Table 2
Prevalence of frailty, by sex and other selected characteristics, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding the territories, 2013 to 2014

Table 2
Prevalence of frailty, by sex and other selected characteristics, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding the territories, 2013 to 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of frailty. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), Both sexes, Male, Female, Number '000, %, 95% confidence interval and Number
'000 (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics	Both sexes				Male				Female
	Number '000	%	95% confidence interval		Number '000	%	95% confidence interval		Number '000	%	95% confidence interval
	Number '000	%	from	to	Number '000	%	from	to	Number '000	%	from	to
Overall	1,130	21.8	21.0	22.6	434	18.3	17.2	19.4	696	24.7^{Table 2 Note ‡}	23.6	25.8
Age group
65 to 74^{Table 2 Note †}	467	15.0	14.2	15.9	191	13.0	11.7	14.3	276	16.8^{Table 2 Note ‡}	15.7	18.0
75 to 84	428	26.9^Note *	25.3	28.5	169	23.4^Note *	21.1	25.8	259	29.8^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	27.7	32.0
85 or older	235	48.0^Note *	45.0	51.1	74	40.9^Note *	35.7	46.4	161	52.2^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	48.6	55.8
Education
Post-secondary^{Table 2 Note †}	581	19.0	18.0	20.0	244	16.2	14.8	17.7	336	21.6^{Table 2 Note ‡}	20.2	23.1
Less than post-secondary	496	25.9^Note *	24.7	27.2	171	22.3^Note *	20.4	24.3	325	28.3^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	26.6	30.1
Marital status and living arrangement
Married or common-law^{Table 2 Note †}	606	18.2	17.2	19.2	324	17.4	16.1	18.8	281	19.3	17.8	20.8
Not married or common-law
Living with others	163	36.0^Note *	32.2	40.0	27	24.6^Note *	18.6	31.8	136	39.7^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	35.0	44.6
Living alone	360	25.5^Note *	24.3	26.8	83	20.7^Note *	18.6	22.9	278	27.5^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	26.1	28.9
Province or territory
Newfoundland and Labrador	20	22.8	19.4	26.6	8	19.3	15.0	24.4	12	26.0^{Table 2 Note ‡}	21.3	31.3
Prince Edward Island	5	18.9	15.0	23.4	2^{Note E: Use with caution}	14.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	9.4	21.0	3	22.8^{Table 2 Note ‡}	17.3	29.4
Nova Scotia	40	24.7^Note *	22.1	27.5	18	24.9^Note *	20.6	29.7	22	24.6	21.3	28.1
New Brunswick	34	26.6^Note *	23.6	29.7	14	23.4^Note *	19.2	28.2	20	29.3^Note *	25.3	33.5
Quebec	241	18.5^Note *	17.0	20.2	90	15.2^Note *	13.1	17.5	151	21.3^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	19.2	23.6
Ontario	465	23.3^Note *	21.8	24.8	173	19.1	17.1	21.4	292	26.7^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	24.6	28.8
Manitoba	41	23.7	21.1	26.5	13	16.8	13.4	21.0	28	29.3^Note *^{Table 2 Note ‡}	25.1	33.8
Saskatchewan	34	23.1	20.6	25.8	15	21.6	18.0	25.8	20	24.4	21.2	27.8
Alberta	96	22.1	19.8	24.7	37	18.2	15.1	21.8	59	25.6^{Table 2 Note ‡}	22.2	29.2
British Columbia	152	20.8	18.7	23.0	64	18.6	15.8	21.8	88	22.7^{Table 2 Note ‡}	20.0	25.6
Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut	2^{Note E: Use with caution}	26.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	18.7	35.8	1^{Note E: Use with caution}	25.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	14.9	40.2	1^{Note E: Use with caution}	27.4	19.9	36.5
Official language minority
French-speaking minority	41	23.9	20.8	27.2	16	21.6	17.4	26.4	25	25.6	21.6	30.0
English-speaking minority	37^{Note E: Use with caution}	24.7	17.8	33.3	18^{Note E: Use with caution}	26.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	17.0	38.4	19^{Note E: Use with caution}	23.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	15.2	34.3
Non-minority speaker^{Table 2 Note †}	996	21.1	20.3	21.9	388	17.8	16.7	19.0	609	23.9^{Table 2 Note ‡}	22.8	25.0
^E use with caution Note * significantly different from estimate for reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note ‡ significantly different from men (p < 0.05) Return to note ‡ referrer Note † reference category Return to note † referrer Notes: The reference category for the provinces and teritories is the rest of Canada. Official language minority estimates exclude people who do not speak either official language. Sources: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2013 and 2014, linked to the Canadian Vital Statistics - Death Database up to December 31, 2017.

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Prevalence of frailty, by sex and other selected characteristics, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding the territories, 2013 to 2014