Table 2.

Weighted* distributions of baseline characteristics according to hospitalisation for an ACSC (n=129 467)

	ACSC hospitalisation	ACSC hospitalisation	Unweighted N
	Yes (n=3037)	No (n=126 430)
Sex
Male	56.12	49.09	59 292
Female	43.88	50.91	70 175
Age group
18–34	9.35	32.07	35 255
35–49	20.5	32.89	35 063
50–64	48.6	25.49	38 662
65–74	21.56	9.55	20 487
BMI (kg/m2)
Underweight <18.5	2.19	2.68	2674
Normal weight, 18.5–24.9	29.19	46.2	53 327
Overweight, 25–29.9	33.96	34.13	43 915
Moderately obese, 30–34.9	21.39	12.18	17 840
Severely obese, >34.9	13.27	4.8	7815
ADG Score †
Mean (SD)	11.8 (0.39)	3.86 (0.05)	129 467
Physical activity status
Active	17.33	26.64	35 482
Moderate	21.27	25.12	33 791
Inactive	61.41	48.2	60 149
On-Marg deprivation
(Least deprived) 1	14.91	21.74	23 405
2	19.67	20.62	25 427
3	16.62	19.74	26 391
(Most deprived) 4	21.42	18.38	26 386
Education level
Less than secondary	19.16	6.01	12 302
Secondary graduate	15.18	11.78	18 047
More than secondary	60.1	76.81	94 084
Unknown	5.57	5.4	5034
Alcohol consumption
Heavy drinker	6.95	8.39	11 502
Moderate drinker	16.37	21.34	17 934
Light drinker	9.67	14.05	28 413
Never drinker	65.23	54.95	69 785
Smoking status
Current smoker	36.7	21.53	30 875
Former smoker	29.26	21.07	32 623
Never smoked	31.09	54.04	61 357
Immigrant status
Yes	25.03	31.59	25 228
No	72.45	66.71	102 911
Household income
Q1 (lowest income)	20.72	13.51	17 369
Q2	16.09	14.61	18 687
Q3	16.56	17.07	24 063
Q4	17.57	21.31	29 029
Q5 (highest income)	18.58	23.65	31 515
Unknown	10.48	9.84	8804

*Weighted through survey sampling weights provided by Statistics Canada.

†ADG score is a weighted score based on an individual’s ADGs. This method has been validated elsewhere.²⁶

ACSC, ambulatory care sensitive condition; ADG, aggregate diagnosis group; BMI, body mass index; ON-Marg, Ontario Marginalization Index.