Overall
By Sex
By Income
Overall
The definition of preventable mortality used in this HealthSTATS page is adopted from the one the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) used in their 2012 Health Indicators report and the Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health used in her 2011 Annual Report to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. This preventable mortality indicator attempts to quantify the number of premature deaths from causes that could have been prevented (i.e. through lifestyle changes); however, not all deaths that are classified as preventable could have actually been prevented. For the purpose of this HealthSTATS page, preventable mortality will be reported as an age-standardized rate per 100,000 persons aged 0 to 74 years.
In 2015, the preventable mortality rate in Simcoe Muskoka was 147.4 (137.5, 157.4) per 100,000 (<75 years), which was significantly higher than the Ontario rate of 120.0 (118.1, 121.8) per 100,000 (<75 years). Both the Simcoe Muskoka and Ontario preventable mortality rates declined significantly between 2000 and 2015; however, the provincial rates have been decreasing significantly faster than the rates in Simcoe Muskoka. The rate of preventable deaths in Simcoe Muskoka has been consistently higher than the Ontario rate for the 16-year period between 2000 and 2015.
By Sex
In 2015, the preventable mortality rate among Simcoe Muskoka males (<75 years) was 194.6 (178.3, 211.0) per 100,000, which was nearly double the rate of 101.6 (90.1, 113.1) per 100,000 Simcoe Muskoka females (<75 years). There was a significant decreasing trend in the rates for both males and females in Simcoe Muskoka over the 16-year period from 2000 to 2015.
In Simcoe Muskoka for the five years from 2011-2015 (combined), the average preventable mortality rate among those living in areas with the highest prevalence of low-incomewas more than twice as high when compared with the rate for those living in areas with the lowest prevalence of low-income.
