{"id":5788,"date":"2019-07-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icesontario.wpengine.com\/journal-articles\/regional-variation-of-premature-mortality-in-ontario-canada-a-spatial-analysis\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T19:24:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T23:24:01","slug":"regional-variation-of-premature-mortality-in-ontario-canada-a-spatial-analysis","status":"publish","type":"journal_article","link":"https:\/\/www.ices.on.ca\/fr\/publications\/journal-articles\/regional-variation-of-premature-mortality-in-ontario-canada-a-spatial-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional variation of premature mortality in Ontario, Canada: a spatial analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Background <\/strong>&#x2014; Premature mortality is a meaningful indicator of both population health and health system performance, which varies by geography in Ontario. We used the Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) sub-regions to conduct a spatial analysis of premature mortality, adjusting for key population-level demographic and behavioural characteristics.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Methods <\/strong>&#x2014; We used linked vital statistics data to identify 163,920 adult premature deaths (deaths between ages 18 and 74) registered in Ontario between 2011 and 2015. We compared premature mortality rates, population demographics, and prevalence of health-relevant behaviours across 76 LHIN sub-regions. We used Bayesian hierarchical spatial models to quantify the contribution of these population characteristics to geographic disparities in premature mortality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results <\/strong>&#x2014; LHIN sub-region premature mortality rates ranged from 1.7 to 6.6 deaths per 1000 per year in males and 1.2 to 4.8 deaths per 1000 per year in females. Regions with higher premature mortality had fewer immigrants and higher prevalence of material deprivation, excess body weight, inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption, sedentary behaviour, and ever-smoked status. Adjusting for all variables eliminated close to 90% of geographic variation in premature mortality, but did not fully explain the spatial pattern of premature mortality in Ontario.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusions <\/strong>&#x2014; We conducted the first spatial analysis of mortality in Ontario, revealing large geographic variations. We demonstrate that well-known risk factors explain most of the observed variation in premature mortality. The result emphasizes the importance of population health efforts to reduce the burden of well-known risk factors to reduce variation in premature mortality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background &#x2014; Premature mortality is a meaningful indicator of both population health and health system performance, which varies by geography in Ontario. We used the Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) sub-regions to conduct a spatial analysis of premature mortality, adjusting for key population-level demographic and behavioural characteristics. Methods &#x2014; We used linked vital statistics data [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","migration-helper-automated":[],"migration-manual":[],"topic":[],"migration-helper-qa-sample-set":[],"class_list":["post-5788","journal_article","type-journal_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"citation":"Buajitti E, Watson T, Norwood T, Kornas K, Bornbaum C, Henry D, Rosella LC. <em>Popul Health Metr<\/em>. 2019; 17:9. 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DOI: <a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s12963-019-0193-9\" title=\"opens external link\">10.1186\/s12963-019-0193-9<\/a>.<\/p>\",\n  \"Abstract\": \"<p><strong>Background <\/strong>&mdash; Premature mortality is a meaningful indicator of both population health and health system performance, which varies by geography in Ontario. We used the Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) sub-regions to conduct a spatial analysis of premature mortality, adjusting for key population-level demographic and behavioural characteristics.<\/p>n<p><strong>Methods <\/strong>&mdash; We used linked vital statistics data to identify 163,920 adult premature deaths (deaths between ages 18 and 74) registered in Ontario between 2011 and 2015. We compared premature mortality rates, population demographics, and prevalence of health-relevant behaviours across 76 LHIN sub-regions. 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