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Reported occasion of food consumption, by age group and sex, household population aged 1 and over, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS 2.2), Nova Scotia


                                Number of persons 95% confidence interval Percent of population 95% confidence interval Percent of total energy intake 95% confidence interval
   Low High  Low High  Low High
Both sexes  
Total, age 1 and over  
Total 895,189 889,310 901,069 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 805,962 784,696 827,229 90.0 87.7 92.4 16.6 15.5 17.7
Lunch 722,877 690,289 755,464 80.8 77.2 84.4 22.1 20.7 23.6
Supper (dinner) 856,180 842,248 870,112 95.6 94.1 97.2 32.3 30.6 34.0
Other 873,927 861,846 886,007 97.6 96.5 98.8 29.0 26.7 31.2
1 to 18 years  
Total 192,095 190,265 193,926 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 172,879 166,710 179,048 90.0 86.9 93.0 16.4 15.2 17.5
Lunch 157,594 149,140 166,047 82.0 77.7 86.4 21.3 19.6 23.0
Supper (dinner) 184,146 179,827 188,464 95.9 93.8 97.9 28.6 26.8 30.4
Other 190,429 187,942 192,916 99.1 98.3 100.0 33.7 31.6 35.8
1 to 3 years  
Total 25,037 23,370 26,705 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 25,037 23,370 26,705 100.0 100.0 100.0 18.7 16.3 21.1
Lunch 24,010 22,089 25,932 95.9 91.7 100.1 21.6 18.9 24.2
Supper (dinner) 24,954 23,284 26,624 99.7 99.0 100.3 22.9 20.3 25.5
Other 24,846 23,141 26,552 99.2 97.7 100.7 36.9 33.1 40.7
4 to 8 years  
Total 48,695 48,070 49,320 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 48,237 47,413 49,061 99.1 98.0 100.1 18.2 16.3 20.0
Lunch 43,230 39,375 47,085 88.8 81.0 96.6 23.3 20.8 25.7
Supper (dinner) 48,063 47,054 49,071 98.7 97.0 100.4 26.0 23.5 28.4
Other 48,600 47,931 49,269 99.8 99.4 100.2 32.6 29.6 35.7
9 to 13 years  
Total 56,716 56,716 56,716 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 53,094 50,664 55,525 93.6 89.3 97.9 16.1 13.9 18.3
Lunch 51,636 48,308 54,964 91.0 85.2 96.9 23.5 20.6 26.4
Supper (dinner) 55,074 53,402 56,747 97.1 94.2 100.1 29.8 26.6 33.0
Other 55,980 54,716 57,244 98.7 96.5 100.9 30.6 27.1 34.1
14 to 18 years  
Total 61,647 61,272 62,021 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 46,510 41,247 51,773 75.4 66.9 84.0 14.9 12.6 17.2
Lunch 38,717 32,050 45,384 62.8 52.0 73.6 18.0 14.5 21.5
Supper (dinner) 56,055 52,619 59,490 90.9 85.4 96.5 30.8 26.7 34.8
Other 61,003 60,282 61,724 99.0 98.0 100.0 36.4 32.1 40.6
19 years and over  
Total 703,094 697,531 708,657 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 633,083 612,991 653,176 90.0 87.3 92.8 16.7 15.2 18.1
Lunch 565,283 533,633 596,932 80.4 76.0 84.8 22.4 20.6 24.2
Supper (dinner) 672,034 658,555 685,513 95.6 93.7 97.4 33.3 31.2 35.3
Other 683,497 671,463 695,532 97.2 95.8 98.7 27.7 25.0 30.5
19 to 30 years  
Total 136,164 130,601 141,727 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 112,406 101,851 122,960 82.6 75.3 89.8 15.8 11.8 19.8
Lunch 97,696 84,415 110,977 71.7 62.6 80.9 18.5 14.9 22.0
Supper (dinner) 124,593 114,916 134,269 91.5 85.1 97.9 31.0 25.5 36.4
Other 135,976 130,407 141,544 99.9 99.6 100.1 34.7 24.9 44.6
31 to 50 years  
Total 279,999 279,999 279,999 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 252,751 240,638 264,864 90.3 85.9 94.6 15.9 13.5 18.3
Lunch 217,794 196,786 238,802 77.8 70.3 85.3 23.7 20.6 26.7
Supper (dinner) 267,793 259,525 276,060 95.6 92.7 98.6 30.5 27.6 33.5
