Table 1
Percentage distribution of selected socio-demographic and health characteristics, by number of chronic conditions, household population aged 40 or older,Note † Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, 2012
Table 1
Percentage distribution of selected socio-demographic and health characteristics, by number of chronic conditions, household population aged 40 or older,† Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage distribution of selected socio-demographic and health characteristics. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Number of chronic conditions, Total (n = 1,849), One (n = 1,184), Two or more (n = 665), % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics
Number of chronic conditions
Total (n = 1,849)
One (n = 1,184)
Two or more (n = 665)
%
95% confidence interval
%
95% confidence interval
%
95% confidence interval
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Sex
Men
49.9
46.0
53.8
47.9
43.1
52.7
54.2
48.0
60.4
Women
50.1
46.2
54.0
52.1
47.3
56.9
45.8
39.6
52.0
Age group (years)
40 to 64
48.8
45.7
52.1
54.4
50.3
58.5
37.2
31.1
43.4
65 to 74
26.9
23.9
29.8
25.4
21.7
29.0
30.0
24.7
35.4
75 or older
24.3
21.5
27.0
20.2
16.9
23.6
32.7
27.0
38.4
Location
Urban
82.5
79.5
85.4
82.9
79.1
86.6
81.7
77.5
85.9
Rural
17.5
14.6
20.5
17.1
13.4
20.9
18.3
14.1
22.5
Household income
Less than $30,000
21.8
18.9
24.7
18.5
15.2
21.8
28.6
23.1
34.1
$30,000 to $54,999
27.4
24.3
30.4
23.8
20.2
27.3
34.9
29.5
40.4
$55,000 to $94,999
24.9
21.5
28.4
27.0
22.4
31.6
20.6
15.7
25.4
$95,000 or more
26.0
22.3
29.6
30.7
25.8
35.6
15.9
11.4
20.4
Marital status
Married/Common-law
66.9
63.2
70.6
69.2
64.7
73.7
62.2
56.6
67.8
Widowed/Separated/Divorced/Never married
33.1
29.4
36.8
30.8
26.3
35.3
37.8
32.2
43.4
Education
Less than secondary graduation
21.3
18.6
24.1
18.7
15.5
21.9
26.8
21.6
32.0
Secondary graduation/Some postsecondary
22.0
18.9
25.1
22.3
18.3
26.2
21.5
16.2
26.8
Postsecondary graduation (less than bachelor's degree)
37.7
33.9
41.5
37.1
32.2
42.0
38.8
33.0
44.6
Bachelor's degree or higher
19.0
15.6
22.4
21.9
17.3
26.5
12.9
9.1
16.7
Body mass index category (kg/m2) (corrected for self-report biasNote25)
Normal/Underweight (less than 25)
23.3
19.8
26.7
24.7
20.3
29.2
20.0
14.7
25.4
Overweight (25 to 29.9)
36.7
32.5
40.8
38.0
32.9
43.2
33.7
27.6
29.9
Obese (30 or more)
40.1
36.2
44.0
37.2
32.2
42.3
46.2
40.1
52.3
Province of residence
British Columbia
44.5
41.3
47.7
43.8
39.2
48.4
46.0
40.7
51.3
Alberta
31.7
28.8
34.6
33.9
29.8
37.9
27.0
22.5
31.6
Saskatchewan
10.8
9.4
12.1
9.7
8.0
11.5
13.0
9.7
16.2
Manitoba
13.0
11.1
15.0
12.6
9.9
15.4
14.0
10.1
17.9
Ethnicity
White
86.7
83.5
89.9
87.3
83.2
91.4
85.4
80.6
90.1
Aboriginal
4.2
2.9
5.5
3.3
1.8
4.9
6.0
3.3
8.7
Other
9.1
6.0
12.2
9.4
5.3
13.4
8.7
4.6
12.7
Self-perceived health
Excellent/Very good
36.8
33.0
40.6
43.8
38.7
48.9
22.1
17.1
27.1
Good
40.2
36.1
44.2
41.1
35.7
46.4
38.3
32.1
44.5
Fair/Poor
23.0
20.1
25.9
15.1
12.0
18.3
39.6
33.5
45.6
Have regular medical doctor
Yes
95.1
93.2
97.1
94.2
91.4
96.9
97.2
95.2
99.2
No
4.9
2.9
6.8
5.8
3.1
8.6
2.8
0.8
4.8
Type of chronic condition
Hypertension
82.1
79.3
84.8
63.5
60.0
67.0
36.5
33.0
40.0
Diabetes
26.3
23.7
28.9
33.4
27.0
39.7
66.6
60.3
73.0
Heart disease
21.5
18.7
24.3
29.6
23.0
36.2
70.4
63.8
77.0
Stroke
8.0
6.4
9.6
9.0
3.0
15.1
91.0
84.9
97.0
Note †
eported diagnosis of diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and/or stroke
