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Table 2
Crude prevalence of selected risk factors and major chronic conditions, by region and ethnicity, off-reserve population, Canada, 2000/2001 and 2005/2006

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  North Southern Canada
2000/2001 2005/2006 2000/2001 2005/2006
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to
Aboriginal

Risk factors

Overweight

28.6 26.1 31.0 26.2 22.1 30.2 30.1 27.4 32.8 30.9 28.6 33.2

Obese

20.2 18.1 22.4 25.4 20.5 30.2 22.7 20.1 25.2 25.3 23.2 27.4

Daily smoker

52.5 50.0 55.0 50.2 45.7 54.8 45.4 42.4 48.4 36.2 33.7 38.6

Regular drinker

44.4 42.5 46.3 51.6 46.5 56.7 54.3 51.1 57.5 56.7 54.3 59.2

Heavy drinking

17.7 16.4 19.0 22.9 19.7 26.1 24.1 21.2 26.8 26.9 24.6 29.2

Infrequent physical activity

28.3 26.5 30.1 29.2 24.6 33.8 21.1 18.7 23.4 19.0 17.0 20.9

Inactive leisure time

52.7 50.5 55.0 58.0 53.0 63.1 49.2 46.4 51.9 47.1 44.5 49.6

Chronic conditions

One or more chronic conditiions

48.5 46.0 51.1 57.3 53.2 61.3 68.0 65.2 70.9 72.3 70.0 74.5

Arthritis

11.6 10.0 13.2 11.5 8.8 14.1 21.0 18.9 23.4 19.8 17.8 21.8

Hypertension

9.4 7.8 11.1 10.9 8.3 13.5 11.8 9.7 14.0 14.4 12.9 16.0

Asthma

6.1 4.9 7.4 6.3 4.0 8.5 13.1 11.0 15.3 10.7 9.2 12.1

Heart disease

5.1 3.9 6.2 2.7 1.3 4.1 4.5 3.3 5.8 4.9 3.9 5.8

Diabetes

3.2 2.1 4.3 3.8 2.2 5.4 6.4 5.1 7.7 6.4 5.3 7.4

Bowel disorder

1.7 0.8 2.6 2.6 0.9 4.4 2.3 1.5 3.1 5.3 4.2 6.3

Stroke

0.9 0.5 1.3 1.2 0.5 2.0 1.0 0.4 1.6 1.7 1.2 2.3
Non-Aboriginal

Risk factors

Overweight

28.8 26.0 31.5 34.0 30.9 37.1 26.9 26.5 27.3 33.7 33.3 34.2

Obese

18.5 15.9 21.0 21.1 18.3 23.9 12.3 12.0 12.5 15.6 15.2 15.9

Daily smoker

29.9 26.5 33.3 23.5 20.1 26.9 22.4 22.0 22.8 17.6 17.3 18.0

Regular drinker

65.3 62.0 68.5 66.8 63.0 70.5 61.0 60.5 61.4 64.3 63.8 64.7

Heavy drinking

36.1 33.0 39.2 38.5 34.8 42.2 45.8 45.4 46.2 43.0 42.5 43.4

Infrequent physical activity

19.2 16.5 22.0 18.5 15.9 21.1 21.6 21.2 22.0 18.0 17.7 18.3

Inactive leisure time

42.6 39.2 45.9 45.8 41.5 50.0 52.2 51.7 52.7 49.4 49.0 49.9

Chronic conditions

One or more chronic conditions

61.6 58.1 65.1 62.2 57.8 66.5 66.4 65.9 66.8 69.7 69.4 70.3

Arthritis

13.7 12.1 15.4 14.9 12.5 17.3 17.2 16.9 17.5 18.5 18.2 18.8

Hypertension

9.4 7.6 11.2 11.3 9.3 13.2 14.4 14.1 14.7 17.0 16.7 17.3

Asthma

8.5 6.2 10.7 8.6 6.6 10.5 7.8 7.5 8.0 7.8 7.6 8.0

Heart disease

3.3 2.1 4.4 2.7 1.9 3.6 5.7 5.5 5.8 5.4 5.2 5.5

Diabetes

3.1 2.3 3.9 3.8 2.5 5.0 4.6 4.5 4.8 5.5 5.3 5.6

Bowel disorder

2.1 1.2 2.9 4.2 2.6 5.8 2.3 2.2 2.5 4.3 4.2 4.5

Stroke

0.3 0.0 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.8 1.2 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.3
Source: 2000/2001 and 2005/2006 Canadian Community Health Survey.