Table 6
Percentage attaining selected step-count, by age group and sex, household population aged 6 to 19 years, Canada, March 2007 to February 2009

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Step count/Age group (years) Total Boys Girls
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Average more than 13,500 steps per day
Total
26.5 17.3 35.7 33.7* 23.1 44.2 18.8E 10.0 27.6
6 to 10†
 34.0 22.3 45.6 40.2 28.0 52.4 27.0E 14.3 39.7
11 to 14
 26.8 19.7 33.9 31.3 22.6 40.0 20.7E 11.4 30.0
15 to 19
 19.4E 8.8 30.0 29.5*E 13.6 45.4 11.0‡E 4.0 18.1
At least 13,500 steps on at least 6 days
Total
4.8E 2.8 6.8 6.7*E 4.1 9.2 2.8E 1.0 4.5
6 to 10†
 7.5E 3.4 11.6 9.7E 5.2 14.1 <9 … …
11 to 14
 4.6E 2.5 6.7 6.1E 2.6 9.5 2.7E 0.9 4.5
15 to 19
 2.4‡E 0.8 4.1 4.2*E‡ 1.4 7.1 <2‡ … …
† reference category
* significantly different from estimate for girls (p<0.05)
‡ significantly different from estimate for reference category (p<0.05)
E use with caution
… not avaialble
Source: 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey.