一个世纪的加拿大各省每周报告疾病发病率数据
David J D Earn1,2, Gabrielle MacKinnon1,3,4,5, Samara Manzin1,6
1Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
PLOS global public health
|December 17, 2025
概括
从1903年至2021年间的加拿大可通知的疾病数据已被数字化,创建了加拿大可通知的疾病发病率数据集 (CANDID). 这一数据集为研究人员提供了重要的次国家和次年度疾病发病率见解.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 数据科学数据科学数据科学
背景情况:
- 加拿大可通知的疾病监测具有可以追溯到19世纪末的历史数据.
- 现有的公共门户提供总结,但缺乏季节性和地理发生率变化的细节.
- 基本的次年度和次国家数据通常以不可访问的纸质格式.
研究的目的:
- 为了数字化和对比加拿大历史的可报告疾病发病率数据.
- 创建一个全面的,可访问的数据集,用于研究疾病模式.
- 为研究人员提供次年和次国家疾病发病率数据.
主要方法:
- 纸质记录的手动转录成数字电子表格.
- 补充来自省级机构的数字电子表格.
- 标准化和组合到机器可读的CSV文件中,协调重叠的数量.
主要成果:
- 创建了一个数据集,包含了1903-2021年期间934,010个独特的发病率值.
- 数据包括各省/地区139种疾病的次国家和次年度疾病发病率.
- 这些例子展示了同步的脊髓灰质炎周期和异质性百日咳复发.
结论:
- 加拿大传染病监测数据是一个丰富的,在很大程度上未被探索的资源.
- 加拿大可报告疾病发病率数据集 (CANDID) 现在可以公开访问.
- CANDID提供了有价值的数据,以了解疾病动态在详细的尺度.
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