Alberta LGA Age-Standardized Hospital Separation Rates for Chronic Conditions 2010-2018

Age-standardized inpatient separation rates per 100,000 population for seven selected chronic conditions across 132 Local Geographic Areas in Alberta. The dataset covers an eight-year period from 2010/2011 to 2017/2018, facilitating comparisons across different geographic areas and time periods.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in Asthma, Diabetes, and Influenza separation rates across 132 Local Geographic Areas to identify regional health disparities.
• Compare age-standardized rates for Ischemic Heart Diseases and Pneumonia over the eight-year time range to assess public health intervention impacts.
• Model geographic clustering of high separation rates for Mental and Behavioural Disorders due to Psychoactive Substance Use and Pulmonary Heart diseases.
• Benchmark Alberta-level rates against Local Geographic Area rates for conditions like Diabetes to evaluate provincial versus local healthcare performance.

Strengths

• Covers 132 distinct Local Geographic Areas within Alberta for granular spatial analysis.
• Includes data for eight fiscal years (2010/2011 to 2017/2018), enabling longitudinal study.
• Provides age-standardized rates for seven specific health conditions, allowing for demographically adjusted comparisons.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with the latest coverage ending in 2018 and no updates for recent years.
• Limited to seven selected conditions, excluding other major causes of hospital separations.
• Relies on administrative 'separation' data which may not fully capture disease incidence or admission events.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Derived from hospital abstract data collected at patient discharge (separation), age-standardized by Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services.

Time Range

2010/2011 to 2017/2018.

Freshness

Data was last updated on the platform in March 2026, but the underlying report was published in March 2019 and covers periods up to 2017/2018.

Geography

Alberta, Canada, at both provincial and 132 Local Geographic Area levels.