Table 1
Selected demographic and health status characteristics of individuals by hospital admission status, household population 12 to 74 with an ambulatory care sensitive condition, Canada excluding Quebec, 2000/2001

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  At least one avoidable hospitalization (n=840) At least one non-avoidable hospitalization (n=4,149) No hospitalization (n=11,942)
Number '000 Age-sex adjusted weighted estimate Number '000 Age-sex adjusted weighted estimate Number '000 Age-sex adjusted weighted estimate
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Sex
Male   51.85 46.36 57.29   47.17 44.92 49.43   46.96 45.73 48.19
Female   48.15 42.71 53.64   52.83 50.57 55.08   53.04 51.81 54.27
Age
20 or younger   4.37E 2.75 6.89   4.25 3.27 5.50   11.41 10.65 12.23
21 to 40   9.63E 6.83 13.42   15.20 13.41 17.18   25.76 24.50 27.07
41 to 60   32.88 27.89 38.28   35.92 33.56 38.34   40.11 38.79 41.45
61 or older   53.12 47.72 58.44   44.64 42.30 47.00   22.71 21.68 23.77
Self-reported health
Excellent/Very good 18 14.1 10.3 19.0 251 30.0* 27.5 32.7 1,469 45.3* 44.0 46.7
Good 47 30.3 25.5 35.6 309 34.3 31.7 37.0 1,075 34.3 33.0 35.7
Fair/Poor 96 55.6 50.1 61.0 345 35.7* 33.3 38.1 619 20.4* 19.2 21.6
Health Utilities Index disability category
No disability 11 9.7E 6.9 13.4 98 13.0 11.1 15.2 576 16.9* 16.0 18.0
Mild disability 48 30.3 25.8 35.2 345 36.7* 34.0 39.4 1,456 47.0* 45.5 48.6
Moderate disability 31 20.6 15.8 26.4 159 18.3 16.2 20.6 561 17.7 16.5 18.9
Severe disability 67 37.4 31.9 43.3 289 30.6* 28.3 33.0 543 17.4* 16.3 18.6
Selected comorbidities†
None 16 17.8 13.6 22.9 138 22.8 20.7 25.0 1,011 28.8* 27.8 29.7
One 45 30.8 25.6 36.6 338 37.9* 35.4 40.5 1,311 42.0* 40.6 43.3
Two or more 98 50.2 45.5 54.9 424 38.6* 36.5 40.7 834 29.0* 27.9 30.2
Depressed
Yes 22 18.4 13.7 24.2 109 13.9 12.1 15.9 327 9.8* 8.9 10.7
No 135 79.1 73.3 83.8 775 83.9 81.8 85.8 2,789 88.7* 87.7 89.6
Self-reported daily stress
Not at all stressful 23 9.8 7.7 12.5 108 9.6 8.4 11.0 316 11.6 10.7 12.6
Not very stressful 32 17.7 13.4 23.0 199 21.1 18.7 23.7 617 21.7 20.4 23.2
A bit stressful 54 38.3 32.6 44.2 323 39.3 36.3 42.3 1,165 40.2 38.8 41.7
Quite a bit stressful 34 24.5 19.2 30.8 188 22.7 20.2 25.3 648 21.1 19.8 22.5
Extremely stressful 14 9.5E 6.1 14.3 60 7.4 5.9 9.0 164 5.3* 4.6 6.0
Impact of health problems
Sometimes 38 24.4 19.7 29.8 199 21.5 19.5 23.6 637 19.9 18.7 21.1
Often 75 43.4 37.7 49.3 271 28.9* 26.6 31.2 466 15.1* 14.1 16.2
Never 48 32.1 27.2 37.4 435 49.7* 47.0 52.3 2,060 65.0* 63.6 66.4
Usually free of pain
Yes 83 54.0 48.2 59.7 575 64.4* 61.9 66.9 2,460 77.4* 76.1 78.7
No 77 45.7 40.0 51.5 331 35.6* 33.1 38.1 702 22.5* 21.2 23.8
* significantly different from estimate for those with at least one avoidable hospitalization (p<0.05)
† arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes
E use with caution
Notes: Ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) are asthma, emphysema/COPD, diabetes, epilepsy, heart disease and high blood pressure (n=16,931). Age-sex standardized to ACSC population aged 12 to 74, unless otherwise specified.
Source: 2000/2001 Canadian Community Health Survey; 2000/2001 to 2004/2005 Hospital Person-Oriented Information.
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