ASTHMA PREVALENCE RATE
AGES 0‐14 YEARS
(2013)
DURHAM REGION
Lake Simcoe
by Health Neighbourhood
Number of
Age‐ and sex‐standardized
Neighbourhoods
rate per 100
BROCK
L
11.8 to 17.9
(10)
18.0 to 19.0
(10)
19.1 to 19.4
(9)
19.7 to 20.1
(11)
20.5 to 22.9
(10)
Health Neighbourhood
Boundaries
UXBRIDGE
L
SCUGOG
q
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La ugo
Sc
L
L
L
0
2.5
5
10
Kilometers
PICKERING
OSHAWA
CLARINGTON
WHITBY
AJAX
L
H
H
H
Lake Ontario
Source: Asthma Database 2013, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
H - Neighbourhood value significantly higher than Durham Region, L - Neighbourhood value significantly lower than Durham Region
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Asthma Prevalence Rate, Ages 0-14 Years (2013)
Table 1: Health Neighbourhoods Indicator Summary
ΠLower is Better
Compared to Durham Rate
Pickering
Frenchman's Bay (P1)
West Rouge (P2)
Amberlee (P3)
Dunbarton (P4)
Pickering City Centre (P5)
Brock Ridge Pickering (P6)
Pickering North (P7)
Ajax
Ajax Waterfront (A1)
Downtown Ajax (A2)
Carruthers (A3)
Central Ajax (A4)
Riverside-Hermitage (A5)
Westney Heights (A6)
Applecroft (A7)
Ajax Northwest (A8)
Ajax Northeast (A9)
Whitby
Whitby South (W1)
Downtown Whitby (W2)
Cochrane South (W3)
Manning (W4)
Williamsburg (W5)
Whitby Brock North (W6)
Dryden-Anderson (W7)
Dryden East (W8)
Brooklin East (W9)
Brooklin West (W10)
Oshawa
Lakeview (O1)
Gibb West (O2)
Downtown Oshawa (O3)
Central Park (O4)
Grandview South (O5)
Stevenson North (O6)
Hillsdale (O7)
Beatrice South (O8)
Grandview North (O9)
Beatrice North (O10)
Oshawa Northwest (O11)
Oshawa Northeast (O12)
Clarington
Courtice South (C1)
Courtice North (C2)
Bowmanville South (C3)
Bowmanville Central (C4)
Bowmanville North (C5)
Darlington (C6)
Clarke (C7)
Scugog
Port Perry (S1)
Rural Scugog (S2)
Uxbridge
Urban Uxbridge (U1)
Rural Uxbridge (U2)
Age- and sexstandardized
rate per 100
19.0
18.3
19.4
18.0
19.7
20.0
19.3
17.9
19.5
19.9
19.3
19.0
20.1
17.7
17.2
20.0
20.5
20.0
19.5
19.7
19.7
20.0
20.7
19.2
19.2
19.0
20.5
18.7
19.4
19.8
21.0
19.7
18.5
18.6
20.9
20.8
19.0
19.4
21.0
19.7
17.8
19.4
20.1
22.9
22.9
19.1
18.2
20.9
18.5
16.9
14.9
16.1
14.1
13.7
14.5
11.8
95% Confidence
Interval
18.3 - 19.7
16.6 - 20.0
17.9 - 21.0
16.1 - 20.1
17.9 - 21.6
18.3 - 21.9
17.4 - 21.4
15.9 - 20.2
18.9 - 20.1
17.7 - 22.3
17.3 - 21.4
17.5 - 20.6
18.1 - 22.2
16.0 - 19.6
15.3 - 19.4
18.3 - 21.9
19.1 - 21.9
18.7 - 21.4
19.0 - 20.1
18.1 - 21.5
18.0 - 21.5
17.8 - 22.4
18.9 - 22.7
17.5 - 21.0
17.4 - 21.0
17.2 - 20.9
18.8 - 22.2
17.3 - 20.1
17.9 - 21.0
19.2 - 20.3
19.5 - 22.6
17.7 - 22.0
16.4 - 20.8
16.5 - 21.0
18.6 - 23.3
18.9 - 22.7
16.9 - 21.3
17.4 - 21.6
19.3 - 22.9
17.7 - 21.8
16.1 - 19.7
18.0 - 20.8
19.4 - 20.8
21.3 - 24.6
20.5 - 25.4
17.5 - 20.9
16.3 - 20.2
19.3 - 22.7
16.1 - 21.1
15.3 - 18.6
13.7 - 16.3
14.1 - 18.3
12.5 - 15.9
12.5 - 15.0
13.0 - 16.1
9.9 - 14.1
Number of
Children with
Asthma
2,964
457
610
327
438
471
376
285
4,584
301
351
589
373
422
277
502
858
911
5,053
525
484
299
466
495
464
411
578
680
651
5,010
696
328
291
285
303
480
295
330
521
367
390
724
3,236
760
360
521
346
601
226
422
523
244
279
497
368
129
Lower
Similar
Higher
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
Ø
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
l
Ø
Ø
l
l
l
l
Œ
Œ
Œ
Œ
Œ
Œ
Œ
Brock
Brock (B1)
Durham Region
Range
Ontario
12.4
19.2
11.8 - 22.9
15.5
10.9 - 14.0
18.9 - 19.4
15.4 - 15.5
257
22,124
129 - 911
352,831
Œ
Higher than Ontario
Date of last revision: January 4, 2016
Source: Asthma Database 2013, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
Note: Lower (down arrow) or Higher (up arrow) means that the 95% confidence intervals do not overlap and that the rates are different from Durham Region.