Other 274,935 269,024 280,847 98.2 96.1 100.3 30.0 27.3 32.6
51 to 70 years  
Total 206,124 206,124 206,124 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 188,527 177,948 199,105 91.5 86.3 96.6 17.6 15.0 20.3
Lunch 175,334 163,457 187,210 85.1 79.3 90.8 21.8 19.3 24.2
Supper (dinner) 199,601 194,261 204,941 96.8 94.2 99.4 38.8 35.6 42.0
Other 198,559 191,477 205,641 96.3 92.9 99.8 21.8 18.1 25.5
71 years and over  
Total 80,807 80,807 80,807 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 79,400 76,644 82,156 98.3 94.8 101.7 19.6 17.1 22.1
Lunch 74,459 69,560 79,358 92.1 86.1 98.2 27.4 22.8 32.0
Supper (dinner) 80,048 78,897 81,198 99.1 97.6 100.5 35.6 30.4 40.8
Other 74,027 69,877 78,177 91.6 86.5 96.7 17.4 13.8 20.9
Males  
Total, age 1 and over  
Total 435,864 429,701 442,027 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 382,157 363,706 400,608 87.7 83.8 91.6 16.4 14.6 18.2
Lunch 339,558 314,270 364,846 77.9 72.3 83.6 21.5 19.3 23.8
Supper (dinner) 413,934 401,379 426,490 95.0 92.4 97.5 32.5 30.0 35.0
Other 425,868 416,421 435,315 97.7 96.0 99.4 29.5 26.1 33.0
1 to 18 years  
Total 95,498 89,335 101,661 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 85,498 78,453 92,543 89.5 85.4 93.7 16.7 15.0 18.4
Lunch 74,692 66,803 82,581 78.2 71.5 84.9 20.4 18.2 22.6
Supper (dinner) 89,283 82,614 95,952 93.5 89.9 97.1 29.1 26.3 31.8
Other 94,935 88,881 100,989 99.4 98.7 100.1 33.8 30.9 36.8
1 to 3 years  
Total 11,139 7,661 14,616 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 11,139 7,661 14,616 100.0 100.0 100.0 18.9 14.9 22.9
Lunch 10,911 7,389 14,432 98.0 93.9 102.0 22.9 18.1 27.7
Supper (dinner) 11,055 7,579 14,532 99.3 97.7 100.8 22.2 19.1 25.2
Other 10,948 7,474 14,421 98.3 94.9 101.7 36.1 30.1 42.0
4 to 8 years  
Total 23,727 18,393 29,061 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 23,557 18,243 28,871 99.3 98.1 100.5 20.3 17.8 22.8
Lunch 19,678 14,484 24,873 82.9 68.8 97.1 21.5 18.1 24.9
Supper (dinner) 23,508 18,161 28,855 99.1 96.9 101.2 26.8 23.3 30.3
Other 23,727 18,393 29,061 100.0 100.0 100.0 31.4 27.8 35.0
9 to 13 years  
Total 29,105 29,105 29,105 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 26,921 24,764 29,079 92.5 85.1 99.9 15.6 12.7 18.6
Lunch 25,869 23,342 28,396 88.9 80.2 97.6 24.6 20.7 28.5
Supper (dinner) 27,577 25,916 29,238 94.7 89.0 100.5 29.1 24.3 33.9
Other 28,927 28,542 29,312 99.4 98.1 100.7 30.7 25.8 35.5
14 to 18 years  
Total 31,527 31,527 31,527 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 23,880 20,388 27,373 75.7 64.7 86.8 15.1 11.8 18.5
Lunch 18,235 13,241 23,228 57.8 42.0 73.7 15.7 11.4 20.1
Supper (dinner) 27,143 24,055 30,230 86.1 76.3 95.9 31.7 25.9 37.5
Other 31,333 31,003 31,664 99.4 98.3 100.4 37.5 31.5 43.5
19 years and over  
Total 340,366 340,366 340,366 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 296,659 279,788 313,531 87.2 82.2 92.1 16.4 14.1 18.6
Lunch 264,865 240,628 289,103 77.8 70.7 84.9 21.8 19.1 24.6
Supper (dinner) 324,651 313,907 335,396 95.4 92.2 98.5 33.4 30.4 36.4
Other 330,933 323,627 338,239 97.2 95.1 99.4 28.4 24.1 32.7
19 to 30 years  
Total 69,433 69,433 69,433 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 54,997 46,011 63,982 79.2 66.3 92.1 16.4 E 10.5 E 22.3 E
Lunch 44,927 33,122 56,733 64.7 47.7 81.7 16.6 11.3 21.9
Supper (dinner) 60,447 51,662 69,232 87.1 74.4 99.7 31.3 23.1 39.4
