Table 1.
Proportion (%) and mean* characteristics for the study sample (N=131 809)
| Overall (N=131 809) | Life satisfaction | ||||
| Satisfied (N=119 543) | Neither (N=7541) | Dissatisfied (N=3745) | Very dissatisfied (N=980) | ||
| Mean* | |||||
| Age | 46.0 | 45.7 | 48.4 | 48.9 | 51.8 |
| Total # hospital/ED visits | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 0.28 | 0.53 |
| Total # outpatient visits | 2.9 | 2.5 | 5.4 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| %* | |||||
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 51.1 | 51.0 | 54.0 | 50.1 | 51.7 |
| Male | 48.9 | 49.0 | 46.0 | 49.3 | 48.3 |
| Survey cycle | |||||
| 2005/2006 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 16.0 | 17.1 | 13.4 |
| 2007/2009 | 22.3 | 22.1 | 23.8 | 24.1 | 21.0 |
| 2009/2010 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.4 | 22.4 | 20.3 |
| 2011/2012 | 23.3 | 23.5 | 21.3 | 22.9 | 25.1 |
| 2013/2014 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.5 | 13.6 | 20.2 |
| Immigrant | |||||
| No | 67.3 | 68.1 | 56.4 | 64.7 | 69.3 |
| Yes | 32.7 | 31.9 | 43.6 | 35.3 | 30.7 |
| Household income | |||||
| Q1 (Lowest) | 16.9 | 15.3 | 29.4 | 40.0 | 48.8 |
| Q2 | 17.4 | 17.0 | 22.1 | 19.7 | 15.9 |
| Q3 | 26.0 | 26.1 | 26.8 | 22.3 | 17.9 |
| Q4 | 19.2 | 20.0 | 12.4 | 9.3 | 8.1 |
| Q5 (Highest) | 20.5 | 21.6 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 9.3 |
| Smoking status | |||||
| Non-smoker | 58.3 | 59.3 | 51.3 | 44.0 | 34.9 |
| Former | 21.9 | 22.1 | 19.4 | 20.9 | 21.5 |
| Current | 19.8 | 18.6 | 29.4 | 35.1 | 41.7 |
| Alcohol consumption | |||||
| No past-year | 20.6 | 19.9 | 27.0 | 28.1 | 35.3 |
| Occasional | 16.3 | 15.8 | 21.3 | 22.7 | 21.5 |
| Regular | 28.3 | 28.8 | 24.1 | 21.4 | 17.0 |
| Regular & binge | 34.8 | 35.5 | 27.6 | 27.8 | 26.2 |
| Physical activity | |||||
| Active | 26.4 | 27.4 | 17.1 | 15.9 | 15.9 |
| Moderate | 25.1 | 25.7 | 19.1 | 18.8 | 13.9 |
| Inactive | 48.5 | 46.8 | 63.8 | 65.3 | 70.2 |
| Body mass index | |||||
| Underweight (<18.5) | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 6.5 |
| Normal (18.5–24.9) | 43.7 | 44.3 | 39.4 | 35.4 | 33.7 |
| Overweight (25–29.9) | 36.6 | 36.7 | 36.6 | 34.7 | 35.6 |
| Mod obese (30–34.9) | 12.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 15.3 | 13.0 |
| Very obese (≥35) | 5.0 | 4.7 | 7.3 | 10.8 | 11.3 |
| Hospital or emergency department visit (5-year follow-up) | |||||
| No | 96.3 | 96.8 | 93.3 | 88.4 | 84.3 |
| Yes | 3.7 | 3.2 | 6.7 | 11.6 | 15.7 |
| Outpatient visit (5-year follow-up) | |||||
| No | 62.1 | 63.8 | 50.0 | 37.8 | 32.6 |
| Yes | 37.9 | 36.2 | 50.0 | 62.2 | 67.4 |
| Any MH visit (3-year lookback) | |||||
| No | 69.9 | 71.6 | 56.7 | 44.8 | 41.7 |
| Yes | 30.1 | 28.4 | 43.3 | 55.2 | 58.3 |
Source: pooled participants of the Canadian Community Health Survey surveyed from 2005 to 2014, linked to the Registered Persons Database, Canadian Institute for Health Information Discharge Abstract Database, the Ontario Mental Health Reporting System, the National Ambulatory Care Reporting System, and the Ontario Health Insurance Plan billings databases.
*Survey sampling weights were used to produce population estimates.