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        • Breast cancer resections that are mastectomies
        • The use of breast-conserving surgery versus mastectomies for breast cancer resections
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      • Incidence and mortality rates
      • Five-year net survival by income quintile for several cancers in Canada
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      • Colorectal cancer screening
      • Geographic variation in colorectal cancer risk
      • Screening in underserved populations
      • Colorectal cancer diagnosis wait time
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      • Stage distribution
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        • Removal and examination of 12 or more lymph nodes in colon resections
        • Resection rates for stage II or III rectal cancer, stage III colon cancer and stage II or IIIA non-small cell lung cancer patients
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        • Pre-operative radiation therapy for patients with stage II or III rectal cancer
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      • Incidence and mortality rates
      • Five-year net survival by income quintile for several cancers in Canada
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      • Capture of stage
      • Stage distribution
      • Geographic variation in lung cancer risk
      • Resection rates for stage II or IIIA Non-snmall cell lung cancer patients
      • Post-operative chemotherapy for stage II or IIIA non-small cell lung cancer patients
      • Place of death
      • Adult clinical trial participation
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      • Incidence and mortality rates
      • Five-year net survival by income quintile for several cancers in Canada
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      • PSA testing
      • Prostate risk profile
      • Capture of stage
      • Stage distribution
      • Prostate wait times for surgery
      • Prostate wait times for radiation therapy
      • Radical prostatectomy: open versus laparoscopic surgery
      • Prostate patterns of care: radiation and surgical treatment
      • Prostate access to palliative radiation
      • Prostate clinical trials participation
      • Adult clinical trial participation
      • Prostate cancer research investment
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      • Incidence & Mortality Rates
      • Five-year net survival by income quintile for several cancers in Canada
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      • Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination
      • Cervical cancer screening
      • Screening in underserved populations
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      • Incidence and mortality rates
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  • Smoking prevalence
  • Smoking behaviours in current cancer patients
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  • Geographic variation in lung cancer risk
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  • Adult overweight and obesity
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  • Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination
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  • Geographic variation in colorectal cancer risk
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  • PSA testing
  • Screening in underserved populations
  • Breast cancer diagnosis wait times
  • Colorectal cancer diagnosis wait times
  • Capture of stage
  • Stage distribution
  • Prostate risk profile
  • Surgery
  • Radiation therapy
  • Systemic therapy
  • Removal and examination of 12 or more lymph nodes in colon resections
  • Resection rates for stage II or III rectal cancer, stage III colon cancer and stage II or IIIA non-small cell lung cancer patients
  • The use of breast-conserving surgery versus mastectomies for breast cancer resections
  • Breast cancer resections that are mastectomies
  • High-risk, resource-intensive surgeries for esophageal, pancreatic, liver, lung and ovarian cancers in Canada
  • Prostate wait times for surgery
  • Radical prostatectomy: open versus laparoscopic surgery
  • Radiation therapy wait times
  • Radiation therapy utilization and capacity
  • Pre-operative radiation therapy for patients with stage II or III rectal cancer
  • Post-operative radiation therapy for patients with stage I or II breast cancer
  • Prostate wait times for radiation therapy
  • Prostate patterns of care: radiation and surgical treatment
  • Post-operative chemotherapy for stage III colon cancer patients
  • Post-operative chemotherapy for patients with stage II or IIIA non-small cell lung cancer
  • Screening for distress
  • Patient satisfaction
  • Place of death
  • Prostate access to palliative radiation
  • Adult clinical trial participation
  • Prostate clinical trials participation
  • Pediatric clinical trial participation
  • Cancer research investment
  • Prostate cancer research investment
  • Breast cancer screening outside of guidelines
  • Breast cancer mastectomies done as day surgery
  • Intensive care use in the last two weeks of life
  • Breast cancer
  • Lung cancer
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  • Five-year net survival by income quintile for several cancers in Canada
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    Figure 5.4ii

    Percentage of colorectal cancer patient deaths occuring in hospital or other, by province - 2009

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    "Other" includes other specified locality, other health-care facilities or private homes (excludes unknown localities)
    Data source: Statistics Canada, Vital Statistics Death Database

    Data Table

    ProvincePlace of DeathPercentage (%)
    MBHospital84.5
    MBOther15.5
    QCHospital80.0
    QCOther20.0
    NLHospital79.9
    NLOther20.1
    NBHospital79.9
    NBOther20.1
    SKHospital67.4
    SKOther32.6
    ONHospital65.0
    ONOther35.0
    NSHospital61.3
    NSOther38.7
    ABHospital60.5
    ABOther39.5
    BCHospital50.7
    BCOther49.3
    PEHospital46.7
    PEOther53.3

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    "Other" includes other specified locality, other health-care facilities or private homes (excludes unknown localities)
    Data source: Statistics Canada, Vital Statistics Death Database

