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Alberta
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Table: Well-being
Figures Well-being	Capital Health (HR)			Alberta
Figures Well-being	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Perceived health, very good or excellent1	63.7	65.7	61.8	63.0	64.9	61.0
Perceived mental health, very good or excellent2	74.0	78.3	69.7	73.7	75.1	72.3
Perceived life stress3	22.5	20.9	24.2	21.4	19.8	23.0

Table: Health Conditions
Figures Health Conditions	Capital Health (HR)			Alberta
Figures Health Conditions	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Overweight or obese4	50.7	57.2	43.8	52.4	60.4	43.7
Overweight5	32.2	37.4	26.8	34.1	40.9	26.7
Obese6	18.4	19.8	17.0	18.3	19.5	17.0
Arthritis7	15.5	12.0	19.1	14.2	11.9	16.4
Diabetes8	5.7	6.0E	5.4E	4.7	4.8	4.6
Asthma9	7.1	6.3E	7.8	7.8	6.8	8.8
High blood pressure10	15.4	15.1	15.7	14.8	15.2	14.4
Mood disorder11	6.5	4.8E	8.2	6.9	4.4	9.5
Pain or discomfort, moderate or severe12	11.2	9.6	12.8	11.1	9.2	13.1
Pain or discomfort that prevents activities13	13.9	12.6	15.2	12.4	10.4	14.4
Participation and activity limitation, sometimes or often14	32.1	30.8	33.4	31.5	30.3	32.8
Low birth weight15	6.2	5.8	6.7	6.2	5.8	6.7
Cancer incidence16	412.9	484.5	360.4	410.8	476.0	361.2
Colon cancer17	47.8	58.7	38.8	47.1	58.4	37.6
Lung cancer18	55.7	69.9	45.3	51.8	62.0	44.2
Breast cancer19	...	...	104.4	...	...	103.6
Prostate cancer20	...	146.9	...	...	149.1	...

Table: Health Behaviours
Figures Health Behaviours	Capital Health (HR)			Alberta
Figures Health Behaviours	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Current smoker, daily or occasional21	22.4	27.3	17.5	22.7	25.4	19.8
Current smoker, daily22	18.1	22.2	14.0	17.6	19.3	15.9
Heavy drinking23	16.6	23.6	9.5	17.6	23.9	11.2
Leisure-time physical activity, moderately active or active24	50.6	50.8	50.4	53.4	54.2	52.5
Fruit and vegetable consumption, 5 times or more per day25	48.8	42.9	54.9	45.2	37.7	52.8

Table: Health System
Figures Health System	Capital Health (HR)				Alberta
Figures Health System	Total	Male	Female		Total	Male	Female
Contact with a medical doctor in the past 12 months26	75.5	68.4	82.7		76.7	69.2	84.4

Table: Environmental Factors
Figures Environmental Factors	Capital Health (HR)			Alberta
Figures Environmental Factors	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Second-hand smoke, exposure at home31	5.4	8.0E	3.0E	5.5	6.5	4.6
Second-hand smoke, exposure in vehicles and/or public places32	16.5	20.6	12.9	15.9	17.2	14.7

Table: Deaths
Figures Deaths	Capital Health (HR)			Alberta
Figures Deaths	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Infant mortality33	6.3	7.2	5.3	6.5	7.2	5.7
Life expectancy at birth34	79.9	77.4	82.4	79.5	77.1	82.0
Life expectancy at age 6535	19.5	17.6	21.3	19.2	17.4	20.8
Total, all causes of death36	574.9	725.6	463.5	595.7	742.2	481.6
All cancers37	165.3	203.2	139.9	166.4	201.8	141.6
Colorectal cancer38	15.8	20.3	12.1	15.2	19.1	12.1
Lung cancer39	41.2	52.7	32.9	40.6	50.8	32.8
Breast cancer40	...	...	23.7	...	...	23.7
Prostate cancer41	...	26.8	...	...	29.1	...
Circulatory diseases42	202.6	259.7	159.2	218.3	273.9	174.1
Ischaemic heart diseases43	120.5	166.4	85.3	124.8	171.2	88.4
Cerebrovascular diseases44	41.0	48.6	35.5	50.7	56.3	45.8
All other circulatory diseases45	41.1	44.8	38.4	42.7	46.3	39.9
Respiratory diseases46	47.9	68.6	35.9	45.4	63.5	34.0
Pneumonia and influenza47	9.5	13.1	7.2	9.7	12.8	7.7
Bronchitis, emphysema and asthma48	3.3	4.2	2.7	3.4	4.5	2.6
All other respiratory diseases49	35.1	51.3	26.0	32.3	46.2	23.7
Unintentional injuries50	27.1	37.7	17.5	30.6	43.7	18.2
Suicides and self-inflicted injuries51	14.2	21.7	6.8	14.1	21.9	6.4
Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease52	1.0	1.5	0.5	0.8	1.3	0.4

Table: Personal Resources
Figures Personal Resources	Capital Health (HR)				Alberta
Figures Personal Resources	Total	Male	Female		Total	Male	Female
Sense of community belonging53	60.2	58.6	61.9		60.5	59.8	61.4

Table: Living and Working Conditions
Figures Living and Working Conditions	Capital Health (HR)			Alberta
Figures Living and Working Conditions	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
High school graduates aged 25 to 2954	84.5	82.1	87.0	82.6	80.3	85.0
Post-secondary graduates aged 25 to 5455	63.1	63.9	62.4	61.3	61.2	61.3
Unemployment56	3.7	...	...	3.6	...	...
Youth unemployment, aged 15 to 2457	7.7	...	...	7.5	...	...
Long-term unemployment58	1.9	1.6	2.1	1.7	1.4	2.0
Low income59	14.2	12.8	15.5	12.2	11.2	13.2
Children aged 17 and under living in low income families60	16.6	16.7	16.4	13.9	14.0	13.9

Table: Community
Figures Community	Capital Health (HR)			Alberta
Figures Community	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Total population61	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Urban population62	90.9	90.6	91.3	82.1	81.5	82.6
Rural population63	9.1	9.4	8.7	17.9	18.5	17.4
Population density64	91.94	...	...	5.14	...	...
Dependency ratio65	55.6	...	...	56.4	...	...
Youth, under 20 years, as a proportion of total population	24.8	...	...	25.6	...	...
Seniors, 65 years and over, as a proportion of total population	10.9	...	...	10.4	...	...
Aboriginal population66	5.1	4.9	5.3	5.8	5.6	5.9
Immigrant population67	18.5	18.0	19.1	16.2	15.7	16.7
1 year internal migrants68	6.0	6.2	5.7	6.7	6.8	6.5
5 year internal migrants69	16.3	16.6	16.0	17.9	18.1	17.8
Population living within a Metropolitan Influenced Zone70	99.7	99.7	99.7	81.3	81.1	81.5
Lone-parent families71	16.2	3.3	12.9	14.4	3.1	11.3
Visible minority population72	17.1	16.8	17.4	13.9	13.7	14.2