Table 9
Self-reported health of senior women and men living in private households, by age group, Canada, 2009

Table 9
Self-reported health of senior women and men living in private households, by age group, Canada, 2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of Self-reported health of senior women and men living in private households. The information is grouped by Age group appearing as row headers and is grouped by Perception of health, Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, Poor, Total, In positive terms, In negative terms appearing as column headers, calculated using percentage as a unit of measure.
Age group	Perception of health
	Excellent	Very Good	Good	Fair	Poor	Total¹	In positive terms²	In negative terms²
	percentage
65 to 74
Women	14.3*	29.6*	35.7	14.8*	5.6*	100.0	79.6*	20.4*
Men	15.6*	30.6*	33.5	16.1*	4.3*	100.0	79.7*	20.3*
Women and men	14.9*	30.1*	34.7	15.4*	4.9*	100.0	79.7*	20.4*
75 to 84
Women	9.3	26.1	35.0	22.1	7.5	100.0	70.4	29.6
Men	10.5*	27.6	34.3	19.5	8.0	100.0	72.5*	27.5*
Women and men	9.8	26.8*	34.7	21.0	7.7	100.0	71.3*	28.7*
85 and over^†
Women	8.9	24.9	33.4	22.7	10.2	100.0	67.2	32.8
Men	6.1^E	19.5	35.7	25.5	13.2^E	100.0	61.3	38.7
Women and men	7.9	22.9	34.3	23.7	11.3	100.0	65.0	35.0
Total — 65 and over
Women	12.0	27.9	35.3	18.1	6.7	100.0	75.2	24.8
Men	13.2	28.9	33.9	17.9	6.1	100.0	76.0	24.0
Women and men	12.6	28.4	34.7	18.0	6.4	100.0	75.6	24.4
^E use with caution * statistically significant difference in relation to reference age group at p<0.05 ^† refers to reference group 1. The total refers to the sum of the first five categories. 2. The positive terms category includes excellent, very good and good. The negative terms categories includes fair and poor. Note: No statistically significant difference between women and men. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2009.

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