Appendix Table 3
Characteristics of the 2006 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort


Appendix Table 3
Characteristics of the 2006 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort
Table summary
This table displays the results of Characteristics of the 2006 Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort. The information is grouped by Characteristic (appearing as row headers), Ethnicity, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
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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