Ontario's Alcohol Rules panel discussion on The Agenda

Ontario's Alcohol Rules panel discussion on The Agenda

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in News, policy and advocacy | May 16, 2019 @ 7:57 am

Check out The Agenda last night for a timely discussion of the potential impact of proposed alcohol policy changes in Ontario. As Pegeen Walsh, OPHA's Executive Director shared, we need to work together to ensure the health impacts are part of the conversation.

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Love this clip!
I haven’t seen any side-by-side data about us vs. Quebec, have you?
May 16, 2019 @ 8:33 am
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A colleague pulled the following comparisons between ON and both Quebec and Alberta:

  • Heavy drinking and per-capita alcohol consumption is higher in both AB and QC
    • Self-reported heavy drinking among past month drinkers (2014, age 12+): ON 16.2%, AB 18.9%, QC 20.2%
  • The hospitalisation rate due to alcohol is about the same for ON and QC
  • The hospitalisation rate due to alcohol in AB is about 68% higher than in ON (i.e. 327 vs 195 per 100k individuals, age 10+, in 2015/16)

 

https://www.cihi.ca/sites/defa...lizations-en-web.pdf

http://healthycanadians.gc.ca/...-aspc-alcool-eng.pdf

May 16, 2019 @ 8:41 am
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