Table 1
Prevalence of "frequent" (almost all the time/often/from time to time) upper respiratory infections, by sex and region, household population aged 2 to 3, Canada excluding territories and Nunavut, 1994/1995 to 2008/2009

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  1994/1995 2000/2001 2006/2007 2008/2009 Comparison between 1994/1995
and 2008/2009 (p-value)
%
Total 25.8 25.9 24.4 23.5 0.141
Sex
Male 28.7* 26.7 24.2 23.1 0.010
Female† 22.7 25.0 24.6 24.0 0.571
Region
Atlantic provinces 20.3 18.8* 17.6* 16.8* 0.153
Quebec† 28.0 36.8‡ 41.1 38.9 0.003
Ontario 26.4 22.1* 19.7* 19.5* 0.013
Prairie provinces 24.3 22.4* 17.0*‡ 19.3* 0.052
British Columbia 25.1 27.8>* 25.6* 18.4*‡ 0.081
† reference category
* significantly different from estimate for reference category (p<0.05)
‡ significantly different from estimate for previous survey cycle (p<0.05)
Source: 1994/1995 to 2008/2009 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth.