Alberta Local Health Area Age-Standardized Inpatient Rates 2017-2018

2017/2018 fiscal year data provides age-standardized inpatient separation rates per 100,000 population for seven selected conditions across 132 Local Geographic Areas in Alberta. This indicator dataset from the Alberta Health Community Profiles report measures hospital utilization for conditions including asthma, diabetes, and ischemic heart disease.

Use Cases

• Compare age-standardized inpatient rates for Asthma, Diabetes, or Ischemic Heart Diseases across the 132 Local Geographic Areas to identify regional health disparities.
• Analyze the relationship between specific condition rates, such as Mental and Behavioural Disorders due to Psychoactive Substance Use or Pneumonia, and geographic area characteristics.
• Benchmark Local Geographic Area rates against the provided Alberta-level totals for conditions like Influenza or Pulmonary Heart Diseases.

Strengths

• Covers 132 distinct Local Geographic Areas within Alberta, enabling granular spatial analysis.
• Focuses on seven clinically significant conditions: Asthma, Diabetes, Influenza, Ischemic Heart Diseases, Mental and Behavioural Disorders due to Psychoactive Substance Use, Pneumonia, and Pulmonary Heart and Pulmonary Circulation Diseases.
• Rates are age-standardized, enabling valid comparisons across areas with different population age structures.

Limitations

• Data is limited to a single fiscal year (2017/2018), preventing longitudinal or trend analysis.
• The selected conditions are a limited subset; inpatient rates for other health conditions are not included.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta, part of the 'Alberta Health Primary Health Care - Community Profiles' report published March 2019.

Collection Method

Derived from hospital abstract data gathered at patient discharge (separation), age-standardized for comparison.

Time Range

2017/2018 fiscal year.

Freshness

Data from 2017/2018 fiscal year, last updated on platform 2026-03 25.

Geography

Alberta, Canada, at both province-wide and 132 Local Geographic Area levels.