What is Being Measured?

Statistics Canada Data

Vital Signs uses Statistics Canada data for both the City of Kingston and the Kingston Census Metropolitan Area (CMA). A CMA is an area consisting of one or more adjacent municipalities situated around a major urban core. To form a census metropolitan area, the urban core must have a population of at least 100,000. Sometimes the data we collected was only available for the CMA. We’ve noted when we have used CMA data by either using “CMA” or “Greater Kingston”.

Health data

Health-related data are often defined by the jurisdiction of the local health authority. For hospital-related data this is the South East Local Health Integration Network, which encompasses the areas of Hastings, Prince Edward, Lennox & Addington, Frontenac, Leeds and Grenville Counties, the cities of Kingston, Belleville and Brockville, the separated towns of Smiths Falls and Prescott, and parts of Lanark and Northumberland Counties. For disease and community health topics, the Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Health Unit is used.