First Nations Injury Hospital Separation Rates for Alberta

Government of Alberta data presents age-standardized rates of hospital separations due to injury by First Nations status for Alberta, expressed per 100,000 population. The dataset was last updated on April 17, 2026. It is published under the OGL-CA-2.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze disparities in injury-related hospitalizations based on First Nations status mentioned in the description
• Benchmark age-standardized injury rates for Alberta based on the per 100,000 population metric
• Monitor trends in hospital separations due to injury for public health surveillance

Strengths

• Data is age-standardized, which facilitates comparison across different population groups.
• Rates are expressed per 100,000 population, a standard epidemiological metric.
• The dataset is published by a government authority, suggesting official provenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 14:51:48.984361; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Alberta