Figure 2.6.9: Potentially avoidable deaths in quintiles Q1 and Q5
Age standardized rate per 100,000 population (age 0–75), Middlesex-London and Ontario, 2003–04 to 2011–12 annual average
Source:
Public Health Ontario. Snapshots: Middlesex-London Health Unit: Health Inequities in Potentially Avoidable Mortality 2009. Toronto, ON: Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; 2018 May 9 [2019 Mar 15]. Available from: http://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/DataAndAnalytics/Snapshots/Pages/Potentially-Avoidable-Mortality-Inequities.aspx Ontario Mortality Data, 2003-2012, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, IntelliHEALTH ONTARIO, Date extracted: 2017 Aug 31Note:
Socioeconomic status was assigned to an individual based on the neighbourhood proxy measure of the Ontario Marginalization - material deprivation quintiles using Ontario cut-offs for comparison purposes. 2007-2008 health status data are assigned to 2006 ON-Marg quintiles, and 2009-2012 health status data are assigned to 2011 ON-Marg quintiles.
Generally, the inequalities between Q1 and Q5 persisted for both Middlesex-London and Ontario for all years. There was a significant difference in 2009–10 between Middlesex-London and Ontario based on the absolute rate differences. These inequalities persist despite small but steady improvements in overall avoidable mortality in the population during this same time period.