Figure 2.6.8: Potentially avoidable mortality by material deprivation quintile
Age standardized rate per 100,000 population (age 0–75), Middlesex-London, 2011–12 annual average
Source:
Source: Public Health Ontario. Snapshots: Middlesex-London Health Unit: Health Equity 2003-12 . Toronto, ON: Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; 2018 May 9 [2019 Mar 14]. Available from: https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/data-and-analysis/commonly-used-products/snapshotsNote:
Socioeconomic status was assigned to an individual based on the neighbourhood proxy measure of the 2011 Ontario Marginalization Index - material deprivation quintiles using local cut-offs for comparison purposes.
Significant differences in potentially avoidable mortality existed between populations living in neighbourhoods with differing levels of socio-economic status within Middlesex-London. Residents living in well-off neighbourhoods with the least material deprivation (i.e., Q1) had an age standardized avoidable death rate of 125.8 compared to 314.5 per 100,000 population aged 0 to 75 for those living in neighbourhoods with the most material deprivation. This is an absolute rate difference of 188.7 per 100,000 in Middlesex-London for the two-year period 2011 to 2012.