Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia

Table 3.6:     Percent alternate level of care days, by sex, Canada, provinces and health regions with populations greater than 100,000, 1998/99 1
		Total	Male	Female
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)
0	Canada	na	na	na
10	Newfoundland	3.5	3.4	3.6
1001	Health and Community Services St John's Region	5.0	5.3	4.8
1002	Health and Community Services Eastern Region	3.9	3.2	4.5
1003	Health and Community Services Central Region	0.8	0.6	1.0
		Total	Male	Female
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)
11	Prince Edward Island	2.5	2.1	2.8
		Total	Male	Female
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)
12	Nova Scotia	4.8	4.0	5.5
1201	Zone 1	4.7	4.9	4.5
1203	Zone 3	1.5	0.4	2.4
1205	Zone 5	8.5	6.8	9.7
1206	Zone 6	3.9	2.9	4.8
		Total	Male	Female
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)
13	New Brunswick	--	--	--
1301	Region 1	--	--	--
1302	Region 2	--	--	--
1303	Region 3	--	--	--
		Total	Male	Female
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)
24	Quebec	na	na	na
2401	Région du Bas-Saint-Laurent	na	na	na
2402	Région du Saguenay - Lac-Saint-Jean	na	na	na
2403	Région de Québec	na	na	na
2404	Région de la Mauricie et Centre-du-Québec	na	na	na
2405	Région de l�Estrie	na	na	na
2406	Région de Montréal-Centre	na	na	na
2407	Région de l�Outaouais	na	na	na
2408	Région de l�Abitibi-Témiscamingue	na	na	na
2409	Région de la Côte-Nord	na	na	na
2411	Région de la Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine	na	na	na
2412	Région de la Chaudière-Appalaches	na	na	na
2413	Région de Laval	na	na	na
2414	Région de Lanaudière	na	na	na
2415	Région des Laurentides	na	na	na
2416	Région de la Montérégie	na	na	na
		Total	Male	Female
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)
35	Ontario	8.7	8.1	9.2
3501	Champlain District Health Council	11.3	11.0	11.5
3502	Quinte-Kingston and Rideau DHC	4.2	4.1	4.2
3503	Durham-Haliburton-Kawartha and Pine Ridge DHC	9.6	8.4	10.5
3504	Toronto District Health Council	11.0	10.6	11.3
3505	Simcoe-York District Health Council	5.8	5.6	5.9
3506	Halton-Peel District Health Council	6.1	5.5	6.5
3507	Waterloo-Wellington-Dufferin DHC	5.4	4.3	6.2
3508	Hamilton-Wentworth DHC	16.4	13.2	18.9
3509	Niagara District Health Council	9.6	9.3	9.8
3510	Grand River DHC	4.4	3.6	5.1
3511	Thames Valley DHC	3.8	3.8	3.7
3512	Essex-Kent and Lambton DHC	4.1	4.1	4.2
3513	Grey-Bruce-Huron and Perth DHC	4.9	5.1	4.7
3514	Muskoka-Nipissing and Parry Sound DHC	11.1	8.9	12.8
3515	Algoma-Cochrane-Manitoulin and Sudbury DHC	10.1	8.9	11.7
3516	Northwestern Ontario DHC	11.9	11.8	12.0
		Total	Male	Female
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)
46	Manitoba	na	na	na
4610	Winnipeg	18.1	16.4	19.4
		Total	Male	Female
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)
47	Saskatchewan	2.7	2.5	2.8
4704	Regina (D) Service Area	2.0	2.1	1.8
4706	Saskatoon (F) Service Area	4.0	3.0	4.8
		Total	Male	Female
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)
48	Alberta	5.1	4.5	5.6
4801	Chinook Regional Health Authority	13.4	12.4	14.2
4804	Calgary Regional Health Authority	2.8	2.7	2.8
4806	David Thompson Regional Health Authority	4.4	3.7	5.0
4807	East Central Health Authority	5.6	3.9	6.8
4810	Capital Health Authority	3.1	2.8	3.3
4812	Lakeland Regional Health Authority	9.9	3.5	14.7
		Total	Male	Female
Code	Health Region Name	(%)	(%)	(%)
59	British Columbia	9.9	9.8	10.0
5903	North Okanagan	15.8	15.4	16.1
5904	South Okanagan Similkameen	10.1	10.5	9.7
5905	Thompson	12.7	10.9	14.2
5906	Fraser Valley	9.4	10.8	8.4
5907	South Fraser Valley	10.9	10.8	11.0
5910	Central Vancouver Island	8.7	7.9	9.3
5911	Upper Island / Central Coast	12.3	12.0	12.6
5915	Northern Interior	9.5	9.5	9.6
5918	North Shore	4.9	4.8	4.9
5920	Capital	7.0	6.6	7.3
5921	Vancouver/Richmond	9.9	10.1	9.8
5922	Simon Fraser/Burnaby	11.0	10.5	11.4

-- Suppressed in New Brunswick due to data quality issues.
na: not available

(1) Data collection methods vary across provinces and/or regions. Thus, comparisons should be made with caution.

Source: Discharge Abstract Database, CIHI