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Table 2
Observed prevalence for health indicators in Regular Force veterans, by era

Table 2
Observed prevalence for health indicators in Regular Force veterans, by era
Table summary
This table displays the results of Observed prevalence for health indicators in Regular Force veterans Veterans released between 1954 and 2003, Canadian comparator, 2003, Veterans released between 1998 and 2012, Canadian comparator, 2012, % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval
	Veterans released between 1954 and 2003^{Table 2 Note †}			Canadian comparator, 2003^{Table 2 Note †}			Veterans released between 1998 and 2012^{Table 2 Note ‡}			Canadian comparator, 2012^{Table 2 Note §}
	%	from	to	%	from	to	%	from	to	%	from	to
Activity limitation (sometimes, often)	42.3^Note *	39.0	45.7	34.1	33.4	34.7	49.5^Note *	47.2	51.8	24.6	23.9	25.3
Low income (below low-income measure by household size)	4.7^Note *	3.7	6.0	7.4	7.0	7.7	7.6^Note *	6.3	9.1	15.1	14.6	15.6
Life stress (quite a bit, extremely stressful)	24.5	21.4	27.8	22.9	22.4	23.5	22.5	20.3	24.5	25.8	25.3	26.3
Heavy drinking (5 or more drinks per occasion, 12 or more times per year)	22.0	19.3	25.0	20.2	19.6	20.7	24.7	22.7	26.8	27.0	26.5	27.5
Self-rated mental health (very good, excellent)	78.8^Note *	75.8	81.5	72.4	71.8	73.1	61.6^Note *	59.3	63.9	72.8	72.3	73.3
Self-rated health (very good, excellent)	56.7	53.0	60.2	55.2	54.5	55.8	52.6^Note *	50.2	54.9	61.5	60.9	62.9
Obesity	19.7	16.8	23.1	16.6	16.1	17.0	26.1^Note *	24.1	28.2	20.2	19.7	20.7
Needs help with activities of daily living	13.9	11.9	16.0	11.9	11.5	12.3	20.1^Note *	18.4	22.0	6.0	5.5	6.5
Employment rate	67.6	64.8	70.2	68.9	65.2	72.3	71.8^Note *	69.7	73.8	76.4	74.4	78.4
Postsecondary education	55.7	51.9	59.3	53.6	52.9	54.3	52.3^Note *	50.0	54.7	67.1	66.5	67.7
Life satisfaction (satisfied, very satisfied)	90.8	88.7	92.6	91.2	90.8	91.6	85.8^Note *	84.0	87.4	92.1	91.8	92.4
Sense of community belonging (somewhat strong, very strong)	61.2	57.6	64.7	64.4	63.8	65.1	57.5^Note *	55.2	59.8	62.1	61.5	62.7
Daily smoking	22.2	19.5	25.1	19.4	18.9	19.9	16.5^Note *	14.7	18.4	20.4	20.0	20.8
Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † From the 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) Return to note † referrer Note ‡ From the 2013 Life After Service Survey (LASS) Return to note ‡ referrer Note § From the 2012 CCHS Return to note § referrer Sources: Statistics Canada, 2003 CCHS, 2013 LASS and 2012 CCHS.

Date modified:: 2018-11-21