Table 1
Prevalence of high concern about impact of COVID-19 on own and others' health, and precautions, by presence of underlying health condition, household population aged 15 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2020


Table 1
Prevalence of high concern about impact of COVID-19 on own and others' health, and precautions, by presence of underlying health condition, household population aged 15 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of high concern about impact of COVID-19 on own and others' health. The information is grouped by Concern / precaution (appearing as row headers), Overall, Underlying health condition, Yes, No, % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Concern / precaution Overall Underlying health condition
Yes No
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
High concern
Own health 36.3 34.2 38.5 52.0Note * 47.6 56.4 31.4 29.0 33.9
Others' health
Household member 55.2 52.8 57.5 61.1Note * 56.5 65.5 53.3 50.5 56.1
Vulnerable people 80.9 79.2 82.5 76.5Note * 72.5 80.2 82.2 80.3 84.0
Canadian population 70.0 67.8 72.2 71.4 67.2 75.3 69.6 66.9 72.1
World population 69.8 67.5 72.1 70.4 66.2 74.4 69.7 66.9 72.3
Overloading health system 84.4 82.6 86.1 86.1 82.8 88.8 83.9 81.7 85.9
Precaution
Avoided leaving house for non-essential reasons 90.3 88.6 91.7 91.3 88.3 93.6 90.0 87.8 91.8
Used physical distancing when out in public 86.8 85.1 88.4 84.2 80.6 87.3 87.7 85.6 89.5
Avoided crowds and large gatherings 87.2 85.4 88.8 86.6 83.2 89.3 87.4 85.1 89.4
Washed hands more regularly 92.0 90.4 93.3 91.1 87.8 93.6 92.2 90.4 93.8
Avoided touching face 69.8 67.6 72.0 71.8 67.7 75.6 69.2 66.6 71.7
Note *

significantly different from estimate for no underlying health condition (p < 0.05)

Return to note * referrer

Note: Underlying health condition is a compromised immune system, diabetes, or chronic conditon affecting lungs, heart or kidneys.
Source: Canadian Perspectives Survey Series 1: Impacts of COVID-19 (CPSS1).

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