Table 2
Percentage and number of Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) keys linked to 2006 Census and percentage distribution of keys linked by iteration, by province, sex and age group, Canada excluding Quebec, 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009

Table 2
Percentage and number of Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) keys linked to 2006 Census and percentage distribution of keys linked by iteration, by province, sex and age group, Canada excluding Quebec, 2006/2007, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage and number of Discharge Abstract Database (DAD) keys linked to 2006 Census and percentage distribution of keys linked by iteration 2006/2007 , 2007/2008 , 2008/2009 , %, Number and Percentage of keys linked, by iteration (appearing as column headers).
  2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009
% Number Percentage of keys linked, by iteration % Number Percentage of keys linked, by iteration % Number Percentage of keys linked, by iteration
1 2 to 4 5 to 28 1 2 to 4 5 to 28 1 2 to 4 5 to 28
Canada excluding Quebec 79.7 1,658,817 90.1 4.8 5.1 78.3 1,597,868 83.2 11.4 5.4 76.6 1,570,329 77.6 16.9 5.6
Province/Territory  
Newfoundland and Labrador 84.5 66,832 91.6 3.9 4.6 84.7 66,880 87.9 7.8 4.3 83.8 66,186 83.8 11.6 4.6
Prince Edward Island 83.0 16,162 90.0 4.5 5.5 82.4 15,553 84.9 9.1 6.0 82.3 15,667 81.4 13.2 5.4
Nova Scotia 84.0 99,818 90.9 4.7 4.4 83.3 99,493 86.0 9.5 4.6 82.1 100,570 81.1 14.0 4.9
New Brunswick 80.8 78,694 91.7 5.2 3.1 79.5 74,791 85.5 11.1 3.4 78.1 72,768 80.7 16.2 3.1
Ontario 80.3 577,266 91.1 4.2 4.7 78.6 545,688 83.7 11.3 5.0 76.5 527,613 77.7 16.9 5.3
Manitoba 81.2 119,511 90.3 4.3 5.5 79.9 114,433 84.9 9.6 5.5 79.0 114,755 79.8 14.4 5.8
Saskatchewan 81.6 121,636 89.7 5.2 5.1 80.6 118,397 83.9 10.9 5.2 79.6 118,056 78.5 15.9 5.6
Alberta 77.2 177,466 87.9 6.3 5.7 75.1 168,781 79.0 14.8 6.2 72.6 162,203 72.2 21.2 6.6
British Columbia 78.0 391,169 89.1 5.0 5.8 76.5 383,933 81.7 12.2 6.1 75.0 382,745 76.0 17.9 6.1
Yukon 73.8 2,817 85.6 9.2 5.1 71.6 2,754 78.5 15.2 6.3 69.7 2,742 72.1 21.5 6.4
Northwest Territories/Nunavut 73.1 7,242 84.1 6.0 10.0 73.4 6,887 79.8 10.0 10.2 73.0 6,672 76.9 12.4 10.7
Sex  
Male 79.0 675,424 90.5 4.2 5.4 78.5 652,339 85.2 9.3 5.5 77.6 646,688 80.8 13.7 5.5
Female 80.2 983,393 89.9 5.2 4.9 78.1 945,529 81.8 12.9 5.3 75.9 923,641 75.3 19.1 5.6
Age group  
Younger than 1 73.3 37,835 91.3 3.8 4.9 69.8 9,237 72.9 19.5 7.6 67.5 7,313 63.1 27.9 9.1
1 to 4 78.7 35,894 87.3 6.0 6.7 76.2 29,564 78.0 15.1 6.9 74.1 25,841 70.6 22.2 7.2
5 to 9 81.9 27,034 89.2 4.7 6.2 78.6 22,638 81.9 11.6 6.5 77.1 20,166 75.5 17.5 7.0
10 to 14 81.6 25,870 89.3 4.4 6.2 78.9 28,664 82.6 10.3 7.0 76.1 32,349 77.7 15.2 7.1
15 to 19 72.8 49,831 85.1 6.5 8.4 68.1 52,379 74.5 15.9 9.6 65.0 54,298 66.5 23.2 10.4
20 to 24 67.6 70,637 79.8 11.2 8.9 62.2 70,224 63.1 26.6 10.3 59.0 70,808 51.2 37.6 11.2
25 to 34 77.9 225,732 86.4 8.1 5.5 73.4 217,485 71.6 22.2 6.2 69.9 205,788 60.0 33.1 6.9
35 to 44 80.1 191,606 89.0 5.2 5.7 77.7 180,773 80.9 12.9 6.2 76.0 173,808 74.5 19.1 6.4
45 to 54 82.5 214,923 90.7 4.0 5.3 81.7 218,754 85.6 9.0 5.4 81.0 224,727 81.2 13.3 5.5
55 to 64 84.6 239,176 92.0 3.6 4.4 84.5 245,326 87.9 7.8 4.3 83.9 252,859 84.1 11.7 4.2
65 to 74 84.0 234,975 93.2 3.1 3.7 84.3 237,871 89.9 6.5 3.6 83.8 240,058 86.8 9.6 3.6
75 or older 77.5 305,304 92.9 3.1 4.0 78.0 284,953 89.5 6.3 4.1 76.4 262,314 86.2 9.7 4.1
Notes: Sex and age group were defined using information available in the DAD and available in the linkage key only (comprised of birth date//sex//postal code). Province/Territory was defined based on the first letter of the postal code. Because their postal codes all begin with X, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut were combined.
Sources: 2006 Census of Population; 2006/2007 to 2008/2009 census-linked Discharge Abstract Database.
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