Table 2
Percentage distribution of nutritional risk items, by nutritional risk status and and sex, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009

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Table summary
This table displays the results of percentage distribution of nutritional risk items. The information is grouped by nutritional risk items (appearing as row headers), both sexes, men, women, at nutritional risk and not at nutritional risk, calculated using % and standard error units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Nutritional risk items Both sexes Men Women
At nutritional risk Not at nutritional risk At nutritional risk Not at nutritional risk At nutritional risk Not at nutritional risk
% Standard error % Standard error % Standard error % Standard error % Standard error % Standard error
Weight change  
Lost/Gained more than 10 pounds 22.0Note * 0.9 1.9 0.2 21.4Note * 1.3 2.7 0.3 22.4Note * 1.1 1.1Note E: Use with cautionNote † 0.2
Lost/Gained 5 to 10 pounds 25.4Note * 0.8 8.2 0.4 22.6Note * 1.2 8.2 0.7 27.2Note *Note † 1.1 8.2 0.6
Lost/Gained less than 5 pounds 4.8Note * 0.4 6.3 0.4 4.0Note E: Use with caution 0.7 4.9 0.5 5.3Note * 0.5 7.5Note † 0.5
Same weight 47.4Note * 0.9 83.7 0.6 51.8Note * 1.6 84.2 0.9 44.7Note *Note † 1.2 83.2 0.8
Appetite  
Poor 6.7 0.5 F Note ...: not applicable 5.1 0.6 F Note ...: not applicable 7.7 0.6 F Note ...: not applicable
Fair 20.7Note * 0.8 4.7 0.3 17.1Note * 1.2 4.1 0.5 23.0Note *Note † 1.1 5.2 0.4
Good 48.9Note * 1.0 44.8 0.8 51.0Note * 1.6 42.0 1.1 47.6 1.2 47.4Note † 1.0
Very good 23.7Note * 0.9 50.4 0.8 26.9Note * 1.4 53.7 1.2 21.7Note *Note † 1.1 47.2Note † 1.0
Cough, choke or have pain when swallowing food or fluid  
Often/Always 6.6Note * 0.5 0.4Note E: Use with caution 0.1 6.5 0.7 F Note ...: not applicable 6.6 0.6 F Note ...: not applicable
Sometimes 19.8Note * 0.8 3.2 0.3 17.7Note * 1.3 3.2 0.4 21.1Note *Note † 1.0 3.1 0.4
Rarely 18.4Note * 0.8 15.0 0.6 20.0Note * 1.3 16.3 0.9 17.4Note * 1.0 13.8Note † 0.8
Never 55.2Note * 1.1 81.4 0.7 55.8Note * 1.7 80.1 1.0 54.8Note * 1.3 82.7Note † 0.8
Skips meals  
Almost every day 14.7Note * 0.7 0.7Note E: Use with caution 0.1 17.9Note * 1.2 0.9Note E: Use with caution 0.2 12.7Note † 0.8 F Note ...: not applicable
Often 9.7Note * 0.6 0.9Note E: Use with caution 0.2 10.6Note * 1.0 1.0Note E: Use with caution 0.2 9.1Note * 0.7 0.8Note E: Use with caution 0.2
Sometimes 24.0Note * 0.9 7.6 0.4 24.8Note * 1.4 8.2 0.6 23.5Note * 1.1 7.0 0.5
Never or rarely 51.6Note * 1.0 90.8 0.5 46.7Note * 1.6 89.9 0.7 54.6Note *Note † 1.3 91.6 0.6
Fruit and vegetable servings per day  
Less than 2 17.5Note * 0.8 4.4 0.3 24.8Note * 1.5 6.2 0.5 13.0Note *Note † 0.8 2.8Note † 0.3
2 19.6Note * 0.8 9.5 0.4 22.3Note * 1.4 12.1 0.7 17.8Note *Note † 1.0 7.1Note † 0.5
3 20.6Note * 0.8 16.8 0.6 19.8 1.2 17.6 0.8 21.1Note * 1.0 16.1 0.8
4 18.0Note * 0.7 22.6 0.7 14.7Note * 1.2 22.8 1.1 20.0Note † 0.9 22.3 0.9
5 or more 24.4Note * 0.9 46.7 0.8 18.4Note * 1.3 41.3 1.2 28.2Note *Note † 1.2 51.7Note † 1.1
Fluid consumed per day (cups)  
Less than 2 1.1Note *Note E: Use with caution 0.2 0.3Note E: Use with caution 0.1 1.2Note E: Use with caution 0.3 F Note ...: not applicable 1.0Note *Note E: Use with caution 0.3 0.4Note E: Use with caution 0.1
About 2 3.9Note * 0.4 1.0 0.1 3.7Note * 0.6 1.2Note E: Use with caution 0.2 3.9Note * 0.6 0.8Note E: Use with caution 0.2
3 to 4 25.1Note * 0.9 15.1 0.5 27.5Note * 1.4 15.6 0.8 23.7Note *Note † 1.1 14.6 0.8
5 to 7 41.0 1.1 43.5 0.8 40.0 1.7 44.0 1.2 41.6 1.3 43.1 1.1
8 or more 28.9Note * 1.0 40.1 0.8 27.7Note * 1.5 38.8 1.1 29.7Note * 1.2 41.2 1.1
Eats with someone  
Almost always 51.7Note * 1.0 77.0 0.6 62.5Note * 1.5 86.8 0.7 45.0Note *Note † 1.3 67.8Note † 1.0
Often 6.1 0.5 5.5 0.3 4.5 0.6 4.0 0.4 7.1Note † 0.7 6.9Note † 0.5
Sometimes 18.8Note * 0.7 10.8 0.4 12.9Note * 1.0 5.3 0.4 22.5Note *Note † 1.0 16.0Note † 0.6
Never or rarely 23.4Note * 0.8 6.8 0.3 20.1Note * 1.3 4.0 0.4 25.4Note *Note † 0.9 9.4Note † 0.5
Attitude to cooking (among those who normally cook their own meals)  
Usually a chore 18.4Note * 0.8 3.8 0.4 19.2Note * 1.6 3.8Note E: Use with caution 0.7 18.1Note * 1.0 3.8 0.4
Sometimes a chore 33.3Note * 1.1 20.5 0.8 28.9Note * 1.9 12.1 1.0 34.9Note *Note † 1.2 23.4Note † 1.0
Enjoy cooking 48.3Note * 1.1 75.7 0.8 51.9Note * 2.1 84.1 1.2 47.0Note *Note † 1.3 72.8Note † 1.1
Satisfied with quality of food prepared by others (among those who normally do not cook their own meals)  
Yes 95.7Note * 0.8 99.1 0.2 98.0Note * 0.5 99.2 0.2 89.2Note *Note † 2.4 98.4 0.9
No 4.3Note *Note E: Use with caution 0.8 0.9Note E: Use with caution 0.2 2.0Note *Note E: Use with caution 0.5 0.8Note E: Use with caution 0.2 10.8Note †Note E: Use with caution 2.4 F Note ...: not applicable
... not applicable
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
Note *

significantly different from not at nutritional risk (p<0.05)

Note †

significantly different from men in same nutritional risk category (p<0.05)

Source: 2008/2009 Canadian Community Health Survey - Healthy Aging.