Hospitalization rate for substance abuse Canada 2017-2018

From 2017 to 2018, more than 155,000 Canadians were hospitalized for harm caused by substance use. Types of harm included drug or alcohol overdose, severe withdrawal symptoms, injury caused by intoxication, chronic conditions such as liver cirrhosis, or drug-induced psychosis. A wide variation in hospitalization rate exists between Canadian provinces and territories. This statistic shows the age-standardized hospitalization rate for substance use per 100,000 people in Canada from 2017 to 2018, by jurisdiction.

Rate of hospital stays for harm caused by substance abuse in Canada from 2017 to 2018, by jurisdiction (per 100,000 population)*

Characteristic	Rate per 100,000 population
Northwest Territories	2,015
Yukon	1,022
Nunavut	870
British Columbia	701
Saskatchewan	580
Prince Edward Island	567
Alberta	531
Canada	477
Nova Scotia	453
Manitoba	401
New Brunswick	400
Ontario	400
Newfoundland and Labrador	373

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Release date

November 2019

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

2017 to 2018

Age group

10 years and older

Supplementary notes

* The rate is age-adjusted per 100,000 population, age 10 and older.

Hospital stays for conditions partially attributable to substance use (e.g. cancer, strokes, respiratory disease, trauma) were not included. Also, the stigma associated with substance use may influence what is recorded in hospital records and contribute to under-reporting of cases.

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