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Table 17.10 Overweight or obese population, by age group and sex, 2005 to 2010
Table summary
This table displays the results of table 17.10 overweight or obese population 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, calculated using % of males and % of females units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  2005 2007 2008 2009 2010
  % of males
Overweight  
18 to 19 years 22.3 17.3 24.0 21.9 19.0
20 to 34 years 34.6 35.5 33.7 31.9 32.7
35 to 44 years 44.3 43.3 43.5 43.1 43.3
45 to 64 years 44.8 44.9 43.5 45.1 46.2
65 and older 44.3 43.1 43.9 42.9 45.2
Obese  
18 to 19 years 6.6 6.2Note E: Use with caution 8.3Note E: Use with caution 8.1 9.0Note E: Use with caution
20 to 34 years 13.2 14.5 14.1 14.9 15.7
35 to 44 years 17.7 19.8 18.8 20.5 21.0
45 to 64 years 21.1 20.4 22.4 22.0 24.1
65 and older 15.1 17.7 17.8 19.6 17.4
  % of females
Overweight  
18 to 19 years 13.2 13.1 13.0 14.4 12.0
20 to 34 years 19.0 18.5 19.9 20.0 19.1
35 to 44 years 24.9 24.2 24.1 24.0 24.8
45 to 64 years 31.9 32.0 31.6 30.8 32.0
65 and older 34.0 35.4 34.8 35.2 33.5
Obese  
18 to 19 years 5.0 6.5Note E: Use with caution 4.6Note E: Use with caution 5.5Note E: Use with caution 6.4Note E: Use with caution
20 to 34 years 13.8 15.0 16.7 17.5 15.5
35 to 44 years 10.9 11.9 12.0 11.1 13.0
45 to 64 years 18.3 19.3 18.8 20.1 19.2
65 and older 15.8 16.8 17.9 18.7 18.3
E use with caution
Note: Based of self-reported body mass index, calculated by dividing the respondent's body weight (in kilograms) by their height (in metres) squared.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 105-0501.
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