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Table 2
Age standardized proportions (ASP) of four health measures by sex, immigrant status and immigrant landing duration, aged 20 to 65^{Table 2 Note ‡}

Table 2
Age standardized proportions (ASP) of four health measures by sex, immigrant status and immigrant landing duration, aged 20 to 65^{Table 2 Note ‡}
Table summary
This table displays the results of Age standardized proportions (ASP) of four health measures by sex. The information is grouped by ASP of health measure (appearing as row headers), Chronic A, Chronic B, Overweight
(BMI ≥ 25), Low self-rated health, ASP and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
ASP of health measure	Chronic A^{Table 2 Note §}			Chronic B^{Table 2 Note ††}			Overweight (BMI ≥ 25)			Low self-rated health
	ASP	95% confidence interval		ASP	95% confidence interval		ASP	95% confidence interval		ASP	95% confidence interval
	ASP	from	to	ASP	from	to	ASP	from	to	ASP	from	to
Male
Canadian-born^{Table 2 Note †}	43.5	43.0	44.0	11.8	11.5	12.1	64.5	64.0	65.0	9.4	9.1	9.7
IMDB immigrant	33.6^Note *	32.0	35.2	10.4^Note *	9.3	11.5	52.7^Note *	50.9	54.5	9.1	8.0	10.1
Immigrant landing duration^{Table 2 Note §§}
Recent (0 to 3 years)	25.5^Note *	18.4	32.6	4.8^Note *	1.5	8.0	50.7^Note *	43.9	57.5	5.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.7	8.2
Medium-term (4 to 9 years)	33.2^Note *	28.9	37.4	10.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.1	14.6	54.3^Note *	49.7	58.9	8.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.1	12.0
Long-term (10 years or more)	34.9^Note *	32.9	36.9	10.9	9.7	12.1	53.2^Note *	51.1	55.4	9.7	8.4	11.0
Female
Canadian-born	50.3	49.7	50.8	14.7	14.4	15.1	47.0	46.5	47.5	9.8	9.5	10.1
IMDB immigrant	43.2^Note *	41.4	45.0	10.3^Note *	9.1	11.5	37.5^Note *	35.8	39.2	10.5	9.4	11.6
Immigrant landing duration^{Table 2 Note ††}
Recent (0 to 3 years)	40.7^Note *	35.1	46.2	*8.7^Note ^{Note E: Use with caution}**	4.5	12.9	37^Note *	30.8	43.2	8.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	4.2	12.2
Medium-term (4 to 9 years)	42.6^Note *	38.5	46.7	9.7^Note *	6.8	12.6	38.7^Note *	34.6	42.7	9.2^Note *	6.6	11.8
Long-term (10 years or more)	45.6^Note *	43.4	47.7	10.6^Note *	9.3	12.0	38.6^Note *	36.4	40.8	11.8	10.4	13.2
^E use with caution Note * significantly different from reference category (p<0.05) Return to note * referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Note ‡ standardized to 2011 National Household Survey population aged 20 to 65, based on 20-to-39, 40-to-54, and 55-to-65 age groups. Return to note ‡ referrer Note § Chronic A is defined as having at least one of the following chronic conditions: asthma, back pain, high blood pressure, migraine, ulcer, and arthritis. Return to note § referrer Note †† Chronic B is defined as having at least one of the following chronic conditions: heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and Crohn’s disease. Return to note †† referrer Note §§ ASPs for pre-landing immigrants are suppressed given the poor quality of estimates. Return to note §§ referrer Notes: sample excludes full-time and part-time students, pregnant women, residents in territories, those who had a BMI greater than 50 or less than 10, and those about whom information on smoking, physical activity or diet is missing; all estimation applied share-link subset bootstrap weights to account for complex survey design. BMI=body mass index. Source: Canadian Community Health Survey linked to the Longitudinal Immigration Database file, 2007 to 2014, Statistics Canada.

Date modified:: 2019-04-17