Characteristics of participants according to number of positive health behaviours.

*Including melanoma, prostate/breast cancer and other cancers but not including non-melanoma skin cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, asthma and osteoarthritis. Prior PPH was defined as any preventable hospitalisation which occurred 12 months prior to the study entry. Positive health behaviours were defined as current non-smoking, consuming less than 14 alcohol drinks per week, doing more than 2.5 hours of physical activity per week, consuming at least 5 servings of vegetables and 2 serving of fruit per day, having less than 8 hours of sitting per 24 hours and 7 hours or more of sleeping per 24 hours.