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Table 3
Selected characteristics of surgery and comparison groups, respondents aged 40 or older to 2000/2001 Canadian Community Health Survey, Canada excluding Quebec
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| Characteristic | Surgery group | Comparison group | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| Total | 598 | 100.0 | 57,493 | 100.0 |
| Demographic | ||||
| Age group | ||||
| 40 to 64 | 116 | 19.4 | 42,881 | 74.6 |
| 65 to 74 | 199 | 33.3 | 8,699 | 15.1 |
| 75 or older | 283 | 47.3 | 5,912 | 10.3 |
| Sex | ||||
| Men | 219 | 36.6 | 27,820 | 48.4 |
| Women | 379 | 63.4 | 29,673 | 51.6 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married/Common-law | 377 | 63.0 | 42,448 | 73.8 |
| Widowed | 163 | 27.2 | 5,221 | 9.1 |
| Separated/Divorced | 28 | 4.6 | 5,608 | 9.8 |
| Never married | 31 | 5.2 | 4,155 | 7.2 |
| Region | ||||
| Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick | 60 | 10.0 | 6,104 | 10.6 |
| Ontario | 307 | 51.3 | 29,063 | 50.6 |
| Manitoba, Saskatchewan | 55 | 9.2 | 5,127 | 8.9 |
| Alberta, British Columbia | 176 | 29.5 | 17,200 | 29.9 |
| Socio-economic | ||||
| Education | ||||
| Less than secondary graduation | 280 | 46.9 | 14,717 | 25.6 |
| Secondary graduation/Some postsecondary | 121 | 20.3 | 15,351 | 26.7 |
| Postsecondary graduation | 190 | 31.7 | 26,791 | 46.6 |
| Household income quintile | ||||
| Lowest | 20 | 3.4 | 1,797 | 3.1 |
| Lower-middle | 52 | 8.7 | 3,577 | 6.2 |
| Middle | 190 | 31.8 | 10,933 | 19.0 |
| Upper-middle | 180 | 30.2 | 17,659 | 30.7 |
| Highest | 78 | 13.1 | 17,118 | 29.8 |
| Health/Lifestyle | ||||
| Number of chronic conditions | ||||
| None | 62 | 10.4 | 27,369 | 47.6 |
| One | 155 | 26.0 | 15,837 | 27.5 |
| Two | 172 | 28.8 | 8,831 | 15.4 |
| Three | 124 | 20.8 | 3,794 | 6.6 |
| Four | 50 | 8.4 | 1,319 | 2.3 |
| Five | 31 | 5.2 | 276 | 0.5 |
| Six or more | F | F | 53 | 0.1 |
| Body mass index (BMI) | ||||
| Underweight | 33 | 5.6 | 3,268 | 5.7 |
| Normal | 188 | 31.4 | 22,305 | 38.8 |
| Overweight | 219 | 36.7 | 20,920 | 36.4 |
| Obese | 145 | 24.2 | 9,708 | 16.9 |
| Smoking | ||||
| Never | 236 | 39.4 | 18,420 | 32.0 |
| Former | 309 | 51.7 | 26,100 | 45.4 |
| Current | 52 | 8.7 | 12,828 | 22.3 |
| Mean Health Utility Index | 0.615 | … | 0.844 | … |
| ... not applicable F too unreliable to be published (coefficient of variation 16.6% to 33.3%) Source: 2000/2001 Canadian Community Health Survey; Hospital Morbidity Database. |
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