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Dietary practices, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada, 2003

Dietary practices            Total Consume fruits and vegetables less than 5 times per day Consume fruits and vegetables 5 to 10 times per day Consume fruits and vegetables more than 10 times per day Fruit and vegetable consumption, not stated
Number Number % Number % Number % Number %
2003  
Total, 12 years and over 26,578,125 14,668,191 55.2 9,369,778 35.3 980,031 3.7 1,560,124 5.9
Males 13,090,299 8,025,140 61.3 3,816,954 29.2 402,195 3.1 846,010 6.5
Females 13,487,826 6,643,051 49.3 5,552,824 41.2 577,837 4.3 714,115 5.3
12-19 years 3,316,567 1,686,079 50.8 1,199,952 36.2 194,933 5.9 235,604 7.1
Males 1,700,772 899,150 52.9 558,124 32.8 104,227 6.1 139,271 8.2
Females 1,615,795 786,929 48.7 641,827 39.7 90,706 5.6 96,333 6.0
12-14 years 1,275,076 596,054 46.7 481,993 37.8 71,761 5.6 125,268 9.8
Males 664,241 321,766 48.4 231,755 34.9 40,472 6.1 70,248 10.6
Females 610,835 274,288 44.9 250,238 41.0 31,289 5.1 55,020 9.0
15-19 years 2,041,491 1,090,025 53.4 717,958 35.2 123,173 6.0 110,336 5.4
Males 1,036,531 577,384 55.7 326,369 31.5 63,755 6.2 69,023 6.7
Females 1,004,960 512,641 51.0 391,589 39.0 59,418 5.9 41,313 4.1
20-34 years 6,317,776 3,688,067 58.4 2,114,939 33.5 282,437 4.5 232,333 3.7
Males 3,166,496 2,028,502 64.1 880,221 27.8 122,541 3.9 135,232 4.3
Females 3,151,281 1,659,565 52.7 1,234,719 39.2 159,896 5.1 97,101 3.1
20-24 years 2,166,912 1,256,173 58.0 701,638 32.4 114,784 5.3 94,317 4.4
Males 1,111,860 692,938 62.3 307,997 27.7 53,264 4.8 57,661 5.2
Females 1,055,052 563,235 53.4 393,640 37.3 61,520 5.8 36,656 3.5
25-34 years 4,150,865 2,431,894 58.6 1,413,302 34.0 167,653 4.0 138,016 3.3
Males 2,054,636 1,335,564 65.0 572,224 27.9 69,277 3.4 77,571 3.8
Females 2,096,229 1,096,330 52.3 841,078 40.1 98,376 4.7 60,445 2.9
35-44 years 5,296,597 3,184,513 60.1 1,743,674 32.9 173,399 3.3 195,011 3.7
Males 2,671,810 1,787,692 66.9 702,320 26.3 59,964 2.2 121,834 4.6
Females 2,624,787 1,396,821 53.2 1,041,354 39.7 113,435 4.3 73,177 2.8
45-64 years 7,862,039 4,411,515 56.1 2,833,252 36.0 229,914 2.9 387,358 4.9
Males 3,891,595 2,486,191 63.9 1,121,542 28.8 81,469 2.1 202,394 5.2
Females 3,970,443 1,925,324 48.5 1,711,710 43.1 148,445 3.7 184,964 4.7
45-54 years 4,571,406 2,655,184 58.1 1,593,717 34.9 123,711 2.7 198,794 4.3
Males 2,240,920 1,476,517 65.9 617,697 27.6 44,261 2.0 102,445 4.6
Females 2,330,486 1,178,667 50.6 976,020 41.9 79,450 3.4 96,349 4.1
55-64 years 3,290,633 1,756,331 53.4 1,239,535 37.7 106,203 3.2 188,564 5.7
Males 1,650,676 1,009,674 61.2 503,845 30.5 37,208 2.3 99,949 6.1
Females 1,639,957 746,657 45.5 735,690 44.9 68,995 4.2 88,615 5.4
65 years and over 3,785,145 1,698,017 44.9 1,477,960 39.0 99,349 2.6 509,819 13.5
Males 1,659,626 823,605 49.6 554,747 33.4 33,994 2.0 247,279 14.9
Females 2,125,520 874,412 41.1 923,214 43.4 65,354 3.1 262,539 12.4
65-74 years 2,182,159 1,036,901 47.5 873,384 40.0 63,986 2.9 207,889 9.5
Males 1,030,238 549,213 53.3 344,863 33.5 23,109 2.2 113,052 11.0
Females 1,151,922 487,688 42.3 528,520 45.9 40,876 3.5 94,837 8.2
75 years and over 1,602,986 661,116 41.2 604,577 37.7 35,363 2.2 301,930 18.8
Males 629,388 274,392 43.6 209,884 33.3 10,885 1.7 134,227 21.3
Females 973,598 386,724 39.7 394,693 40.5 24,478 2.5 167,702 17.2
1. Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2003
2. Population aged 12 and over, who reported the average number of times per day that they consume fruits and vegetables.
3. Bootstrapping techniques were used to produce the coefficient of variation (CV) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
4. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3% are identified by an (E) and should be interpreted with caution.
5. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater than 33.3% were suppressed (F) due to extreme sampling variability.
6. "Health regions" are defined by the provincial ministries of health. These are legislated administrative areas in all provinces except Nova Scotia. In Nova Scotia, the Ministry of Health uses statistical "zones" rather than its legislated administrative areas; the zones are aggregations of the nine district health authorities.
7. For complete Canadian coverage, each of the northern territories also represents a health region.
8. The health regions presented in this table are based on boundaries and names in effect as of June 2003.
9. A "peer group" is a grouping of health regions that have similar social and economic characteristics. The nine peer groups are identified by the letters A through I, which are appended to the health region 4-digit code.
10. In Ontario, Public health units (PHU) administer health promotion and disease prevention programs, and District health councils (DHC) are advisory, health planning organizations.
11. In Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, health regions are referred to as Health Authorities (HA) or Regional Health Authorities (RHA).
12. To avoid data suppression, northern regions in Manitoba have been grouped with neighbouring regions, as follows: Churchill Regional Health Authority (4690) is combined with Burntwood Regional Health Authority (4680) and referred to as "Burntwood/Churchill (4685)".
13. To avoid data suppression, northern regions in Saskatchewan have been grouped with neighbouring regions, as follows: Athabasca Health Authority (4713) is combined with Mamawetan Churchill River Regional Health Authority (4711) and Keewatin Yatthé Regional Health Authority (4712) and referred to as "Mamawetan/Keewatin/Athabasca (4714)".
14. The following standard symbols are used in Statistics Canada publications: (..) for figures not available for a specific reference period and (...) for figures not applicable.
15. CANSIM table number 01050249.