The Chief Public Health Officer's Report on The State of Public Health in Canada 2010 – Growing older: Adding life to years

Growing Older - Adding Life to Years
- Acknowledgements
- Errata
- Executive Summary
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Canada's Experience in Setting the Stage for Healthy Aging
- Chapter 3: The Health and Well-being of Canadian Seniors
- Chapter 4: Setting Conditions for Healthy Aging
- Chapter 5: Toward Healthy Aging
- Appendix A: List of Acronyms
- Appendix B: Indicators of Our Health and Factors Influencing Our Health
- Appendix C: Definitions and Data Sources for Indicators
- References
Figures
- Figure 2.1 Crude birth rate in Canada, 1921 to 2007
- Figure 2.2 Canadian population, 1978, 2038
- Figure 3.1 Proportion of population, aged 65 years and older, select countries, 1960 to 2007, projected 2010 to 2050
- Figure 3.2 Remaining life expectancy at age 65 by sex, select OECD countries, 1980 to 2008
- Figure 3.3 Mortality by major causes and age groups, Canada, 2006
- Figure 3.4 Incidence and death rate by selected cancers and sex, Canadian population aged 65 years and older, 2006
- Figure 3.5 Proportion of population with one or more chronic diseases, by selected age groups, Canada, 2009
- Figure 3.6 Projected prevalence of dementia in senior Canadians by sex, Canada, 2008 to 2038
- Figure 3.7 Persons with incomes below the after-tax low-income cut-offs, by selected age groups, Canada, 1978 to 2008
- Figure 3.8 Canadian seniors living in low-income before-tax and after-tax by sex, Canada, 1978 to 2008
- Figure 3.9 Relative low-income rates among older persons, select countries
- Figure 3.10 Median after-tax income for seniors by sex and highest education level attained, Canada, 2006
- Figure 3.11 Paid employment rate of seniors by sex, Canada, 1990 to 2009
- Figure 3.12 Percentage of seniors who received home care in the past year, Canada, 2003
Tables
- Table 3.1 Canada's senior population
- Table 3.2 Health of Canada's seniors
- Table C.1 Low-income cut offs, Canada, 2008
Textboxes
- Textbox 1.1 The Role of Canada's Chief Public Health Officer
- Textbox 2.1 International action on aging
- Textbox 2.2 Historical influences on Aboriginal Peoples health
- Textbox 4.1 Meeting basic needs during emergencies
- Textbox 4.2 Age-friendly cities and communities
- Textbox 4.3 Universal design of Shizuoka
- Textbox 4.4 Steady As You Go
- Textbox 4.5 Pharmaceutical Information Program
- Textbox 4.6 Federal Elder Abuse Initiative
- Textbox 4.7 The NICE Elder Abuse Team: Knowledge to Action project
- Textbox 4.8 New Horizons for Seniors Program
- Textbox 4.9 VON SMART program
- Textbox 4.10 Seniors in the Community Risk Evaluation for Eating and Nutrition
- Textbox 4.11 Opportunities for lifelong learning: University of the Third Age
- Textbox 4.12 Overseas Service Veterans "at Home" Project
- Textbox 4.13 Models of integrated care for the frail elderly
- Textbox 4.14 Providing long term care – the Japanese experience
- Textbox 5.1 Frank and Marie's story
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