.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in cause-specific mortality over time based on the 2000-2019 time range.
- Compare health outcomes across different administrative zones based on Alberta Health Services continuum zones and former health regions.
- Model the burden of specific diseases based on cause-of-death categories derived from ICD10 codes.
Strengths
- Covers a 20-year time range from 2000 to 2019.
- Provides geographic granularity at the Alberta Health Services zone and former health region level.
- Uses standardized ICD10 codes for cause-of-death classification.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Alberta
- Collection Method
- Likely compiled from official vital statistics and health records.
- Time Range
- 2000 to 2019
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 14:35:39.743283; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Alberta, Alberta Health Services continuum zones, and former health regions