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Chronic health conditions among senior women and men, by age group, Canada, 2013–2014 Table 16
Chronic health conditions among senior women and men, by age group, Canada, 2013–2014

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Chronic health conditions among senior women and men, by age group, Canada, 2013–2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Chronic health conditions among senior women and men. The information is grouped by Chronic health condition (appearing as row headers), Total – 65 years and over, 65 to 74 years, 75 to 84 years, 85 years and over, Women and Men, calculated using percentage units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Chronic health condition^Note 1	Total – 65 years and over		65 to 74 years		75 to 84 years		85 years and over
	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
	percentage
At least one chronic health condition^Note 2	84.4	82.2^Note *	80.9	79.4	88.7	86.4^Note *	91.0	88.4
High blood pressure	48.4	46.5^Note *	44.6	44.7	53.5	50.6^Note *	55.0	45.4^Note *
Arthritis	48.2	33.0^Note *	44.0	29.8^Note *	53.3	37.8^Note *	55.8	40.3^Note *
Back problems	25.9	24.2^Note *	24.8	24.0	27.3	24.9	27.7	22.2^Note *
Diabetes	15.5	20.6^Note *	14.4	20.6^Note *	17.4	22.0^Note *	15.6	15.1
Heart disease	13.7	20.1^Note *	9.3	16.7^Note *	17.3	24.9^Note *	26.8	28.8
Urinary incontinence	13.6	9.1^Note *	9.9	6.3^Note *	15.4	12.8^Note *	28.1	18.1^Note *
Asthma	8.8	6.4^Note *	8.9	6.6^Note *	9.1	6.2^Note *	7.4	5.7
Bowel disorder	7.9	3.4^Note *	7.6	3.3^Note *	8.5	3.6^Note *	7.9	3.4^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	7.7	7.1	6.6	6.2	9.5	8.6	8.0	8.8
Mood disorder	7.5	5.0^Note *	8.3	5.5^Note *	6.8	4.0^Note *	5.5	5.1
Migraine	6.3	2.8^Note *	7.5	3.2^Note *	4.9	2.0^Note *	4.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.6^{Note E: Use with caution}
Anxiety disorder	6.0	3.5^Note *	6.7	3.9^Note *	5.1	3.0^Note *	5.1	2.3^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *
Cancer	4.8	6.6^Note *	4.1	5.3^Note *	6.1	7.9^Note *	5.0	12.2^Note *
Scoliosis	4.2	1.7^Note *	4.5	1.5^Note *	3.8	2.1^Note *	4.0	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Ulcer	3.8	2.9^Note *	3.8	2.8^Note *	4.1	3.0	3.0	2.6
Effects of stroke	3.3	4.0^Note *	2.1	3.2^Note *	4.4	5.0	7.3	6.9
Alzheimer's disease or other dementia	2.2	2.3	0.6^{Note E: Use with caution}	0.8^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.2	4.1	8.2	7.0
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note * significantly different from women, within age group, at p < 0.05 Return to note * referrer Note 1. Chronic health condition refers to health problems that are reported by the respondent, that have been diagnosed by a health professional, and that are expected to last 6 months or more. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. At least one chronic condition from those listed below. There are other chronic conditions for which data were not collected in the 2013–2014 Canadian Community Health Survey. Return to note 2 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2013–2014.

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