Table A
Canadian Community Health Survey–Healthy Aging sample and percentage distribution of selected characteristics, by proxy status, household population aged 45 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009 Table A
Canadian Community Health Survey–Healthy Aging sample and percentage distribution of selected characteristics, by proxy status, household population aged 45 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009

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Table A
Canadian Community Health Survey–Healthy Aging sample and percentage distribution of selected characteristics, by proxy status, household population aged 45 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009
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This table displays the results of Canadian Community Health Survey–Healthy Aging sample and percentage distribution of selected characteristics Proxy respondents, Non-proxy respondents, Sample n, Estimated, SE, Number ’000 and % (appearing as column headers).
	Sample n	Estimated		SE	Sample n	Estimated		SE
	Proxy respondents				Non-proxy respondents
		Number ’000	%			Number ’000	%
		Number ’000	%			Number ’000	%
Total	689	301	100.0		30,176	13,333	100.0
Sex
Men	360	196	65.2^{Table A Note †}	3.3	12,937	6,361	47.7	0.1
Women	329	105	34.8^{Table A Note †}	3.3	17,239	6,972	52.3	0.1
Mean age	689	301	64.7^{Table A Note †}	1.0	30,176	13,333	60.4	0.0
Household education
Postsecondary or higher	436	205	69.6	4.3	17,537	8,907	68.5	0.6
Less than postsecondary	221	89^{Note E: Use with caution}	30.4	4.3	12,071	4,102	31.5	0.6
Functional impairment
Mean HUI3	633	282	0.6^{Table A Note †}	0.0	29,473	13,124	0.9	0.0
Hearing difficulty
None	439	243	82.5^{Table A Note †}	2.4	26,267	12,347	93.5	0.2
Any hearing difficulty	223	51	17.5^{Table A Note †}	2.4	3,488	864	6.5	0.2
Mild	71	16^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.6^{Note E: Use with caution}^{Table A Note †}	1.2	1,656	431	3.3	0.1
Moderate or severe	152	35	11.9^{Table A Note †}	1.8	1,832	433	3.3	0.1
^E use with caution Note † significantly different from non-proxy respondents (p < 0.05) Return to note † referrer SE = standard error Note: Because of missing data, detail may not sum to total. Source: 2008/2009 Canadian Community Health Survey–Healthy Aging.

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