Potential years of life lost due to avoidable causes
Potential years of life lost (PYLL) is a measure of premature death (younger than 75 years of age). PYLL are calculated by adding up, for each death, how many years the deceased would have needed to live to reach the age of 75. Example: a person dying at the age of 70 would add 5 PYLL to the total.
Thus, the number of PYLL can increase both by increasing the overall number of deaths before age 75, but also by having the same number of deaths but at earlier ages.
Potential years of life lost due to avoidable causes by geographic area
Key findings:
- In 2011, Sudbury & District Health Unit (SDHU) area residents lost 12,303 years of potential life due to death from avoidable causes before the age of 75.
- The rate of potential years of life lost (PYLL) in the SDHU area was 5,968 PYLL per 100,000 population in 2011.
- The rate in the SDHU area has generally been similar to the rate in northeastern Ontario, and both the SDHU area and northeastern Ontario have had a consistently higher rate than the Ontario rate.
- In general, the SDHU area the rate has decreased from 2002 to 2011, with fluctuations from year to year.
Notes:
- Rates are age-standardized using the 2006 Canadian population.
- Data Source: Mortality Data and Population Estimates and Projections, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, IntelliHEALTH Ontario, Extracted April 2015.
Figure: Annual age-standardized rate of potential years of life lost due to avoidable causes, by geographic area, 2002-2011
Table: Annual age-standardized rate of potential years of life lost due to avoidable causes, by geographic area, 2002-2011
| Geographic Region | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDHU | 6985.3 | 6367.6 | 6621.0 | 5790.4 | 6058.25 | 5642.2 | 5887.4 | 6267.0 | 6327.3 | 5967.9 |
| Northeast | 6715.9 | 6864.8 | 6896.5 | 6553.1 | 6696.8 | 6290.5 | 5976.5 | 6248.1 | 6025.8 | 5834.2 |
| Ontario | 4878.1 | 4873.8 | 4719.7 | 4662.5 | 4511.9 | 4528.0 | 4385.7 | 4341.9 | 4274.4 | 4074.0 |
Table: Annual number of potential years of life lost due to avoidable causes cases, by geographic area, 2002-2011
| Geographic Region | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SDHU | 13187 | 12096 | 12729 | 11207 | 11902 | 11364 | 11907 | 12794 | 13007 | 12303 |
| Northeast | 37030 | 38154 | 38612 | 36716 | 37921 | 36258 | 34971 | 36488 | 35362 | 34598 |
| Ontario | 542266 | 552008 | 546943 | 550682 | 543633 | 554702 | 548251 | 551635 | 552936 | 536071 |
This item was last modified on March 26, 2018