A sound understanding of trends in health is an essential part of setting goals and priorities for health systems and for publicly-funded programs that support health and well being. In turn,...
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A sound understanding of trends in health is an essential part of setting goals and priorities for health systems and for publicly-funded programs that support health and well being. In turn, setting goals and priorities is critical to ensuring accountability and continuous improvement within health systems. The main objectives of this resource is to provide an overview of selected health trends including demographics, health status, health determinants, mortality, and communicable disease incidence from an Alberta perspective within a Canadian context. It also provides an overview of changes and expected trends over time.