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Introduction and Methods Chapter 1: Introduction and Methods 1.1 Background This report is the latest in a series of similar reports produced by the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) to provide indicators of population health status, healthcare use, and quality of care for all residents of the five Regional Health Authorities (RHAs also known as the 'health regions') in Manitoba. [...] University of Manitoba Chapter 1: Introduction and Methods 1.6 The Graphs: Order of the PMR is considered the best single indicator of the overall health status of a region's population and need for Regions and Sub-Areas healthcare [5-7]. [...] These results are calculated separately for urban (Winnipeg and Brandon) and rural (all other) areas, Many of the indicators in this report use multiple years of and are shown in the tables in the online supplement. [...] When we report the prevalence of a December 31 of each study year for both the numerator disease, we are reporting the percent of the population and the denominator. [...] A region can obtain average at that time (light dashed line) an overview of the population it is serving, the percent of the region's population having various diseases or events, the use •. a '2' indicates that in the second time period, of healthcare services, and the quality of care being provided.