Asthma Prevalence Rate, Ages 0-14 Years (2013)
Table 2: List of Health Neighbourhoods ranked from lowest to highest
Order
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
Health Neighbourhood
Rural Uxbridge (U2)
Brock (B1)
Rural Scugog (S2)
Urban Uxbridge (U1)
Port Perry (S1)
Clarke (C7)
Westney Heights (A6)
Riverside-Hermitage (A5)
Oshawa Northwest (O11)
Pickering North (P7)
Amberlee (P3)
Bowmanville Central (C4)
Frenchman's Bay (P1)
Darlington (C6)
Downtown Oshawa (O3)
Central Park (O4)
Brooklin East (W9)
Hillsdale (O7)
Dryden-Anderson (W7)
Carruthers (A3)
Bowmanville South (C3)
Whitby Brock North (W6)
Williamsburg (W5)
Downtown Ajax (A2)
Brock Ridge Pickering (P6)
Brooklin West (W10)
West Rouge (P2)
Oshawa Northeast (O12)
Beatrice South (O8)
Downtown Whitby (W2)
Beatrice North (O10)
Gibb West (O2)
Dunbarton (P4)
Whitby South (W1)
Ajax Waterfront (A1)
Ajax Northeast (A9)
Cochrane South (W3)
Applecroft (A7)
Pickering City Centre (P5)
Central Ajax (A4)
Ajax Northwest (A8)
Dryden East (W8)
Manning (W4)
Stevenson North (O6)
Grandview South (O5)
Bowmanville North (C5)
Grandview North (O9)
Lakeview (O1)
Courtice North (C2)
Courtice South (C1)
Age- and sexstandardized
rate per 100
Number of
Children with
Asthma
Compared with
Durham Region
(Lower is better)
Quintile
11.8
12.4
14.1
14.5
16.1
16.9
17.2
17.7
17.8
17.9
18.0
18.2
18.3
18.5
18.5
18.6
18.7
19.0
19.0
19.0
19.1
19.2
19.2
19.3
19.3
19.4
19.4
19.4
19.4
19.7
19.7
19.7
19.7
19.7
19.9
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.0
20.1
20.5
20.5
20.7
20.8
20.9
20.9
21.0
21.0
22.9
22.9
129
257
279
368
244
422
277
422
390
285
327
346
457
226
291
285
680
295
411
589
521
464
495
351
376
651
610
724
330
484
367
328
438
525
301
911
299
502
471
373
858
578
466
480
303
601
521
696
360
760
LOWER
LOWER
LOWER
LOWER
LOWER
LOWER
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
HIGHER
HIGHER
HIGHER
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
Asthma Prevalence Rate, ages 0-14 years (2013)
Table 3: Asthma prevalence rate for ages 0-14 years by Durham Regional Municipality
Municipality
Standardized Number of Children
Rate per 100 with Asthma
Compared to Durham Region
(Lower is Better)
Pickering
Ajax
Whitby
Oshawa
Clarington
Scugog
Uxbridge
Brock
Durham Region
Ontario
19.0
19.5
19.5
19.8
20.1
14.9
13.7
12.4
19.2
15.5
similar
similar
similar
similar
similar
LOWER
LOWER
LOWER
Higher than Ontario
2,964
4,584
5,053
5,010
3,236
523
497
257
22,124
352,831
What You Need to Know
• A lower rate of asthma prevalence is better for health.
• The rate ranges by Health Neighbourhood from 11.8 to 22.9 per 100.
• Asthma prevalence in children is highest in Courtice South, Courtice North, and Lakeview. Rates are
lower in rural areas, particularly in north Durham Region.
Indicator Notes
• This indicator measures the number of children aged 0-14 years diagnosed with asthma, per 100
children. The rate was age- and sex-standardized using the 1991 Canadian census population. Age
standardization controls for different age structures of populations, allowing for better comparisons.
• Source: Asthma Database 2013, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). ICES AHRQ
Project 2016 0900 784 000.
• A patient is said to have asthma if, within a two year period, they had at least two Ontario Health
Insurance Plan (OHIP) claims with an asthma diagnostic code or a hospital admission for asthma.
The Asthma Database identifies patients since 1991. For 2013 data, patients with a diagnosis on or
before December 31, 2013 and who are alive as of this date are included. Prevalence counts those
living with the disease at a point in time.
• Neighbourhoods were sorted by asthma prevalence rate and divided into quintiles (five equal
groupings). Approximately 10 Neighbourhoods are in each quintile.
• Neighbourhoods were compared with Durham Region based on their confidence intervals. Those
with rates that were lower or higher had 95% confidence intervals that did not overlap with those of
Durham Region and were significantly different.
• For more information about asthma rates in Durham Region, see Chronic Disease Prevention at
durham.ca/healthstats.
Release Date: February 2016.
For more information, refer to The Guide to Health Neighbourhoods.
If you require this information in an accessible format, contact 1-800-841-2729.