Table 1
Selected socio-demographic, health and well-being characteristics, by score† on cognitive functioning tasks, household population aged 65 or older without Alzheimer's disease or dementia, Canada excluding territories, 2009

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Characteristic Score on cognitive functioning tasks
First recall Second recall Semantic fluency Processing speed
Low Moderate/High‡ Low Moderate/High‡ Low Moderate/High‡ Low Moderate/High‡
Socio-demographic
Household income
Lowest
 38.2** 29.8 37.3** 28.1 35.3** 30.1 37.6** 28.3
Low-middle
 23.4** 28.6 26.2 27.7 27.5 27.1 28.7 26.4
Middle
 18.7 19 16.3** 20.3 17.9 20 17.4* 20.6
High-midlle
 11.7 13.1 11.1* 14 12.7 13.1 9.9** 14.4
Highest
 8 9.5 9.2 9.9 6.6** 9.8 6.5** 10.3
Living arrangements
Alone
 33.1* 29.6 32.8* 29.4 31.5 30.9 33.2* 30.2
With partner
 54.5** 61.4 56.4** 62.3 57.4 60.1 56.0** 60.8
Other
 12.4** 9 10.9* 8.4 11.1* 9 10.8* 9
Health
Chronic condition
Diabetes
 20.1** 15.5 19.3** 15.3 19.4** 15.6 19.4** 15.5
Heart disease
 23 21.9 22.3 21.4 22.9 22.6 24.6* 21.8
High blood pressure
 53.6 51.3 52.3 52 53.3 52.6 53.8 52.5
Mood/Anxiety disorder
 8.4 7.3 8.9 7.3 7.1 7.2 6.7 7.3
Body mass Index
Underweight
 2.2E 2.5 1.7 2 3.6** 1.8 3.2* 1.9
Normal weight
 42.2 39.5 40.5 40.7 41.2 40.5 40.5 41
Overweight
 35.5** 39.5 37.7 38.7 36.4 38.6 36.1 38.8
Obese
 20.1 18.5 20 18.6 18.8 19 20.3 18.3
Well-being
Fall in past year
Single
 12.3 13.1 13.7 13.2 13.3 12.7 12.7 12.9
Recurrent
 8.1* 6.1 5.9 6.6 7.5 6.7 7.7 6.7
Impairment in basic and instrumental activities
Mild
 16.6* 14.2 16.9** 13.3 16.5* 14.2 16.5** 13.8
Moderate/Severe
 6.3** 3.1 5.3** 2.8 7.4** 3.9 6.9** 3.9
Receiving home care
Formal
 4.1 4.1 4.3 3.8 5.9* 4.1 5.2 4.4
Informal
 12.4 11.1 12.7 10.6 11.4 12.2 12.1 11.8
Both
 7.2* 5.7 8.0** 5.1 8.3** 5.7 7.6* 6
Frequent social participation
74.1** 78.4 77.2 78.7 75.9 77.7 74.1** 78.8
Lonely
13.9** 10.4 12.5 10.4 13.3** 10.4 13.5** 10.2
Positive self-perceived health 73.1** 81 75.7** 81.8 74.9** 80.2 73.2** 81.7
Positive self-perceived mental health 92.1** 96 94.0** 96.1 93.1** 95.8 93.0** 96.1
† adjusted for age, sex and education
‡ reference category
* significantly different from estimate for reference category (p<0.05)
** significantly different from estimate for reference category (p<0.01)
E use with caution
Source: 2009 Canadian Community Health Survey–Health Aging Cognition Module.