Table 3
Prevalence of smoking and obesity among immigrants, by selected characteristics, 2007/2009-2009/2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) and 2009/2010 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), household population aged 12 to 79, Canada

Table 3
Prevalence of smoking and obesity among immigrants, by selected characteristics, 2007/2009-2009/2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) and 2009/2010 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), household population aged 12 to 79, Canada
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of smoking and obesity among immigrants. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), CHMS, CCHS and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics CHMS CCHS
  95% confidence interval   95% confidence interval
from to from to
Current smoker 12.0 9.6 14.8 14.4 13.4 15.4
Age group  
12 to 29 12.44Note E: Use with caution 7.1 20.9 13.9 11.9 16.0
30 to 49 13.27Note E: Use with caution 9.0 19.1 16.3 14.7 18.1
50 to 79 10.2 7.9 13.1 12.7 11.4 14.2
Sex  
Male 15.0 12.4 18.0 20.6Note * 19.0 22.3
Female 8.8Note E: Use with caution 5.9 13.1 8.3 7.3 9.3
World region of origin  
United States 10.8Note E: Use with caution 5.8 19.1 15.7 12.3 19.9
South/Central America and Carribean 14.1Note E: Use with caution 7.7 24.5 13.3 10.8 16.3
Europe 13.4 9.7 18.3 17.5 16.0 19.2
Africa 15.8Note E: Use with caution 7.8 29.4 14.4 11.3 18.2
Asia 9.4Note E: Use with caution 6.6 13.4 12.3 10.9 13.8
Period of arrival  
1996 or later 12.1 8.6 16.7 13.7 12.2 15.3
1986 to 1995 12Note E: Use with caution 7.1 19.5 15.9 13.8 18.4
Before 1986 11.8 8.8 15.8 14.3 12.9 15.7
Obese (ages 18 to 79) 12.2 9.3 15.9 13.0 12.2 13.9
Age group  
18 to 29 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 7.4 5.8 9.5
30 to 49 11.54Note E: Use with caution 6.7 19.1 11.7 10.4 13.1
50 to 79 15.2 11.8 19.4 16.6 15.2 18.1
Sex  
Male 12.2Note E: Use with caution 8.3 17.6 14.3 12.9 15.8
Female 12.3Note E: Use with caution 8.6 17.3 11.7 10.7 12.8
World region of origin  
United States 18.4Note E: Use with caution 10.1 31.2 23.3 17.3 30.7
South/Central America and Carribean 13.3Note E: Use with caution 8.2 20.9 16.9 13.8 20.4
Europe 16.9 13.8 20.5 16.3 14.9 17.9
Africa 14.2Note E: Use with caution 6.2 29.3 18.2 14.3 22.8
Asia 7.43Note E: Use with caution 3.8 14.1 7.3 6.2 8.5
Period of arrival  
1996 or later Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 9.3 7.9 10.8
1986 to 1995 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 12.0 10.2 14.0
Before 1986 16.8 13.7 20.3 13.4 15.9 18.9
... not applicable
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
Note *

significantly different from CHMS (p < 0.05)

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Sources: 2007/2009 and 2009/2011 Canadian Health Measure Survey, combined; 2009/2010 Canadian Community Health Survey.
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