Table A
Selected characteristics by hospital admission status, household population aged 12 to 74 with ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs), Canada excluding Quebec, 2000/2001

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Characteristics At least one ACSC hospitalization (n=840) At least one non-ACSC hospitalization (n=4,149) No hospitalization (n=11,942)
Unadjusted weighted estimate 95% confidence interval Unadjusted weighted estimate 95% confidence interval Unadjusted weighted estimate 95% confidence interval
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Demographic
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
Age
19 or younger
 3.66E 2.24 5.91 3.69 2.78 4.90 10.14 9.44 10.90
20 to 64
 57.92 52.69 62.98 61.77 59.43 64.07 74.14 73.02 75.22
65 to 74
 38.42 33.40 43.69 34.53 32.41 36.73 15.72 14.82 16.66
Sex
Men
 51.85 46.36 57.29 47.17 44.92 49.43 46.96 45.73 48.19
Women
 48.15 42.71 53.64 52.83 50.57 55.08 53.04 51.81 54.27
Urban/Rural
Urban
 81.61 77.80 84.90 80.01 78.30 81.61 81.29 80.14 82.38
Rural
 18.39 15.10 22.20 19.99 18.39 21.70 18.71 17.62 19.86
Race
White
 89.59 84.28 93.25 92.12 90.22 93.67 85.46 83.93 86.87
Aboriginal
 F F F 1.37 1.05 1.78 1.26 1.03 1.54
Other visible minority
 7.93E 4.65 13.20 6.38 4.89 8.27 13.20 11.79 14.75
Socio-economic
Household income quintile
Lowest
 32.19 27.50 37.28 22.97 20.95 25.13 16.20 15.13 17.33
Lower-middle
 21.05 17.18 25.52 18.49 16.72 20.40 17.77 16.69 18.90
Middle
 12.96 9.78 16.98 15.74 13.98 17.68 18.41 17.31 19.57
Upper-middle
 11.46 8.37 15.49 15.56 13.88 17.41 16.99 15.94 18.08
Highest
 9.14 6.85 12.11 13.65 12.10 15.36 19.12 18.01 20.29
Education
Less than secondary graduation
 43.76 39.16 48.46 35.33 33.13 37.60 30.09 28.75 31.46
Secondary graduation
 13.75 10.45 17.89 18.50 16.71 20.42 19.35 18.22 20.53
Some postsecondary
 7.77E 5.43 11.01 7.30 6.25 8.52 7.87 7.15 8.66
Postsecondary graduation
 32.38 27.83 37.29 38.26 35.95 40.63 41.92 40.47 43.39
Highest level of household education
Less than secondary graduation
 23.34 19.98 27.07 19.49 17.88 21.21 11.78 10.96 12.64
Secondary graduation
 13.47 10.12 17.71 14.74 13.19 16.43 15.01 13.96 16.13
Some postsecondary
 10.36E 7.31 14.48 7.95 6.73 9.36 7.64 6.93 8.42
Postsecondary graduation
 47.94 42.72 53.22 55.77 53.33 58.18 63.36 61.90 64.80
Family/Marital status
Child, with parent(s)
 4.89E 3.09 7.64 5.34 4.17 6.83 12.83 11.93 13.78
Married/Common-law
 61.40 55.89 66.63 67.41 65.21 69.54 62.94 61.56 64.31
Widowed
 11.56 9.13 14.53 9.62 8.46 10.91 4.45 3.95 5.00
Separated/Divorced
 14.35 10.63 19.09 8.98 7.82 10.29 7.36 6.69 8.09
Single, never married
 7.81E 5.48 11.02 8.60 7.33 10.06 12.40 11.42 13.46
Immigrant status
Non-immigrant
 79.56 74.08 84.13 79.65 77.25 81.85 78.65 77.09 80.12
Immigrant (10 years or more in Canada)
 18.84 14.54 24.06 18.35 16.25 20.66 17.43 16.08 18.86
Immigrant (less than 10 years in Canada)
 F F F 1.98E 1.22 3.22 3.91 3.23 4.72
Health status
Self-reported health
Excellent/Very good
 11.46 8.70 14.96 27.70 25.49 30.02 46.43 45.06 47.80
Good
 28.90 24.43 33.82 34.16 31.92 36.48 33.98 32.66 35.32
Fair/Poor
 59.64 54.69 64.40 38.13 35.76 40.55 19.57 18.42 20.78
Health Utilities Index disability categories
No disability
 6.69E 4.64 9.56 10.77 9.19 12.59 18.20 17.12 19.34
Mild disability
 30.11 25.86 34.74 38.11 35.70 40.57 46.02 44.50 47.55
Moderate disability
 19.27 15.19 24.13 17.51 15.70 19.47 17.74 16.57 18.97
Severe disability
 41.89 36.87 47.10 31.92 29.58 34.36 17.16 16.07 18.31
Selected comorbidities†
None
 9.83 7.06 13.53 15.19 13.39 17.19 31.95 30.69 33.23
