Table 2.1
Bisphenol A (BPA) — Urine concentrations (μg/L) for the Canadian population, by sex and age group, 2014 and 2015
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% <LODTable 2.1 Note † | Geometric Mean | 10th Percentile | 50th Percentile | 90th Percentile | 95th Percentile | |||||||||||
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Estimate | Confidence interval | Estimate | Confidence interval | Estimate | Confidence interval | Estimate | Confidence interval | Estimate | Confidence interval | |||||||
From | To | From | To | From | To | From | To | From | To | |||||||
Both Sexes | ||||||||||||||||
Age 3 to 5 | 7.83 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.28Note E: Use with caution | <LODNote E: Use with caution | 0.44Note E: Use with caution | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 6.4Note E: Use with caution | 2.9Note E: Use with caution | 9.9Note E: Use with caution |
Age 6 to 11 | 6.46 | 1.1 | 0.90 | 1.4 | 0.29 | <LOD | 0.40 | 1.1 | 0.83 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 |
Age 12 to 19 | 4.95 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.26 | <LOD | 0.35 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 6.5 |
Age 20 to 39 | 7.73 | 1.1 | 0.93 | 1.4 | <LODNote E: Use with caution | <LODNote E: Use with caution | 0.35Note E: Use with caution | 1.2 | 0.97 | 1.4 | 5.6Note E: Use with caution | 3.3Note E: Use with caution | 7.8Note E: Use with caution | 7.4 | 5.1 | 9.7 |
Age 40 to 59 | 7.72 | 0.86 | 0.74 | 1.0 | 0.28 | <LOD | 0.38 | 0.94 | 0.77 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 4.2Note E: Use with caution | 2.4Note E: Use with caution | 5.9Note E: Use with caution |
Age 60 to 79 | 10.28 | 1.1 | 0.96 | 1.2 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | 1.0 | 0.84 | 1.2 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 5.5Note E: Use with caution | 2.3Note E: Use with caution | 8.7Note E: Use with caution |
Age 3 to 79 | 7.30 | 1.0 | 0.95 | 1.1 | 0.26 | <LOD | 0.33 | 1.0 | 0.94 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 7.1 |
Males | ||||||||||||||||
Age 6 to 11 | 6.69 | 1.1 | 0.84 | 1.5 | 0.29Note E: Use with caution | <LODNote E: Use with caution | 0.46Note E: Use with caution | 1.1 | 0.80 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 3.5 | 6.4 |
Age 12 to 19 | 3.97 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.29 | <LOD | 0.37 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 7.1 | 7.0Note E: Use with caution | 3.5Note E: Use with caution | 11Note E: Use with caution |
Age 20 to 39 | 4.68 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 0.53 | 0.41 | 0.65 | 1.3 | 0.85 | 1.7 | 6.1Note E: Use with caution | 2.4Note E: Use with caution | 9.8Note E: Use with caution | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
Age 40 to 59 | 7.14 | 0.91 | 0.71 | 1.2 | 0.28Note E: Use with caution | <LODNote E: Use with caution | 0.46Note E: Use with caution | 0.95Note E: Use with caution | 0.58Note E: Use with caution | 1.3Note E: Use with caution | 2.8Note E: Use with caution | 0.93Note E: Use with caution | 4.6Note E: Use with caution | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
Age 60 to 79 | 7.53 | 1.2 | 0.91 | 1.5 | 0.36 | 0.30 | 0.42 | 1.2 | 0.82 | 1.6 | 4.7 | 3.1 | 6.4 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
Age 3 to 79 | 5.89 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.35 | 0.28 | 0.43 | 1.2 | 0.97 | 1.3 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 8.0 |
Females | ||||||||||||||||
Age 6 to 11 | 6.23 | 1.1 | 0.93 | 1.3 | 0.28Note E: Use with caution | <LODNote E: Use with caution | 0.40Note E: Use with caution | 1.1 | 0.81 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.8 | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note F: too unreliable to be published |
Age 12 to 19 | 5.93 | 1.0 | 0.89 | 1.2 | 0.24Note E: Use with caution | <LODNote E: Use with caution | 0.37Note E: Use with caution | 1.1 | 0.90 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.4 |
Age 20 to 39 | 10.47 | 0.88 | 0.67 | 1.2 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | 1.0Note E: Use with caution | 0.59Note E: Use with caution | 1.5Note E: Use with caution | 4.6Note E: Use with caution | 2.5Note E: Use with caution | 6.7Note E: Use with caution | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
Age 40 to 59 | 8.28 | 0.81 | 0.70 | 0.94 | 0.31Note E: Use with caution | <LODNote E: Use with caution | 0.44Note E: Use with caution | 0.93 | 0.76 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 2.4 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
Age 60 to 79 | 13.22 | 1.0 | 0.77 | 1.3 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | 0.94Note E: Use with caution | 0.60Note E: Use with caution | 1.3Note E: Use with caution | 4.1 | 2.7 | 5.5 | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act | Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act |
Age 3 to 79 | 8.70 | 0.92 | 0.79 | 1.1 | <LOD | <LOD | <LOD | 0.98 | 0.82 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 7.3 |
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act E use with caution F too unreliable to be published <LOD less than the limit of detection
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Health Measures Survey, Cycle 4, 2014 and 2015. |
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