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Chart 11: Percent population ages 65+ years old reporting being overweight or obese, 2008-2013, Windsor-Essex Health Unit
Windsor-Essex County Health Unit and Ontario by Health Unit Ontario Health Units
68
66
64
62
60
58
56
54
52 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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)
Unfortunately the self-reported data on obesity rates not reported on this data but overall our region finds
for those aged 12-19 was deemed too unreliable to be itself on a losing end of the “battle of the bulge”.
released by Statistics Canada. For this reason we have
Persons living with pain or discomfort that prevents activities
There are a variety of reasons why an individual could What the Windsor-Essex data Illustrates is that more
be living with pain or discomfort; whether injury from than one of every nine residents in the Windsor-Essex
the workplace or personal life, or an accident that was region suffers from some sort of pain or discomfort that
no fault of their own. When discomfort or pain interferes prevents them from completing activities. Although
with the lives of people its impacts ripple out from the this rate is down from a high of over 18 percent in to
individual across our communities. Whether through lost 2008 to 11.8 percent in 2013, the size of the annual
time on the job or benefits paid out by taxpayers through fluctuations is a reason to be cautious about a future
disability insurance, the impact of pain and discomfort rebound, particularly since provincial rates have held
on the lives of the people of Windsor-Essex is important. relatively steady the past few years.
Chart 12: P ercent population ages 12+ year old reporting pain or discomfort that prevents Windsor-Essex Health Unit
activities, 2008-2013, Windsor-Essex County and Ontario Health Units Ontario Health Units
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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)
The 2015 Community Well-Being Report
Chart 11: Percent population ages 65+ years old reporting being overweight or obese, 2008-2013, Windsor-Essex Health Unit
Windsor-Essex County Health Unit and Ontario by Health Unit Ontario Health Units
68
66
64
62
60
58
56
54
52 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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)
Unfortunately the self-reported data on obesity rates not reported on this data but overall our region finds
for those aged 12-19 was deemed too unreliable to be itself on a losing end of the “battle of the bulge”.
released by Statistics Canada. For this reason we have
Persons living with pain or discomfort that prevents activities
There are a variety of reasons why an individual could What the Windsor-Essex data Illustrates is that more
be living with pain or discomfort; whether injury from than one of every nine residents in the Windsor-Essex
the workplace or personal life, or an accident that was region suffers from some sort of pain or discomfort that
no fault of their own. When discomfort or pain interferes prevents them from completing activities. Although
with the lives of people its impacts ripple out from the this rate is down from a high of over 18 percent in to
individual across our communities. Whether through lost 2008 to 11.8 percent in 2013, the size of the annual
time on the job or benefits paid out by taxpayers through fluctuations is a reason to be cautious about a future
disability insurance, the impact of pain and discomfort rebound, particularly since provincial rates have held
on the lives of the people of Windsor-Essex is important. relatively steady the past few years.
Chart 12: P ercent population ages 12+ year old reporting pain or discomfort that prevents Windsor-Essex Health Unit
activities, 2008-2013, Windsor-Essex County and Ontario Health Units Ontario Health Units
20
18
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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)
The 2015 Community Well-Being Report
