First Nations Injury Mortality Rates in Alberta

Government of Alberta data provides age-standardized mortality rates due to injury by First Nations status for Alberta, expressed per 100,000 population. The dataset is published on the open_canada platform under an OGL-CA-2.0 license. It was last updated on 2026-04-17.

Use Cases

• Analyze disparities in injury mortality rates based on First Nations status.
• Monitor public health outcomes for Indigenous populations in Alberta.
• Support policy evaluation and resource allocation for injury prevention programs.
• Benchmark provincial health indicators against national or international standards.

Strengths

• Data is age-standardized, allowing for comparison across different population age structures.
• Rates are expressed per 100,000 population, a standard metric in public health.
• Published by a government authority, suggesting an official data source.
• Has a specific last updated date of 2026-04-17.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Geographic coverage is limited to Alberta.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 14:46:34.767640; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Alberta