Table A
Percentage distribution of sample with valid whole blood hemoglobin, mean corpuscular volume and serum ferritin concentrations, by sex, age group, household income and self- perceived health, household population aged 3 to 79, Canada, 2009 to 2011

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Table summary
 This table displays the results of percentage distribution of sample with valid whole blood hemoglobin. The information is grouped by sex/age group/ household income quartile/ self-perceived health (appearing as row headers), number, % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Sex/Age group/ Household income quartile/ Self-perceived health Number % 95% confidence interval
from to
Total 6,008 100.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Sex  
Males 2,911 50.2 49.9 50.4
Females 3,097 49.8 49.6 50.1
Age group (years)  
3 to 5 487 2.8 2.6 3.1
6 to 11 950 6.2 5.9 6.5
12 to 19 991 10.2 9.9 10.4
20 to 49 2,042 47.2 45.5 48.9
50 to 64 874 22.8 20.8 25.0
65 to 79 664 10.8 10.0 11.6
Household income quartile (past 12 months)  
1 (lowest) 1,556 27.1 22.8 31.9
2 1,539 22.5 19.4 25.8
3 1,470 24.7 21.8 27.8
4 (highest) 1,443 25.7 21.2 30.9
Self-perceived health  
Excellent 1,502 16.9 15.5 18.4
Very good 2,273 38.2 35.6 40.9
Good 1,759 35.0 31.6 38.5
Fair 382 7.5 6.3 8.9
Poor 92 2.5Note E: Use with caution 1.6 3.6
... not applicable
E use with caution
Source: 2009 to 2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey.