Table 11
Sit and reach measure completed by the household population, by age and sex, Canada, 2009 to 2011

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Sit and reach measure completed by the household population, by age and sex, Canada, 2009 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the sit and reach measure completed by Canadians 6 to 69 years of age. The row headers provide information for each age group overall and by sex. The column headers provide the estimate and confidence interval for the arithmetic mean, as well as the 5th, 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, 90th and 95th percentiles.
  Sit and reach measure
Mean 5th percentile  10th percentile 25th percentile
Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval
From To From To From To From To
  centimetres
Both sexes  
Age 6 to 11 25.9 25.1 26.7 11.9 9.9 13.8 15.8 14.2 17.3 20.5 19.3 21.6
Age 12 to 19 25.7 24.4 27.0 7.5 5.5 9.5 11.2 9.5 12.9 16.8 14.6 18.9
Age 20 to 39 26.1 24.3 28.0 F . . 8.0 E 4.2 11.9 18.8 15.0 22.6
Age 40 to 59 25.5 24.3 26.6 8.9 7.4 10.3 11.8 10.2 13.3 18.5 17.2 19.8
Age 60 to 69 21.5 20.4 22.6 3.3 E 1.0 5.6 6.5 4.3 8.8 13.7 12.2 15.2
Age 6 to 69 25.2 24.4 26.1 6.3 5.1 7.6 10.3 9.0 11.6 17.8 16.6 18.9
Males  
Age 6 to 11 24.0 23.1 24.8 11.4 9.2 13.6 15.2 13.3 17.1 19.3 17.9 20.7
Age 12 to 19 21.6 19.5 23.7 4.3 E 2.5 6.2 8.3 5.6 11.0 13.9 11.9 15.8
Age 20 to 39 22.4 19.6 25.3 0.0†‡ -3.8 3.8 F . . 13.9 9.0 18.8
Age 40 to 59 23.0 21.9 24.1 5.9 E 2.6 9.3 9.6 7.8 11.4 16.2 14.9 17.5
Age 60 to 69 17.0 16.1 18.0 0.0†‡ -0.7 0.7 3.3 E 1.2 5.5 9.4 6.9 12.0
Age 6 to 69 22.0 20.9 23.0 3.2 E 1.7 4.7 7.0 5.2 8.7 14.3 13.3 15.3
Females  
Age 6 to 11 27.9 26.8 29.0 11.9 7.9 15.8 16.7 13.1 20.2 23.2 21.7 24.7
Age 12 to 19 30.1 28.6 31.5 14.2 12.9 15.5 15.9 14.4 17.4 23.9 21.8 26.1
Age 20 to 39 29.9 28.4 31.4 11.1 E 6.0 16.2 15.6 12.5 18.7 23.7 20.3 27.2
Age 40 to 59 27.8 26.2 29.5 10.9 7.1 14.8 15.0 13.0 16.9 20.9 18.4 23.5
Age 60 to 69 26.1 24.7 27.6 8.7 6.6 10.9 12.2 10.6 13.8 20.4 18.4 22.3
Age 6 to 69 28.6 27.7 29.4 11.1 9.0 13.1 15.0 14.1 15.9 22.1 20.4 23.8
Sit and reach measure completed by the household population, by age and sex, Canada, 2009 to 2011 (continued)
  Sit and reach measure
50th percentile 75th percentile  90th percentile 95th percentile
Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval
From To From To From To From To
  centimetres
Both sexes  
Age 6 to 11 26.5 25.6 27.4 31.6 30.8 32.4 35.2 33.9 36.5 37.5 35.9 39.1
Age 12 to 19 26.1 24.3 27.9 34.1 32.7 35.4 39.0 37.2 40.8 43.0 41.1 44.9
Age 20 to 39 27.3 25.3 29.2 34.5 33.2 35.9 41.3 38.8 43.7 43.4 42.6 44.1
Age 40 to 59 25.9 24.6 27.2 32.6 31.2 34.0 37.7 36.6 38.7 41.4 39.2 43.7
Age 60 to 69 21.9 20.5 23.4 28.5 26.9 30.1 36.1 34.5 37.6 39.1 36.8 41.3
Age 6 to 69 26.1 25.4 26.9 33.0 32.2 33.8 38.5 37.6 39.4 42.4 41.6 43.1
Males  
Age 6 to 11 24.0 22.7 25.3 29.4 28.1 30.6 33.3 31.4 35.1 35.4 33.5 37.4
Age 12 to 19 21.3 19.3 23.2 28.7 25.8 31.5 34.7 31.4 38.1 38.0 33.6 42.4
Age 20 to 39 24.0 20.3 27.8 31.2 28.1 34.2 37.1 33.6 40.7 41.0 36.5 45.4
Age 40 to 59 23.3 21.1 25.6 30.7 28.7 32.6 34.7 33.4 36.0 36.6 35.0 38.3
Age 60 to 69 16.4 14.7 18.1 23.9 21.8 25.9 29.9 27.6 32.1 33.2 30.1 36.3
Age 6 to 69 22.4 21.0 23.8 29.9 28.5 31.4 35.0 33.9 36.1 38.0 36.2 39.8
Females  
Age 6 to 11 29.4 28.1 30.6 33.2 32.3 34.1 36.4 35.1 37.7 39.1 37.1 41.0
Age 12 to 19 31.0 29.0 33.1 37.0 34.9 39.1 42.0 39.4 44.5 44.3 42.5 46.1
Age 20 to 39 30.7 28.5 32.9 37.0 35.2 38.8 43.1 41.8 44.4 44.4 43.1 45.7
Age 40 to 59 27.3 25.0 29.6 34.8 32.3 37.3 40.1 36.9 43.3 42.7 40.6 44.7
Age 60 to 69 26.2 24.9 27.5 32.9 29.2 36.6 37.8 35.7 39.9 41.9 39.4 44.3
Age 6 to 69 28.9 27.8 30.1 35.5 34.4 36.5 41.5 39.9 43.1 43.6 42.7 44.5
†
noise introduced in order to calculate estimate
‡
coefficient of variation could not be calculated, use confidence interval as quality measure
Note(s):
Total household population aged 6 to 69, except those meeting the exclusion criteria (see the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) Data User Guide: Cycle 2).
Source(s):
Canadian Health Measures Survey, Cycle 2.
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