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Chart 9: P ercent population ages 65+ years old reporting very good or excellent health, 2008-2013, Windsor-Essex Health Unit
Windsor-Essex County Health Unit and Ontario by Health Unit Ontario Health Units
50 2013
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0 2009 2010 2011 2012
2008
Source: S tatistics Canada. Table105-0501 - Health indicator profile, annual estimates, by age group and sex, Canada, provinces, territories,
health regions (2012 boundaries) and peer groups, occasional, CANSIM (database). (Accessed: 2015-01-25)
Body weight reporting as overweight or obese has decreased slightly
since a high of 61.6 percent in 2010; to 58.7 percent
A person’s body weight impacts their physical and in 2013. Each year since 2008, the percentage of self-
mental health. Individuals with a higher body mass reported obese individuals in Windsor-Essex County
index (BMI) are at greater risk for a number of chronic has been higher than the percentage for Ontario which
and debilitating diseases.xxvi remained at a fairly stable level during that period.
Overall, the percentage of the population 18+ years
Chart 10: P ercent population ages 18+ years old self-reporting being overweight or obese, 2008-2013, Windsor-Essex Health Unit
Windsor-Essex County Health Unit and Ontario by Health Unit Ontario Health Units
62 2013
60 2009 2010 2011 2012
58
56
54
52
50
48
46
2008
Source: S tatistics Canada. Table105-0501 - Health indicator profile, annual estimates, by age group and sex, Canada, provinces, territories,
health regions (2012 boundaries) and peer groups, occasional, CANSIM (database). (Accessed: 2015-01-23)
For older adults in Windsor-Essex obesity rates remain obesity rate is still almost 3 percentage points higher
above the regional average despite declining from a than the provincial average for that age group and
high of nearly two-thirds of respondents self-reporting almost 10 percent higher than the Ontario’s general
as obese in 2008. At 62.8 percent, the older adult population’s self-reported rate.
Chart 9: P ercent population ages 65+ years old reporting very good or excellent health, 2008-2013, Windsor-Essex Health Unit
Windsor-Essex County Health Unit and Ontario by Health Unit Ontario Health Units
50 2013
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0 2009 2010 2011 2012
2008
Source: S tatistics Canada. Table105-0501 - Health indicator profile, annual estimates, by age group and sex, Canada, provinces, territories,
health regions (2012 boundaries) and peer groups, occasional, CANSIM (database). (Accessed: 2015-01-25)
Body weight reporting as overweight or obese has decreased slightly
since a high of 61.6 percent in 2010; to 58.7 percent
A person’s body weight impacts their physical and in 2013. Each year since 2008, the percentage of self-
mental health. Individuals with a higher body mass reported obese individuals in Windsor-Essex County
index (BMI) are at greater risk for a number of chronic has been higher than the percentage for Ontario which
and debilitating diseases.xxvi remained at a fairly stable level during that period.
Overall, the percentage of the population 18+ years
Chart 10: P ercent population ages 18+ years old self-reporting being overweight or obese, 2008-2013, Windsor-Essex Health Unit
Windsor-Essex County Health Unit and Ontario by Health Unit Ontario Health Units
62 2013
60 2009 2010 2011 2012
58
56
54
52
50
48
46
2008
Source: S tatistics Canada. Table105-0501 - Health indicator profile, annual estimates, by age group and sex, Canada, provinces, territories,
health regions (2012 boundaries) and peer groups, occasional, CANSIM (database). (Accessed: 2015-01-23)
For older adults in Windsor-Essex obesity rates remain obesity rate is still almost 3 percentage points higher
above the regional average despite declining from a than the provincial average for that age group and
high of nearly two-thirds of respondents self-reporting almost 10 percent higher than the Ontario’s general
as obese in 2008. At 62.8 percent, the older adult population’s self-reported rate.
