Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System (CCDSS)

The Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System (CCDSS) is the result of a collaborative network of provincial and territorial surveillance systems, supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). The system collects data on all residents who are eligible for provincial or territorial health insurance and can generate national estimates and trends over time for over 20 chronic diseases and other selected health outcomes. To identify people with chronic diseases, provincial and territorial health insurance registry records are linked using a unique personal identifier to the corresponding physician billing claims, hospital discharge abstract records and prescription drug records.
Use the CCDSS Data Tool
Health outcomes related to chronic diseases and conditions included in the CCDSS
Morbidity and mortality
  • incidence
  • prevalence (cumulative and active for select diseases/conditions)
  • all-cause mortality
 Health events/complications
  • annual prevalence
  • all-cause mortality following hip fracture
 Use of health services
  • annual prevalence
  • all-cause mortality following first health care encounter for select mental illnesses
Cardiovascular diseases
Acute myocardial infarction ✔
Heart failure ✔
Hypertension ✔
Ischemic heart disease ✔
Stroke ✔ ✔
Hospitalized events
Chronic respiratory diseases
Asthma ✔
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ✔
Mental illnesses
Schizophrenia ✔ ✔
Mental illness and alcohol/drug induced disorders ✔
Mood and anxiety disorders ✔
Diabetes
Diabetes ✔
Musculoskeletal disorders
Osteoporosis ✔ ✔
Related fractures including forearm, humeral, spine, pelvis, hip and any fracture 		✔
Care gap following fracture
Osteoarthritis ✔
Gout and crystal arthropathies ✔
Rheumatoid arthritis ✔
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis ✔
Arthritis ✔
Neurological conditions
Dementia, including Alzheimer's disease ✔
Epilepsy ✔
Multiple sclerosis ✔
Parkinsonism, including Parkinson's disease ✔

Suggested citation: Public Health Agency of Canada. Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System (CCDSS), Data Tool 2000–2016, 2018 Edition. Ottawa (ON): Public Health Agency of Canada; 2019.

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More information: The Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System – An Overview

Contact us: Public Health Agency of Canada, phac.infobase.aspc@canada.ca

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Date modifier:
2020-05-07