One
 27.84 23.29 32.90 37.33 35.00 39.73 41.42 40.05 42.81
Two or more
 60.99 55.83 65.91 46.86 44.42 49.31 26.36 25.18 27.58
Depressed
Yes
 13.86 10.36 18.30 12.01 10.47 13.74 10.32 9.41 11.31
No
 84.02 79.50 87.69 85.63 83.82 87.27 88.14 87.11 89.09
Daily stress
Not at all stressful
 14.59 11.33 18.58 12.29 10.83 13.92 10.85 9.98 11.78
Not very stressful
 20.08 16.10 24.76 22.64 20.49 24.94 21.21 19.92 22.57
A bit stressful
 34.15 29.70 38.90 36.78 34.37 39.26 40.02 38.64 41.41
Quite a bit stressful
 21.93 17.88 26.60 21.38 19.44 23.46 22.25 20.94 23.61
Extremely stressful
 9.09E 5.95 13.67 6.87 5.73 8.23 5.63 4.94 6.42
Impact of health problems
Sometimes
 23.89 19.67 28.70 21.98 20.13 23.95 20.12 18.96 21.34
Often
 46.44 41.43 51.53 29.96 27.77 32.25 14.73 13.73 15.78
Never
 29.51 25.36 34.02 48.05 45.55 50.56 65.11 63.71 66.49
Usually free of pain
Yes
 51.63 46.27 56.96 63.45 61.10 65.73 77.74 76.40 79.03
No
 48.09 42.75 53.48 36.55 34.27 38.90 22.18 20.89 23.53
Health behaviours
Smoking
Never
 17.44 13.79 21.81 26.90 24.68 29.23 34.72 33.37 36.09
Former
 51.55 46.27 56.79 46.92 44.50 49.35 42.22 40.80 43.66
Occasional
 2.99E 1.84 4.82 3.99E 2.87 5.53 3.65 3.16 4.22
Daily
 28.03 23.76 32.73 21.97 20.11 23.95 19.20 18.10 20.34
Body mass index
Underweight
 4.43E 2.71 7.17 1.60E 1.15 2.22 1.55 1.23 1.95
Normal
 36.26 31.18 41.67 32.76 30.35 35.27 38.29 36.91 39.69
Overweight
 28.64 24.29 33.43 35.43 33.14 37.78 33.77 32.46 35.11
Obese
 30.49 25.94 35.46 29.94 27.94 32.03 26.12 24.89 27.39
Physical activity
Active
 16.23 12.83 20.32 16.73 14.93 18.70 22.21 21.08 23.39
Moderately active
 13.14 10.25 16.71 20.52 18.50 22.70 23.57 22.34 24.84
Inactive
 62.86 57.71 67.74 57.10 54.52 59.65 49.23 47.68 50.78
Vegetable and fruit consumption
Five or more servings per day
 33.71 29.15 38.60 36.20 33.94 38.51 36.81 35.46 38.17
Fewer than five servings per day
 65.04 60.14 69.65 62.53 60.24 64.77 62.13 60.73 63.51
Sense of community belonging
Very strong
 20.18 16.53 24.39 20.07 18.35 21.92 17.33 16.28 18.43
Somewhat strong
 36.06 30.70 41.80 38.53 36.10 41.01 40.33 38.79 41.89
Somewhat weak
 18.67 15.42 22.43 22.07 20.11 24.16 25.09 23.74 26.50
Very weak
 17.14 13.51 21.50 13.21 11.50 15.13 11.91 11.03 12.85
Health care experience
Have regular medical doctor
Yes
 97.65 95.79 98.70 96.41 95.53 97.12 93.45 92.78 94.07
No
 2.35E 1.30 4.21 3.59 2.88 4.47 6.54 5.93 7.21
Contacts with family doctor in past 12 months
None
 4.24E 2.48 7.18 5.96 4.95 7.17 9.04 8.24 9.90
One to three
 24.28 19.88 29.31 29.40 27.05 31.87 42.09 40.69 43.51
Four or more
 71.23 66.07 75.89 64.43 61.81 66.96 48.78 47.41 50.15
Contacts with specialists in past 12 months
None
 39.57 34.81 44.54 51.11 48.87 53.34 65.08 63.72 66.42
One to three
 37.15 32.16 42.43 31.71 29.68 33.80 26.43 25.22 27.68
Four or more
 23.28 18.77 28.50 17.03 15.35 18.86 8.43 7.66 9.27
Overnight hospital stay in past 12 months
Yes
 38.29 33.38 43.45 19.22 17.47 21.10 8.71 7.99 9.49
No
 61.24 56.06 66.17 80.63 78.73 82.40 91.25 90.47 91.98
At least one unmet health care need in past 12 months
Yes
 17.98 14.38 22.26 16.83 15.21 18.58 15.12 14.14 16.16
No
 82.02 77.74 85.62 83.12 81.36 84.74 84.88 83.84 85.86
† arthritis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease, cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes
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); unadjusted results.
Source: 2000/2001 Canadian Community Health Survey; 2000/2001 to 2004/2005 Hospital Person-Oriented Information.
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