Other 69,245 68,917 69,573 99.7 99.3 100.2 35.7 E 20.5 E 50.8 E
31 to 50 years  
Total 136,723 136,723 136,723 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 122,249 113,444 131,054 89.4 83.0 95.9 15.9 11.8 20.1
Lunch 105,835 89,150 122,520 77.4 65.2 89.6 24.6 19.3 30.0
Supper (dinner) 130,791 124,448 137,134 95.7 91.0 100.3 29.6 25.1 34.1
Other 134,881 131,745 138,016 98.7 96.4 100.9 29.9 26.2 33.5
51 to 70 years  
Total 100,962 100,962 100,962 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 87,573 77,518 97,627 86.7 76.8 96.7 16.5 12.3 20.7
Lunch 84,635 76,091 93,179 83.8 75.4 92.3 20.6 17.3 23.8
Supper (dinner) 100,306 99,224 101,387 99.3 98.3 100.4 40.4 35.7 45.0
Other 97,197 91,758 102,635 96.3 90.9 101.7 22.6 17.1 28.1
71 years and over  
Total 33,248 33,248 33,248 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 31,841 29,085 34,597 95.8 87.5 104.1 18.6 14.6 22.5
Lunch 29,468 26,299 32,637 88.6 79.1 98.2 26.2 22.0 30.4
Supper (dinner) 33,107 32,836 33,378 99.6 98.8 100.4 37.8 33.2 42.4
Other 29,610 26,200 33,021 89.1 78.8 99.3 17.4 12.6 22.3
Females  
Total, age 1 and over  
Total 459,325 450,569 468,081 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 423,805 409,172 438,438 92.3 89.8 94.8 16.8 15.7 17.9
Lunch 383,319 360,980 405,658 83.5 79.0 87.9 22.9 21.0 24.8
Supper (dinner) 442,246 430,186 454,305 96.3 94.5 98.1 32.0 30.3 33.8
Other 448,059 435,753 460,365 97.5 95.8 99.3 28.3 26.1 30.5
1 to 18 years  
Total 96,597 90,373 102,822 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 87,381 79,503 95,259 90.5 86.0 94.9 16.0 14.5 17.5
Lunch 82,901 74,789 91,014 85.8 80.1 91.6 22.4 19.9 24.8
Supper (dinner) 94,863 88,489 101,237 98.2 96.6 99.8 28.1 25.8 30.4
Other 95,494 88,762 102,227 98.9 97.5 100.2 33.5 30.4 36.6
1 to 3 years  
Total 13,899 10,323 17,475 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 13,899 10,323 17,475 100.0 100.0 100.0 18.5 15.6 21.4
Lunch 13,100 9,578 16,621 94.3 87.3 101.2 20.4 17.2 23.7
Supper (dinner) 13,899 10,323 17,475 100.0 100.0 100.0 23.4 19.4 27.5
Other 13,899 10,323 17,475 100.0 100.0 100.0 37.6 31.6 43.7
4 to 8 years  
Total 24,968 19,649 30,287 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 24,680 19,359 30,000 98.8 97.2 100.5 15.9 13.7 18.1
Lunch 23,552 18,043 29,060 94.3 88.3 100.4 25.1 21.9 28.2
Supper (dinner) 24,555 19,191 29,918 98.3 95.7 101.0 25.1 21.6 28.6
Other 24,873 19,552 30,193 99.6 98.8 100.4 33.9 29.2 38.6
9 to 13 years  
Total 27,611 27,611 27,611 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 26,173 25,115 27,231 94.8 91.0 98.6 16.7 13.5 19.8
Lunch 25,768 23,473 28,062 93.3 85.0 101.6 22.1 18.2 25.9
Supper (dinner) 27,498 27,253 27,742 99.6 98.7 100.5 30.8 26.3 35.2
Other 27,053 25,890 28,216 98.0 93.8 102.2 30.5 24.7 36.4
14 to 18 years  
Total 30,120 29,745 30,494 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 22,630 18,602 26,658 75.1 61.8 88.5 14.6 11.4 17.7
Lunch 20,482 16,355 24,609 68.0 54.3 81.7 21.3 15.7 26.9
Supper (dinner) 28,912 27,532 30,291 96.0 91.6 100.4 29.4 25.3 33.6
Other 29,670 29,018 30,322 98.5 96.8 100.2 34.7 29.2 40.2
19 years and over  
Total 362,728 357,165 368,291 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 336,424 324,513 348,335 92.7 89.9 95.6 17.0 15.7 18.3
Lunch 300,418 280,376 320,459 82.8 77.5 88.1 23.0 20.7 25.3
Supper (dinner) 347,383 337,816 356,950 95.8 93.6 98.0 33.1 31.0 35.2
Other 352,565 342,882 362,248 97.2 95.1 99.3 26.8 24.2 29.5
