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Table 2
Weighted prevalence of obesity, by sex and selected characteristics, household population aged 18 or older with plausible energy intake, Canada excluding territories, 2004
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| Characteristic | Men | Women | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated number ’000 | % | 95% confidence interval | Estimated number ’000 | % | 95% confidence interval | |||
| from | to | from | to | |||||
| Total | 6,485 | 21.7 | 18.9 | 24.9 | 6,432 | 22 | 19.2 | 25 |
| Age group | ||||||||
| 18 to 24† | 860 | 11.2E | 6.1 | 19.7 | 709 | 11.2E | 6.9 | 17.8 |
| 25 to 34 | 1,169 | 22.2E | 14.3 | 32.8 | 893 | 19.8E | 13.7 | 27.7 |
| 35 to 44 | 1,347 | 18.9E | 13.4 | 26.1 | 1,408 | 21.0* | 15.1 | 28.4 |
| 45 to 54 | 1,182 | 28.5* | 21.9 | 36.3 | 1,301 | 25.6* | 18.3 | 34.6 |
| 55 to 64 | 966 | 29.6* | 22.6 | 37.6 | 984 | 27.7* | 21.1 | 35.3 |
| 65 to 74 | 573 | 20.7* | 15.6 | 27.1 | 580 | 23.3* | 17.9 | 29.7 |
| 75 or older | 389 | 14.9E | 8.8 | 24.1 | 556 | 21.8* | 16.6 | 28 |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Married/Common-law | 4,293 | 22.5 | 19.1 | 26.3 | 4,036 | 23.0* | 19.3 | 27.2 |
| Widowed | 108 | 13.5‡ E | 7.7 | 22.5 | 585 | 26.7* | 21 | 33.2 |
| Separated/Divorced | 434 | 26.3E | 17.3 | 37.9 | 626 | 25.0*E | 17.6 | 34.2 |
| Never married† | 1,649 | 19.2E | 13.4 | 26.8 | 1,185 | 14.5E | 9.5 | 21.5 |
| Education | ||||||||
| Less than secondary graduation | 1,153 | 28.3* | 21.5 | 36.2 | 1,254 | 30.3* | 23.4 | 38.3 |
| Secondary graduation | 1,058 | 36.5*‡ | 27.1 | 47 | 1,277 | 21.5 | 15.7 | 28.8 |
| Some postsecondary | 658 | 14.3E | 8.9 | 22.2 | 511 | 23.8E | 16.2 | 33.7 |
| Postsecondary graduation† | 3,587 | 16.8 | 13.8 | 20.3 | 3,287 | 18.6 | 15.3 | 22.5 |
| Household income | ||||||||
| First quintile (lowest) | 945 | 16.2E | 9.3 | 26.8 | 1,179 | 25.6* | 19.1 | 33.5 |
| Second quintile | 1,149 | 19.6E | 13.8 | 27.1 | 1,179 | 24.2* | 18.5 | 30.9 |
| Third quintile | 1,316 | 27.6 | 20.6 | 35.8 | 1,190 | 25.9* | 19.2 | 33.9 |
| Fourth quintile | 1,411 | 25.3 | 19.7 | 31.8 | 1,082 | 23.2 | 17 | 30.9 |
| Fifth quintile (highest)† | 1,285 | 21.6 | 17.1 | 27 | 1,180 | 14.0E | 8.6 | 22 |
| Missing | 380 | 9.1*E | 4.8 | 16.6 | 623 | 16.2E | 9.9 | 25.5 |
| Ethnic origin | ||||||||
| White† | 5,330 | 24.7 | 21.4 | 28.3 | 5,406 | 23.2 | 20.2 | 26.4 |
| Aborginal (off-reserve) | 83 | 29.5E | 14.9 | 50.1 | 107 | 37.3E | 23.7 | 53.3 |
| Other | F | F | F | F | 920 | 12.9*E | 7.1 | 22.3 |
| Smoking status | ||||||||
| Current smoker | 1,775 | 19.8 | 14.8 | 26 | 1,463 | 23.3 | 17.4 | 30.5 |
| Former smoker | 2,211 | 27.8* | 22.2 | 34.3 | 1,486 | 24.1 | 18.8 | 30.4 |
| Never smoked† | 2,500 | 17.7 | 14 | 22.2 | 3,474 | 20.6 | 17.1 | 24.5 |
| Leisure-time physical activity | ||||||||
| Inactive† | 3,587 | 25.4 | 21.1 | 30.3 | 4,065 | 26 | 22.2 | 30.3 |
| Moderately active | 1,665 | 16.5* | 12.4 | 21.6 | 1,428 | 19.2* | 14.9 | 24.3 |
| Active | 1,233 | 18.1*‡ | 13 | 24.6 | 939 | 8.7*E | 5.5 | 13.5 |
| * significantly different from estimate for reference group (p<0.05) ‡ significantly different from estimate for women (p<0.05) † reference group E use with caution (coefficient of variation 16.6% to 33.3%) F too unreliable to be published (coefficient of variation greater than 33.3%) Note: Plausible respondents are those whose reported energy intake was 70% to 142% of their predicted energy expenditure. Source: 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey—Nutrition. |
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