Table 1
Characteristics of household population aged 20 to 79, by sex, 2007 to 2015

Table 1
Characteristics of household population aged 20 to 79, by sex, 2007 to 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Characteristics of household population aged 20 to 79 Women, Men, Sample size, % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
	Sample size	%	95% confidence interval		Sample size	%	95% confidence interval
	Women				Men
	Sample size	%	from	to	Sample size	%	from	to
Hypertensive	1,720	21.5	19.8	23.2	1,832^{Table 1 Note †}	24.5	22.7	26.4
Sociodemographic characteristics
Age in years (mean)	6,925	46.5	46.2	46.8	6,482^{Table 1 Note †}	45.7	45.5	46.0
20 to 39 years	2,414	36.1	35.5	36.6	2,135^{Table 1 Note †}	37.8	37.6	38.1
40 to 59 years	2,335	40.4	40.0	40.7	2,272	40.2	40.0	40.5
60 to 69 years	1,352	15.4	14.6	16.2	1,395	14.9	14.2	15.6
70 to 79 years	824	8.2	7.5	8.9	680^{Table 1 Note †}	7.0	6.4	7.6
Married/Common-law	4,202	64.9	62.5	67.1	4,531	66.0	63.7	68.3
Less than secondary school graduation	916	11.8	10.3	13.6	854	13.3	11.5	15.3
In lowest income quintile	1,674	21.4	19.3	23.6	1,151^{Table 1 Note †}	17.4	15.2	19.9
White	5,601	78.3	73.5	82.4	5,245	78.4	73.3	82.8
Personal and family history
Has regular doctor	6,229	88.9	87.2	90.4	5,317^{Table 1 Note †}	79.3	76.9	81.5
Current smoker (daily or occasional)	1,346	20.3	18.4	22.2	1,566^{Table 1 Note †}	26.9	25.2	28.6
Cardiovascular disease	373	4.0	3.5	4.7	582^{Table 1 Note †}	7.5	6.7	8.4
Family history of high blood pressure	3,432	51.5	49.4	53.7	2,840^{Table 1 Note †}	46.5	44.1	48.9
Family history of early cardiovascular disease	1,585	22.0	19.9	24.2	1,302^{Table 1 Note †}	18.7	17.2	20.3
Risk factors
Less than 150 minutes/week MVPA	3,616	51.2	48.5	53.9	2,829^{Table 1 Note †}	39.2	36.1	42.5
Eats fruits or vegetables fewer than five times per day	4,495	67.3	65.2	69.4	4,983^{Table 1 Note †}	77.5	75.8	79.2
Overweight or obese	4,058	56.3	53.3	59.2	4,650^{Table 1 Note †}	69.5	67.3	71.6
Diabetes	557	7.1	6.2	8.0	685^{Table 1 Note †}	9.4	8.3	10.6
Chronic kidney disease	485	5.6	4.7	6.7	347^{Table 1 Note †}	4.3	3.7	5.0
Non-HDL cholesterol 4.3 mmol/L or higher	1,358	18.5	16.7	20.4	1,720^{Table 1 Note †}	27.2	24.7	29.8
Risk score (mean)	6,752	2.1	2.0	2.1	6,313^{Table 1 Note †}	2.3	2.2	2.3
Zero risk factors	520	8.5	7.1	10.1	247^{Table 1 Note †}	4.2	3.3	5.5
One risk factor	1,562	23.9	21.9	26.1	1,167	21.9	19.9	24.0
Two risk factors	2,203	32.4	30.3	34.5	2,022	31.6	29.4	33.8
Three risk factors	1,689	24.7	22.7	26.7	1,936^{Table 1 Note †}	28.6	26.6	30.6
Four risk factors	659	9.4	8.0	11.0	831^{Table 1 Note †}	12.1	10.8	13.6
Five or six risk factors	119	1.1	0.8	1.5	110	1.6	1.2	2.1
Note † significantly different from estimate for females (p< 0.05) Return to note † referrer SBP=systolic blood pressure DBP=diastolic blood pressure HDL=high-density lipoprotein MVPA=moderate-to-vigorous physical activity Notes: Hypertension is defined as SBP⋝140 mm Hg and/or mean DBP⋝90 mm Hg and/or antihypertensive medication use in the past month. The risk score is the sum of the following risk factors: less than 150 minutes/week in MVPA, fruits and vegetables fewer than five times/day, overweight or obese, diabetes, chronic kidney disease and non-HDL cholesterol 4.3 mmol/L or higher. Sample sizes are unweighted counts. Percentages, means and their confidence intervals are based on weighted estimates. Source: Combined 2007-to-2009, 2009-to-2011, 2012-to-2013 and 2014-to-2015 Canadian Health Measures Survey.

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Characteristics of household population aged 20 to 79, by sex, 2007 to 2015

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