"Identifying Information: Name","Perceived Health"
"Identifying Information: Short/Other Names","Not applicable"
"Identifying Information: Description","This indicator measures the percentage of the population age 12 and older who report their health to be excellent or very good. Self-rated health is measured on a scale from excellent to poor."
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Rationale","The self-rated health indicator measures an individual's perception of his or her overall health. It refers to a person's health in general—not only the absence of disease or injury but also the presence of physical, mental and social well-being. A predictor of other indicators of health, such as mortality, self-rated health provides a global assessment of health that can complement other self-reported and clinical assessments of health. It may also reflect aspects of health—such as disease severity and undiagnosed disease—that are not captured in the more objective measures of health status, such as mortality.Good-to-excellent self-reported health status correlates with lower risk of mortality and use of health services. Poor self-reported health status is a good predictor of subsequent illness and premature death."
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Interpretation","A higher percentage of people reporting excellent or very good health is desirable."
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: HSP Framework Dimension","Improve health status of Canadians"
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Areas of Need","Not applicable"
"Background, Interpretation and Benchmarks: Targets/Benchmarks","Not applicable"
"Available Data Years","2015
 to 2020"
"Available Data Years: Type of Year",Calendar
"Availability of Results: Geographic Coverage","All provinces/territories"
"Reporting Level/Disaggregation",National
"Result Updates: Indicator Results","Web Tool:Your Health System: In DepthPDF:Accessing Indicator Results on Your Health System: In Depth (PDF)"
"Update Frequency","Every year"
"Result Updates: Latest Results Update Date","December 2022"
"Result Updates: Updates","Not applicable"
"Indicator Calculation: Description","Population age 12 and older rating their health as excellent or very good, divided by the total number of survey respondents.Population estimates are based on weighted survey responses to reflect the total population."
"Indicator Calculation: Type of Measurement","Percentage or proportion"
"Denominator: Description:","Population age 12 and older who reported on self-rated health by rating their health as excellent, very good, good, fair or poor (based on weighted survey responses)"
"Denominator: Exclusions:","Non-response categories (refusal, don't know and not stated) are excluded."
"Numerator: Description:","Population age 12 and older rating their health as excellent or very good (based on weighted survey responses)"
"Method of Adjustment","Not applicable"
"Adjustment Applied",None
"Indicator Calculation: Geographic Assignment","Place of residence"
"Data Sources","CCHS, Statistics Canada"
"Data Sources: Other Data Source","Statistics Canada, Table 13-10-0113-01: Health characteristics, two-year period estimates (by age group and sex, Canada, provinces, territories and health regions)."
"Quality Statement: Caveats and Limitations","This indicator is calculated based on 2 years of pooled data.Data for the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) is collected yearly from a sample of approximately 65,000 respondents. Table 13-10-0113-01 presents estimates from 2-year combined data and features estimates for all provinces and territories as well as for health regions. The 2-year combined data has higher precision (less variability) than annual estimates; annual CCHS estimates are not available at the health region level.Some values have data quality flags that indicate ""use with caution"" or ""suppressed"" due to high coefficients of variation: health regions with small populations and results disaggregated by age group or sex within small regions.The CCHS covers the population age 12 and older living in the 10 provinces and 3 territories. Excluded from the survey's coverage are the following:Persons living on reserves and in other Indigenous settlements in the provincesFull-time members of the Canadian ForcesChildren age 12 to 17 living in foster careThe population of institutionalized personsPersons living in 2 Quebec health regions: Nunavik Region and Terres-Cries-de-la-Baie-James RegionAltogether, these exclusions represent less than 3% of the Canadian population age 12 and older."
"Quality Statement: Trending Issues","As a result of a redesign in 2015, the CCHS has a new collection strategy and sample design. For this reason, Statistics Canada does not recommend making comparisons with CCHS data from 2001 to 2014.The COVID-19 pandemic had major impacts on the data collection operations for the 2020 CCHS. Users are advised to use the 2020 CCHS data with caution, especially when creating estimates for small sub-populations or when comparing with other CCHS years."
"Quality Statement: Comments","Data for Ontario's local health integration networks and British Columbia's regional health authorities was received from Statistics Canada through custom tabulation requests:Source: Statistics Canada. Selected CCHS Indicators for Ontario by Local Health Integration Network and British Columbia Regional Health Authority, 2017–2018. January 2020. Reproduced and distributed on an ""as is"" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada.Indicator results are also available inOECD Interactive Tool"
References,"Statistics Canada. Perceived health, 2014. Accessed January 22, 2018.Public Health Agency of Canada. Health Status of Canadians 2016: Report of the Chief Public Health Officer — How Healthy Are We? — Perceived Health. 2016.Statistics Canada. Canadian Community Health Survey — Annual component (CCHS). Accessed February 20, 2020.Statistics Canada. Health characteristics, two-year period estimates. Accessed September 26, 2022.Statistics Canada. Perceived health of a person. Accessed September 26, 2022."