    Figure 5.3ii

    Percentage of all cancer deaths occurring in hospital, private home or other, by province — 2011 death year

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    “Other” includes other specified locations, other health care facilities, private homes and unknown locations.
    Hospices can be classified as “Other” or “Hospital” depending on province.
    The definition of hospital varied across provinces. QC: “Hospital” included residential and long-term care centres. MB: Designated palliative care units were included in “Hospital.” In other provinces this type of bed might have been considered part of long-term care (“Other”). As a result, percentages of hospital deaths for QC and MB may appear higher relative to other provinces but do not necessarily indicate any actual differences in delivery of services.
    The way palliative care beds are designated in hospitals varies across provinces. The resulting variation in reporting deaths that occurred in hospital is unknown.
    Coding on death certificates varies by province. SK and PE: A very small proportion of deaths are recorded at home, suggesting that most in-home deaths may be recorded in “Other.”
    Data source: Statistics Canada, Vital Statistics Death Database.

    Data Table

    ProvinceLocation of deathNumber of deathsPercent (%)
    MBHospital2,39089.4
    MBPrivate Home27510.2
    MBOther100.4
    NLHospital1,03578.1
    NLPrivate Home16512.6
    NLOther1209.3
    QCHospital15,28577.8
    QCPrivate Home9304.7
    QCOther3,43017.5
    NBHospital1,36575.6
    NBPrivate Home26514.7
    NBOther1759.7
    NSHospital1,82070
    SKHospital1,58069.5
    SKOther69030.5
    NSPrivate Home56521.7
    NSOther2158.2
    ONHospital17,27564.2
    ONPrivate Home5,13519.1
    ONOther4,50016.7
    ABHospital3,62063.6
    ABPrivate Home56510
    ABOther1,50526.4
    PEHospital20062.6
    PEPrivate Home258.1
    PEOther9529.3
    BCHospital4,55549.8
    BCPrivate Home1,43515.7
    BCOther3,15534.5

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    “Other” includes other specified locations, other health care facilities, private homes and unknown locations.
    Hospices can be classified as “Other” or “Hospital” depending on province.
    The definition of hospital varied across provinces. QC: “Hospital” included residential and long-term care centres. MB: Designated palliative care units were included in “Hospital.” In other provinces this type of bed might have been considered part of long-term care (“Other”). As a result, percentages of hospital deaths for QC and MB may appear higher relative to other provinces but do not necessarily indicate any actual differences in delivery of services.
    The way palliative care beds are designated in hospitals varies across provinces. The resulting variation in reporting deaths that occurred in hospital is unknown.
    Coding on death certificates varies by province. SK and PE: A very small proportion of deaths are recorded at home, suggesting that most in-home deaths may be recorded in “Other.”
    Data source: Statistics Canada, Vital Statistics Death Database.

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    Data specifications

    Place of death

    Definition: Percentage of deaths of cancer patients by location: hospital, other health care facility, private home, or other location

    Numerator:

    1. By province: Number of cancer deaths in: hospital; other
    2. Canada: Number of cancer deaths in hospital; private home; other

    Denominator: Number of cancer deaths

    Data source: Canadian Vital Statistics – Death Database (annual file)

    Measurement timeframe: 2005 to 2009

    Stratification variables: Province

    Notes:

    1. All deaths in British Columbia in 2005 and 2006 were recorded as unknown location.
    2. In the figure, Cancer patient place of death, by province – 2009, unknown location was excluded. “Other” included other specified locality, other health care facility and private home.
    3. In the figure, Cancer patient place of death, Canada – 2005 to 2009, “Other” included other specified locality, other health care facility and unknown locality.
    4. Includes data from all provinces and territories.

    Data and measurement considerations

    • Data for this indicator were submitted by the provinces to Statistics Canada. The Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database includes a data element identifying cause of death and location of death grouped into the following categories: hospital, other health-care facility (e.g., long-term care or chronic-care facility), private home, other specified locality and unknown.
    • It is important to note that there are various discrepancies in the vital statistics data used to calculate these indicators, particularly around interpretation of the location categories described above. For example, a hospice can be categorized as an “other health-care facility” or as an “other specified locality,” but it could also be located in an acute-care hospital and therefore designated as a hospital setting. It is hoped that reporting on these results will provide an incentive to improve data quality and standardization so that appropriate comparisons can be made. Other regional and jurisdictional considerations include deaths in formal palliative care beds in hospitals, which are more accurately considered hospice deaths. Rural and remote residence may contribute to lack of access to home palliative care, and in some First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities there is no designated health-care funding for palliative care, resulting in the need for patients to stay in hospitals in urban centres.
  • Related indicators

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    Intensive care use in the last two weeks of life

    Percentage of cancer patients dying in an acute-care hospital and admitted to intensive care units in the last 14 days of life, by jurisdiction — 2014/15 and 2015/16 fiscal years combined
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