A) Harm Health in Ontario
The following charts are based on a Health Canada data depicting the most common diseases affecting men and women of rural and urban areas in Ontario. Health Canada provided the data of the one-time study done in 1995.
FM=farm men; OM= Ontario men; FW= farm women; OW= Ontario Women
Prevalence of High Blood Pressure (10 KB gif image)
Prevalence of Skin Problems/Allergies (39 KB jpg image)
Occupational Injuries in the past 12 Months (10 KB gif image)
Prevalence of BMI 27 (11 KB gif image)
Source: Arbuckle, Tye. 2000. Pers. Comm. Senior Epidemiologist, Bureau of Reproductive and Child Health, Centre for Healthy Human Development Population and Public Health Branch - Health Canada.
B) Atlas of Morbidity for Ontario 1985-1988
Ontario Morbidity of all ages due to all Causes, from 1985-1988
For men (341 KB jpg image) small version (60 KB jpg image)
For women (336 KB jpg image), sml ver. (58 KB jpg image)
Source: Health Canada. 1993. Atlas III - Hospital Morbidity Atlas, Ontario: 1985-1988. Great Lakes Health Effects Program. Bureau of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control. 54 pp.