Table 1 Databases linked for the study
2006 Census of Canadian population | Discharge abstract database metadata | Annual counts of insolvency filings by Canadian residents | |
|---|---|---|---|
Source | Statistics Canada | Canadian Institute for Health Information | Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada |
Type | Cross-sectional | Longitudinal | Longitudinal |
Time of collection | May 16, 2006 | Discharge date between April 1, 2001 and March 31, 2010 | January 1, 1994 to December 31, 2009 |
Information collected | Socio-economic characteristics of Canadian population aggregated at FSA level | Patient scrambled unique identifier, FSA, age and gender, admission and discharge dates, diagnoses and procedures for hospitalizations at acute care facilities in Canada | Counts of insolvency filings per postal code and calendar year separated into bankruptcy and proposal for debt restructuring |
Variables/records selected | Population aged 20 years and over, median household income, home ownership, elderly 65 years and over, being the head of a single-parent family, being without a high-school education, being with a university degree, employment rate and unemployment rate | Hospitalizations for AMI as main diagnosis (International Classification of Diseases-9th Revision: 410.xx or 10th Revision: I21.xx) | Counts of BKC filings |
FSA in use* at some point between Jan 1st, 2002 and Dec 31st, 2009 | 1,207 comprising 18,007,300 population aged 20 years and over in 2006 | 316,393 AMI events | 455,337 BKC filings |
FSA in use* at any time between Jan 1st, 2002 and Dec 31st, 2009 | 1,155 comprising 17,935,425 population aged 20 years and over in 2006 | 315,011 AMI events | 453,177 BKC filings |