19 to 30 years  
Total 66,731 61,168 72,294 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 57,409 49,018 65,800 86.0 76.2 95.9 15.0 11.6 18.4
Lunch 52,769 43,117 62,421 79.1 66.7 91.5 21.1 16.4 25.8
Supper (dinner) 64,146 57,912 70,380 96.1 91.7 100.6 30.5 26.0 35.1
Other 66,731 61,168 72,294 100.0 100.0 100.0 33.4 25.9 40.8
31 to 50 years  
Total 143,276 143,276 143,276 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 130,502 122,611 138,394 91.1 85.6 96.6 15.8 13.6 17.9
Lunch 111,959 98,339 125,579 78.1 68.6 87.6 22.3 18.6 26.1
Supper (dinner) 137,001 131,891 142,111 95.6 92.1 99.2 31.8 29.0 34.6
Other 140,055 134,996 145,114 97.8 94.2 101.3 30.1 25.5 34.6
51 to 70 years  
Total 105,162 105,162 105,162 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 100,954 97,096 104,812 96.0 92.3 99.7 19.1 16.1 22.2
Lunch 90,699 82,214 99,183 86.2 78.2 94.3 23.3 19.8 26.8
Supper (dinner) 99,295 94,037 104,554 94.4 89.4 99.4 36.8 32.7 40.8
Other 101,363 97,128 105,597 96.4 92.4 100.4 20.8 16.5 25.1
71 years and over  
Total 47,559 47,559 47,559 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Breakfast and brunch 47,559 47,559 47,559 100.0 100.0 100.0 20.5 16.7 24.2
Lunch 44,991 41,748 48,233 94.6 87.8 101.4 28.4 20.8 36.0
Supper (dinner) 46,941 45,851 48,030 98.7 96.4 101.0 33.9 25.7 42.0
Other 44,417 40,505 48,328 93.4 85.2 101.6 17.3 13.0 21.6

1. The survey excludes from its target population those living in the three territories, individuals living on Indian reserves or on Crown lands, residents of institutions, full-time members of the Canadian Armed Forces and residents of certain remote regions.
2. The category "Other reported occasions of food consumption" includes snacks, drinks, feeding (infants only - under two years), extended consumptions and other reported occasions. Example of extended consumption: sipping cups of coffee from a 8-cup pot for several hours.
3. The table also excludes non-response (missing values), that is, "don't know", "refusal" and "not stated".
4. The number of persons and the percent of persons reporting an occasion of food consumption shown in the table represents the number of people having at least one occurrence of the occasion during the first interview day. The total of the four categories will not add up to 100%.
5. Characteristics based on the first 24-hour dietary recall (first day of interview) only.
6. The percent of energy from an occasion is equal to the sum of energy in the population for this occasion over the total sum of energy in the population.
7. When comparing estimates, it is important to use confidence intervals to determine if differences between values are statistically significant. Confidence intervals describe sampling variability and give an indication of the precision of a given estimate.
8. Bootstrapping techniques were used to produce the coefficient of variation (CV) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
9. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3% are identified as follows: (E) use with caution.
10. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater than 33.3% were suppressed due to extreme sampling variability and are identified as follows: (F) too unreliable to be published.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS 2.2), Nutrition, 2004 (CANSIM table 105-2012).
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