Table 2
Percentage distribution of children and youth, by sociodemographic and health-related characteristics, household population aged 3 to 19 years, Canada excluding the territories, 2012 to 2017


Table 2
Percentage distribution of children and youth, by sociodemographic and health-related characteristics, household population aged 3 to 19 years, Canada excluding the territories, 2012 to 2017
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage distribution of children and youth. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Number '000, % and 95% confidence
interval (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics Number '000 % 95% confidence
interval
from to
Total 6,505 100.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Sociodemographic characteristics
Sex
Male 3,340 51.3 51.3 51.4
Female 3,165 48.7 48.6 48.7
Age group (years)
3 to 5 1,121 17.2 17.0 17.4
6 to 11 2,224 34.2 33.9 34.4
12 to 19 3,160 48.6 48.4 48.8
Household income
Below median 3,238 49.8 46.4 53.2
At or above median 3,267 50.2 46.8 53.6
Household education
Less than postsecondary 985 15.9 14.2 17.8
Postsecondary or higher 5,203 84.1 82.2 85.8
Health-related characteristics
Regular medical doctor
Yes 5,794 89.4 87.5 91.1
No 686 10.6 8.9 12.5
Self-perceived general health
Excellent/very good 4,823 74.1 71.6 76.6
Good 1,368 21.0 19.0 23.3
Fair/poor 313 4.8 3.9 5.9
Self-perceived mental health
Excellent/very good 2,196 71.1 68.1 73.8
Good 646 20.9 18.7 23.3
Fair/poor 249 8.1 6.4 10.1
BMI classification
Underweight 278 4.6 3.8 5.6
Normal range 4,196 69.7 67.8 71.5
Overweight 833 13.8 12.6 15.2
Obesity 714 11.9 10.4 13.5
Asthma
Yes 720 11.1 10.0 12.2
No 5,784 88.9 87.8 90.0
Mood disorder
Yes 216 3.3 2.6 4.3
No 6,289 96.7 95.7 97.4
Attention deficit disorder
Yes 466 7.2 5.6 9.2
No 6,022 92.8 90.8 94.4
Learning disability
Yes 403 6.2 5.1 7.5
No 6,080 93.8 92.5 94.9
... not applicable
Notes: BMI = body mass index. Self-perceived mental health was asked of respondents aged 12 to 19 years. Data for attention deficit disorder and learning disability were collected only in cycles 3 (2012 to 2013) and 4 (2014 to 2015) of the Canadian Health Measures Survey.
Source: 2012 to 2013, 2014 to 2015 and 2016 to 2017 Canadian Health Measures Surveys, combined.

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