Prevention

Legend

Using the most recent data year, the circles represent how the LHIN is performing compared to the Ontario average. The colours represent how well the indicator is performing against the comparison data shown.

Good

Fair

No change

	Performance is worse compared to the previously reported data.
	There is no substantial change compared to the previously reported data.
	Performance is better compared to the previously reported data.
	Not previously reported.

Calculating At a Glance

In determining whether an indicator was the same or different from the Ontario Average or whether an indicator was the same or different from the Comparison Data, we took the following approach:

Values were considered essentially "the same" if:

There was no statistically significant difference between them; OR
Where there was no significance information calculated, then if there were overlapping confidence intervals; OR
Where there were no confidence intervals calculated, then if the percent values were less than or equal to 2 percentage points of each other. For absolute values, we calculated the percentage difference between the values. Less than or equal to a 2% change or difference was considered the same.

PREVENTION	Most Recent Data
Alcohol Consumption	2007/2008	Ontario Average
Percentage of adults (aged 19+) exceeding the cancer prevention maximum for alcohol drinks	28.1%	26.5%
Vegetable and Fruit Consumption	2007/2008	Ontario Average
Percentage of adults (aged 18+) eating vegetables and fruit five or more times daily	36.3%	36.2%
Physical Activity	2007/2008	Ontario Average
Percentage of adults (aged 18+) who are active or moderately active	52.7%	49.3%
Sedentary Activity	2007/2008	Ontario Average
Percentage of adults (aged 30+) who participate in sedentary activities	36.6%	41.3%
Smoking Rates	2007/2008	Ontario Average
Percentage of adults (aged 20+) who are current smokers	18.1%	21.8%
Obesity Rates	2007/2008	Ontario Average
Percentage of adults (aged 18+) self-reporting obesity	11.0%	17.2%
Health Behaviours	2007/2008	Ontario Average
Percentage of male adults (aged 20+) who practice healthy behaviours	7.7%	6.1%
Percentage of female adults (aged 20+) who practice healthy behaviours	9.9%	9.0%
Smoking Cessation	2007/2008
Percentage of adults (aged 20+) who had successful quit attempts	8.8%	8.4%
Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke	2007/2008	Ontario Average
Percentage of adult non- smokers (aged 20+) exposed to second-hand smoke in their home, a car, or public place	13.9%	16.8%
Percentage of adult non- smokers (aged 20+) exposed to second-hand smoke in their home	3.9%	4.9%

Source: Cancer System Quality Index, 2011