Table 3
Selected health behaviours and risk factors by hospital admission status, household population 12 to 74 with ambulatory care sensitive conditions, 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
Smoking
Never 28 21.6 17.3 26.6 244 27.9* 25.6 30.4 1,099 33.9* 32.6 35.3
Former 83 44.8 39.4 50.3 425 42.3 39.8 44.8 1,336 43.8 42.4 45.2
Occasional 5 3.7E 2.2 6.2 36 5.4 3.9 7.5 116 3.4 3.0 4.0
Daily 45 29.9 25.0 35.3 199 24.2* 22.0 26.5 607 18.6* 17.6 19.7
Body mass index, ages 12 to 74
Underweight 7 5.2E 2.8 9.4 14 1.5E* 1.1 2.2 49 1.5* 1.2 1.9
Normal 58 37.8 32.4 43.6 297 35.0 32.3 37.8 1,212 37.5 36.1 38.8
Overweight 46 27.3 22.3 32.9 321 33.2* 30.9 35.7 1,069 34.6* 33.4 36.0
Obese 49 29.5 24.9 34.6 271 29.9 27.8 32.2 826 26.1 24.9 27.4
Body mass index, ages 20 to 64
Underweight F F F F F F F F 36 1.5 1.1 2.0
Normal 32 33.5 27.6 40.1 166 30.5 26.7 34.6 810 36.2 34.0 38.4
Overweight 24 24.0 18.5 30.4 193 34.8 31.0 38.8 805 35.0 32.9 37.2
Obese 34 38.0 32.1 44.4 191 31.5 28.4 34.9 691 27.2* 25.5 28.9
Physical activity
Active 26 21.4 16.8 26.8 152 18.2 16.1 20.5 703 21.8 20.7 23.0
Moderately active 21 12.2 9.1 16.0 186 21.1* 18.8 23.6 746 23.8* 22.5 25.1
Inactive 101 59.9 54.5 65.1 517 55.1 52.4 57.8 1,558 49.5* 47.9 51.1
Vegetable and fruit consumption
Five or more servings per day 54 35.8 30.3 41.6 328 34.6 32.1 37.1 1,165 37.3 36.0 38.7
Fewer than five servings per day 105 62.9 57.0 68.4 566 64.1 61.5 66.5 1,966 61.6 60.2 63.0
Sense of community belonging
Very strong 32 18.1 14.4 22.5 182 18.7 17.0 20.5 548 17.9 16.8 19.0
Somewhat strong 58 37.7 31.8 43.9 349 38.6 35.9 41.4 1,276 40.3 38.8 41.9
Somewhat weak 30 19.8 15.8 24.5 200 23.0 20.8 25.4 794 24.8* 23.4 26.1
Very weak 28 17.5 13.6 22.1 120 13.6 11.6 15.9 377 11.8* 10.9 12.7
* 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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