Table 3
Prevalence of asthma, by sex, age and region, household population aged 2 to 7, 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 11.5 13.2‡ 11.5‡ 9.8‡§ 0.008
Sex
Male 14.2* 16.2*‡ 13.5*‡ 11.4*‡§ 0.006
Female† 8.7 10.0 9.4 7.9§ 0.364
Age
2 to 3 8.8* 10.1* 7.6*‡ 7.4*§ 0.135
4 to 5 11.6* 13.5 12.7 10.1ठ0.185
6 to 7† 14.2 15.7 14.9 12.4§ 0.178
Region
Atlantic provinces 14.2* 15.2* 12.5‡ 10.8*§ 0.004
Quebec 11.2 15.5*‡ 13.2 10.6§ 0.686
Ontario 12.1 13.7* 10.9‡ 9.8§ 0.052
Prairie provinces 10.3 10.9 11.7 9.6‡ 0.489
British Columbia† 10.2 9.2 10.1 7.9 0.174
† reference category
* significantly different from estimate for reference category (p<0.05)
‡ significantly different from estimate for previous survey cycle (p<0.05)
§ significantly different from estimate for 2000/2001 (p<0.05)
Source: 1994/1995 to 2008/2009 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth.