Health Statistics

From 2010 to 2014, hospitalization rates for cardiovascular disease were significantly higher in the NWHU area than in Ontario. The average rate provincially was 728.9 hospitalizations per 100,000 per year, compared with 1,016.5 hospitalizations per 100,000 per year in the NWHU region. Both areas exhibited a slight decrease overtime in hospitalization rates, with the exception of the NWHU experiencing a slight increase only in 2014.

On average, males in the NWHU area were 1.4 times as likely to be hospitalized due to cardiovascular disease as females. Hospitalization significantly increased along with age, where the highest rates occurred among those 75 years of age and older (average of 8,423.5 hospitalizations per 100,000 per year)

Hospitalization rates from cardiovascular disease, NWHU and Ontario, 2010-2014

Source:  Public Health Ontario. Snapshots: Hospitalization for cardiovascular disease 2010-2014. Toronto, ON: Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; 2016 Feb 1 [cited 2016 May 26]. Available from: http://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/DataAndAnalytics/Snapshots/Pages/Chronic-Disease-Hospitalization.aspx​

Hospitalization rates from cardiovascular disease, by sex, rates per 100,000, 2010-2014

​​Age-standardized rate per 100,000​​​​​​​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
Sex​	​2010	​2011	​2012	​2013	​2014	​Average
​Males	​​1,277.7	​1,236.8	​1,176.1	​1,098.1	​1,194.0	​ 1,196.5
​Females	​860.6	​878.6	​847.5	​827.1	​784.2	​​839​.6

  Source:  Public Health Ontario. Snapshots: Hospitalization for cardiovascular disease 2010-2014. Toronto, ON: Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; 2016 Feb 1 [cited 2016 May 26]. Available from: http://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/DataAndAnalytics/Snapshots/Pages/Chronic-Disease-Hospitalization.aspx

Source:  Public Health Ontario. Snapshots: Hospitalization for cardiovascular disease 2010-2014. Toronto, ON: Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; 2016 Feb 1 [cited 2016 May 26]. Available from: http://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/DataAndAnalytics/Snapshots/Pages/Chronic-Disease-Hospitalization.aspx​

There has been no significant differences in mortality rates from cardiovascular disease in Ontario and the NWHU area between 2007 and 2011. NWHU is slightly higher with approximately 157.4 deaths per 100,000 people annually compared to 140.4 per 100,000 in Ontario.

Males had a higher mortality rate from cardiovascular disease in comparison to females from 2007 to 2011 in the NWHU, at approximately 186.7 deaths per 100,000 per year compared to 129.34 per 100,000 per year, with the difference being statistically significant. Mortality significantly increased along with age, where the highest rates occurring among those 75 years of age and older (2,292.7 per 100,000 per year).