Download Prevention System Quality Index 2023
The 2023 index includes seven chronic disease risk factors and exposure domains:
- Commercial tobacco
- Alcohol
- Healthy eating
- Physical activity
- Environmental exposures (ultraviolet radiation, radon and fine particulate matter)
- Occupational exposures (asbestos, diesel engine exhaust, radon and crystalline silica)
- Infectious agents (human papillomavirus and hepatitis B).
Highlights of the report
- Provides evidence and data to inform the development of policies and programs to prevent chronic disease
- Includes a review of the social determinants of health including income, food insecurity, housing and racism
- Explores the burden of chronic disease on First Nations, Inuit, Métis and urban Indigenous peoples and identifies opportunities to address systemic health inequities
- Many of the indicators in the report are stratified by sex, income quintile, racial group, immigration status and geography
- Some indicators in the report show improvements, such as a decrease in smoking rates, and an increase in smoke-free social housing and better air quality. However, there are still opportunities to improve chronic disease prevention such as reducing food insecurity and limiting the availability of tobacco and alcohol