Table 2
Selected socioeconomic and demographic 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
Household income quintile
Lowest 52 34.3 28.8 40.3 208 23.9* 21.6 26.3 513 16.2* 15.2 17.3
Lower middle 34 19.4 14.9 24.8 167 16.8 15.1 18.7 562 18.1 17.0 19.2
Middle 21 11.5 8.4 15.7 143 16.2* 14.1 18.4 583 18.6* 17.5 19.8
Upper middle 18 12.2 8.8 16.6 141 15.5 13.8 17.4 538 16.6* 15.6 17.7
Highest 15 11.6E 8.2 16.0 124 15.1 13.2 17.1 605 18.8* 17.7 19.9
Education
Less than secondary graduation 70 41.6 36.4 46.9 320 35.9 33.6 38.3 952 30.4* 29.1 31.7
Secondary graduation 22 14.8 10.9 19.7 167 18.1 16.3 20.1 612 19.3 18.2 20.5
Some postsecondary 13 8.9E 5.9 13.2 66 7.4 6.3 8.7 249 7.7 6.9 8.4
Postsecondary graduation 52 32.8 28.0 38.0 346 37.8 35.5 40.2 1,327 41.9* 40.5 43.3
Highest level of household education
Less than secondary graduation 38 18.2 15.4 21.4 177 16.8 15.2 18.5 373 12.8* 11.9 13.7
Secondary graduation 22 13.9 10.1 18.8 133 15.1 13.4 17.0 475 15.0 14.0 16.2
Some postsecondary 17 13.4E 9.5 18.7 72 8.5* 7.1 10.1 242 7.5* 6.8 8.3
Postsecondary graduation 77 49.5 43.5 55.5 505 57.6* 54.8 60.3 2,005 62.5* 61.0 64.0
Family/Marital status
Child, with parent(s) 8 9.7E 6.9 13.6 48 10.3 8.9 11.9 406 11.0 10.4 11.7
Married/Common-law 99 55.6 49.8 61.2 611 63.4* 61.1 65.6 1,992 64.8* 63.5 66.0
Widowed 19 7.6 5.9 9.7 87 6.9 6.1 7.7 141 5.2* 4.6 5.8
Separated/Divorced 23 14.0 10.6 18.4 81 8.6* 7.5 9.9 233 7.5* 6.8 8.2
Single, never married 13 13.1E 9.2 18.3 78 10.8 9.1 12.8 392 11.6 10.7 12.6
Immigrant status
Non-immigrant 128 83.9 79.0 87.8 721 81.8 79.3 84.1 2,489 77.8* 76.2 79.3
Immigrant (10 years or more in Canada) 30 15.0 11.2 19.7 166 16.1 13.9 18.5 551 18.4 17.0 19.9
Immigrant (less than 10 years in Canada) F F F F 18 2.1E 1.3 3.5 124 3.8* 3.1 4.5
* significantly different from estimate for those with at least one avoidable hospitalization (p<0.05)
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
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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