Table 1
Number and percentage of seniors receiving home care, by selected characteristics, household population aged 65 or older, Canada, 2009

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Table 1
Number and percentage of seniors receiving home care, by selected characteristics, household population aged 65 or older, Canada, 2009
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of number and percentage of seniors receiving home care. The information is grouped by characteristics (appearing as row headers), total, men, women, number ('000), % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics Total Men Women
Number ('000) % 95% confidence interval Number ('000) % 95% confidence interval Number ('000) % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Total 1,070 24.5 23.5 25.6 352 17.9 16.5 19.3 718 30.0Note ‡ 28.6 31.4
Age group (years)  
65 to 74Note † 363 15.1 13.9 16.4 134 11.7 10.1 13.4 229 18.2Note ‡ 16.5 20.2
75 to 84 442 30.1Note * 28.4 31.9 142 21.9Note * 19.5 24.5 300 36.6Note *Note ‡ 34.2 39.0
85 or older 265 54.0Note * 51.3 56.7 76 44.1Note * 39.8 48.5 189 59.4Note *Note ‡ 56.1 62.5
Living arrangements  
Alone 425 33.3Note * 31.7 35.0 80 23.6Note * 20.9 26.4 345 36.9Note *Note ‡ 34.9 38.9
With othersNote † 644 20.9 19.6 22.3 271 16.7 15.1 18.3 373 25.6Note ‡ 23.6 27.6
Main source of income  
Social assistance/Old Age Security/ Guaranteed Income Supplement 270 31.2Note * 29.1 33.4 72 23.9Note * 20.4 27.9 198 35.1Note *Note ‡ 32.4 37.8
OtherNote † 719 22.5 21.3 23.7 259 16.6 15.2 18.1 460 28.1Note ‡ 26.4 29.9
Personal care limitation  
NoneNote † 829 20.3 19.3 21.3 274 14.6 13.4 15.8 555 25.1Note ‡ 23.6 26.5
Some 212 88.2Note * 85.0 90.8 68 84.3Note * 78.3 88.8 143 90.2Note * 86.2 93.2
Severe 27 93.0Note * 79.5 97.8 8 84.9Note * 53.8 96.5 19 96.9 89.2 99.2
Mobility limitation  
NoneNote † 935 22.3 21.3 23.3 321 16.6 15.4 18.0 614 27.0Note ‡ 25.6 28.5
Some 117 79.1Note * 73.6 83.8 26 68.9Note * 54.1 80.6 91 82.6Note * 76.5 87.3
Severe 18 96.3Note * 87.5 99.0 5 94.4Note * 78.0 98.8 13 97.2Note * 82.3 99.6
Health Utility Index  
No or mild disabilityNote † 270 11.5 10.5 12.6 89 8.0 7.0 9.1 181 14.7Note ‡ 13.2 16.4
Moderate disability 226 26.6Note * 24.1 29.1 79 21.1Note * 17.8 24.9 147 30.9Note *Note ‡ 27.6 34.3
Severe disability 516 49.7Note * 47.3 52.0 164 38.6Note * 34.7 42.6 352 57.3Note *Note ‡ 54.5 60.1
Province  
Newfoundland and Labrador 13 17.7Note * 15.3 20.4 4 12.5Note * 9.4 16.4 8 22.1Note *Note ‡ 19.0 25.6
Prince Edward Island 5 24.1 20.5 28.1 2 18.5 14.1 23.9 3 28.7Note ‡ 23.8 34.2
Nova Scotia 37 27.0 24.1 30.1 12 20.1 16.3 24.5 25 32.5Note ‡ 28.6 36.7
New Brunswick 31 28.5Note * 25.6 31.6 11 23.7Note * 20.0 27.8 19 32.5Note ‡ 28.4 36.8
Quebec 242 22.2Note * 20.1 24.5 80 16.6 14.0 19.6 163 26.6Note *Note ‡ 23.8 29.7
Ontario 448 26.7Note * 24.8 28.6 143 18.9 16.4 21.7 305 33.1Note *Note ‡ 30.5 35.7
Manitoba 43 28.6Note * 25.5 32.0 15 21.7 17.9 26.1 29 34.1Note ‡ 30.0 38.5
Saskatchewan 33 23.8 21.0 26.8 10 16.7 13.7 20.3 22 29.5Note ‡ 25.2 34.1
Alberta 80 22.5 19.5 25.7 27 16.2 12.7 20.5 53 27.8Note ‡ 23.9 32.2
British Columbia 138 22.5 20.3 25.0 48 16.6 13.8 19.9 91 27.7Note ‡ 24.3 31.5
† reference category; for province, reference category is all other provinces
* significantly different from reference category (p<0.05)
‡ significantly different from men (p<0.05)
Source: 2009 Canadian Community Health Survey—Healthy Aging.