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Table B. Overweight and obesity rates, by selected characteristics, female household population aged 18 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004
  Overweight Obese Overweight/Obese
  Estimated population
'000		 % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
Total
12,124
30.2
28.1,  32.3
23.2
21.3,  25.1
53.4
51.2,  55.7
Age group 18 to 24
1,463
22.32
17.6,  27.1
12.12
8.6,  15.6
34.42
29.2,  39.6
25 to 34
1,926
26.1
20.0,  32.2
16.92
12.9,  21.0
43.02
36.5,  49.5
35 to 44
2,529
27.6
22.3,  32.9
20.9
16.6 , 25.2
48.5
42.5,  54.6
45 to 54
2,428
33.8
28.4,  39.2
29.62
24.4,  34.8
63.42
57.5,  69.3
55 to 64
1,718
32.1
27.5,  36.8
31.12
26.2,  36.1
63.32
58.0,  68.5
65 to 74
1,028
37.92
32.2,  43.6
25.1
20.4,  29.8
63.02
56.6,  69.4
75 and over
1,032
36.12
31.3,  40.9
26.5
21.8,  31.1
62.52
57.5,  67.6
Province Newfoundland and Labrador
205
26.8
19.9,  33.7
34.52
27.4,  41.7
61.4
52.7,  70.0
Prince Edward Island
53
31.0
24.8,  37.3
30.3
23.3,  37.4
61.42
54.7,  68.0
Nova Scotia
368
30.2
23.0,  37.3
30.32
23.6, 37.1
60.5
53.1,  67.8
New Brunswick
289
31.1
23.9,  38.3
27.6
19.8,  35.3
58.7
50.7, 66.8
Quebec
2,952
28.0
23.3,  32.7
22.7
17.9,  27.5
50.7
45.2,  56.3
Ontario
4,708
31.0
27.4,  34.6
22.4
19.4,  25.4
53.4
49.4,  57.4
Manitoba
418
28.9
24.5,  33.4
26.0
21.6,  30.4
54.9
49.5,  60.3
Saskatchewan
356
30.2
23.0,  37.5
32.92
26.0,  39.8
63.12
55.8,  70.4
Alberta
1,164
30.3
24.2,  36.4
22.6
18.1,  27.2
52.9
46.6,  59.2
British Columbia
1,609
32.5
26.9,  38.2
20.1
15.9,  24.3
52.7
46.4,  58.9
Ethnic origin White
10,134
29.9
27.7,  32.1
24.82
22.7, 26.9
54.7
52.3,  57.1
Black
223
42.73
19.9,  65.5
4
...
65.83
41.5,  90.0
Southeast/East Asian
664
24.03
13.1,  34.9
4
...
31.42 3
19.4,  43.5
Aboriginal (off-reserve)
174
29.33
19.3,  39.3
40.02
27.9 ,  52.0
69.32
56.9,  81.6
Other
930
35.33
23.1,  47.4
14.52 3
7.9,  21.2
49.8
38.1,  61.5
Fruit and vegetable consumption Less than 3 times a day
2,919
29.1
25.1,  33.0
27.42
23.2,  31.6
56.5
52.1,  60.8
3 to less than 5 times a day
4,681
29.5
26.5,  32.6
23.4
20.5,  26.3
53.0
49.4,  56.6
5 and more times a day1
4,474
31.8
27.9,  35.8
20.3
17.1,  23.4
52.1
48.0,  56.2
Leisure-time physical activity level High1
1,945
27.0
22.0,  31.9
13.5
10.5,  16.6
40.5
35.1,  46.0
Moderate
2,905
31.4
27.1,  35.7
20.82
17.5,  24.1
52.22
47.5,  56.9
Sedentary
7,273
30.6
27.8,  33.5
26.82
24.0,  29.5
57.42
54.2,  60.6
Marital status
(aged 25 and over)		 Married or Common-law1
7,268
32.0
29.0,  34.9
23.4
20.8,  26.1
55.4
52.2,  58.6
Widowed
1,088
37.3
32.8,  41.8
30.02
25.2,  34.8
67.32
63.1,  71.5
Separated or Divorced
1,124
31.5
25.1,  37.9
27.7
21.7,  33.8
59.3
51.6,  67.0
Never Married
1,171
21.42
16.4, 26.5
25.6
19.2,  31.9
47.02
40.0,  54.1
Education (aged 25 to 64) Less than secondary graduation
1,168
36.5
27.9,  45.1
36.92
28.6,  45.2
73.42
66.9,  79.9
Secondary graduation
1,697
28.4
22.6,  34.3
24.9
19.0,  30.8
53.3
46.6,  60.0
Some postsecondary
586
31.3
22.7,  40.0
32.32
23.9,  40.8
63.72
54.0,  73.4
Postsecondary graduation1
5,027
29.0
25.6,  32.4
20.5
17.8,  23.2
49.5
45.7,  53.3
Household income Lowest
428
25.6
17.4,  33.9
21.43
12.9,  30.0
47.1
35.0,  59.2
Lower-middle
833
30.8
23.9,  37.6
24.8
18.5,  31.1
55.6
48.0,  63.1
Middle
2,500
31.0
26.5,  35.6
27.92
23.3, 32.5
58.92
54.1,  63.8
Upper-middle
3,854
28.4
24.7,  32.1
24.72
21.6,  27.9
53.1
49.2,  57.1
Highest1
3,412
31.2
26.5,  35.8
19.6
15.8,  23.5
50.8
46.0,  55.6
Missing
1,097
33.1
26.2,  39.9
18.1
13.1,  23.0
51.1
43.4,  58.9
Notes: Age groups and provinces are compared with rate for Canada. Respondents with missing information are: marital status (5), education (45), fruit and vegetable consumption (30), physical activity level (2).
1. Reference category
2. Significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)
3. Coefficient of variation between 16.6% and 33.3% (interpret with caution)
4. Coefficient of variation greater than 33.3% (suppressed because of extreme sampling variability).
Data source: 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey: Nutrition