Table 1
Prevalence of fair/poor self-perceived health, diabetes and arthritis by immigrant status, birthplace and duration of residence, household population aged 18 or older, Canada 2003, 2005 and 2007/2008 combined

Table 1
Prevalence of fair/poor self-perceived health, diabetes and arthritis by immigrant status, birthplace and duration of residence, household population aged 18 or older, Canada 2003, 2005 and 2007/2008 combined
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of table 1 prevalence of fair/poor self-perceived health. The information is grouped by world region of birth/duration of residence (appearing as row headers), fair/poor self- perceived health, diabetes and arthritis, % and 95% confidence interval (from and to) (appearing as column headers).
World region of birth/ Duration of residence Fair/Poor self- perceived health Diabetes Arthritis
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Canadian-born 11.8 11.7 12.0 5.6 5.4 5.7 18.7 18.5 18.9
Immigrant  
Recent 11.4Note † 10.0 13.0 5.3 4.3 6.5 9.0Note *Note † 7.8 10.4
Long-term 13.7Note * 13.1 14.2 6.4Note * 6.0 6.8 17.2Note * 16.7 17.8
European  
Recent 8.2Note *Note † 6.2 10.9 F … … 10.5Note †Note * 8.4 13.1
Long-term 12.8Note * 12.1 13.5 5.3 4.9 5.6 20.0Note * 19.3 20.7
Non-European  
Recent 12.3 10.6 14.2 6.1 4.8 7.6 8.6Note † 7.2 10.2
Long-term 14.7Note * 13.8 15.7 7.9Note * 7.2 8.8 13.6 12.7 14.4
USA/Oceania/other  
Recent 5.8ENote * 3.2 10.2 2.9ENote * 1.5 5.5 10.7ENote *Note † 7.5 15.1
Long-term 9.4Note * 8.0 11.1 4.0Note * 3.3 4.9 19.7 17.9 21.6
Caribbean/Central and South America  
Recent 9.5ENote *Note † 6.3 14.3 8.1E 4.6 13.6 6.3ENote *Note † 3.8 10.2
Long-term 16.9Note * 15.1 19.0 9.4Note * 8.0 11.0 17.7 16.0 19.5
Europe  
Recent 8.7Note *Note † 6.4 11.7 2.2ENote *Note † 1.2 4.0 10.5Note *Note † 8.1 13.4
Long-term 13.1Note * 12.3 13.9 5.4 5.0 5.8 20.0Note * 19.2 20.7
Sub-Saharan Africa  
Recent 7.9E 4.2 14.5 F … … 14.2E 8.8 22.1
Long-term 9.5 7.3 12.3 9.4Note * 6.8 12.9 13.6Note * 10.9 16.9
Asia  
Recent 12.9 10.9 15.1 6.3 4.9 8.2 8.8Note *Note † 7.1 10.7
Long-term 14.6Note * 13.4 15.9 7.1Note * 6.3 8.0 11.7Note * 10.7 12.9
North Africa/Middle East  
Recent 14.5E 8.3 23.9 F … … 13.3E 7.3 23.1
Long-term 13.4 10.8 16.6 7.7E 5.3 11.2 14.0Note * 11.4 17.2
* significantly different from estimate for Canadian-born (p<0.05)
† significiantly different from estimate for recent immigrants (p<0.05)
E interpret with caution
F too unreliable to be published
... not applicable
Sources: 2003, 2005 and 2007/2008 Canadian Community Health Survey.
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