Appendix Table 3
Characteristics of the 2006 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort
| Characteristic | Ethnicity | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European | Non-Indigenous North American | East Asian | South Asian | West Central Asian and Middle Eastern | African | Caribbean | Latin, Central and South American | |
| Number | 3,644,025 | 1,909,073 | 367,966 | 226,429 | 106,059 | 95,518 | 90,574 | 72,289 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 39.9 (52.2) | 35.7 (50.9) | 34.7 (49.6) | 32.2 (48.9) | 30.9 (47.9) | 28.5 (45.4) | 31.1 (49.0) | 29.0 (44.9) |
| percent | ||||||||
| Age group (years) | ||||||||
| 0 to 39 | 47.9 | 55.0 | 58.1 | 64.6 | 66.2 | 71.2 | 65.9 | 70.2 |
| 40 to 54 | 24.4 | 23.8 | 24.6 | 19.9 | 20.8 | 19.4 | 18.5 | 19.8 |
| 55 to 64 | 12.7 | 10.8 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 5.6 | 8.9 | 6.3 |
| 65 to 74 | 8.1 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 2.4 |
| 75 and older | 6.9 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 1.3 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 49.0 | 49.0 | 47.3 | 50.3 | 51.6 | 50.8 | 46.2 | 48.2 |
| Female | 51.0 | 51.0 | 52.7 | 49.7 | 48.4 | 49.2 | 53.8 | 51.8 |
| Number of reported ethnicities | ||||||||
| 1 | 71.6 | 56.6 | 87.4 | 89.3 | 77.2 | 63.9 | 60.7 | 55.4 |
| 2 or more | 28.4 | 43.4 | 12.6 | 10.7 | 22.8 | 36.1 | 39.3 | 44.6 |
| Immigrant status | ||||||||
| Non-immigrant | 85.1 | 98.6 | 29.8 | 29.9 | 34.0 | 38.0 | 48.7 | 37.5 |
| Immigrant | 14.6 | 1.4 | 67.5 | 68.4 | 63.7 | 58.4 | 50.1 | 58.6 |
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Note: SD = standard deviation. Source: 2006 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort. |
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