Table 3.4-2
Mercury (total) — Whole blood concentrations (μg/L) for the Canadian population, by sex and age group, 2014 and 2015

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Table 3.4-2
Mercury (total) — Whole blood concentrations (Micrograms per litre) for the Canadian population, by sex and age group, 2014 and 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Mercury (total) — Whole blood concentrations (Micrograms per litre) for the Canadian population, by sex and age group, 2014 and 2015. Percent less than the limit of detection, Geometric Mean, 10th Percentile, 50th Percentile, 90th Percentile, 90th Percentile, Estimate and Confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
% <LODTable 3.4-2 Note † Geometric Mean 10th Percentile 50th Percentile 90th Percentile 90th Percentile
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 71.19 Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD 0.85Note E: Use with caution <LODNote E: Use with caution 1.3Note E: Use with caution 1.3Note E: Use with caution 0.54Note E: Use with caution 2.1Note E: Use with caution
Age 6 to 11 59.57 Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD 1.1 0.84 1.3 1.5 0.96 2.0
Age 12 to 19 61.33 Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD 1.3 0.92 1.7 2.2Note E: Use with caution 1.2Note E: Use with caution 3.2Note E: Use with caution
Age 20 to 39 40.54 Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ <LOD <LOD <LOD 0.48 <LOD 0.65 2.0 1.6 2.4 2.9 2.0 3.8
Age 40 to 59 27.69 0.77 0.65 0.92 <LOD <LOD <LOD 0.80 0.63 0.98 3.1 2.2 4.1 3.7 2.9 4.6
Age 60 to 79 24.92 0.88 0.73 1.1 <LOD <LOD <LOD 0.92 0.76 1.1 3.3 2.6 4.0 4.6 3.1 6.1
Age 3 to 79 44.82 Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ <LOD <LOD <LOD 0.59 0.47 0.72 2.5 1.9 3.1 3.5 2.9 4.2
Males
Age 6 to 11 60.39 Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD 0.93 0.62 1.2 1.3Note E: Use with caution 0.80Note E: Use with caution 1.9Note E: Use with caution
Age 12 to 19 61.79 Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD 1.4Note E: Use with caution 0.79Note E: Use with caution 1.9Note E: Use with caution Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Age 20 to 39 38.79 0.56 0.45 0.69 <LOD <LOD <LOD 0.47Note E: Use with caution <LODNote E: Use with caution 0.65Note E: Use with caution 2.0 1.5 2.5 2.9Note E: Use with caution 1.3Note E: Use with caution 4.6Note E: Use with caution
Age 40 to 59 29.56 0.84 0.72 0.98 <LOD <LOD <LOD 0.90 0.72 1.1 3.5 2.5 4.4 4.1 2.9 5.3
Age 60 to 79 24.65 0.86 0.69 1.1 <LOD <LOD <LOD 0.85 0.63 1.1 3.4 2.5 4.4 5.3 3.6 7.0
Age 3 to 79 44.99 Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ <LOD <LOD <LOD 0.58 0.45 0.71 2.8 2.0 3.6 3.7 2.6 4.8
Females
Age 6 to 11 58.75 Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD 1.2 0.89 1.5 1.6Note E: Use with caution 0.95Note E: Use with caution 2.3Note E: Use with caution
Age 12 to 19 60.87 Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD <LOD 1.2Note E: Use with caution 0.63Note E: Use with caution 1.7Note E: Use with caution 2.0Note E: Use with caution 0.94Note E: Use with caution 3.0Note E: Use with caution
Age 20 to 39 42.25 Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ <LOD <LOD <LOD 0.50Note E: Use with caution <LODNote E: Use with caution 0.69Note E: Use with caution 2.0 1.6 2.5 2.9 2.0 3.8
Age 40 to 59 25.85 0.71 0.55 0.90 <LOD <LOD <LOD 0.72 0.50 0.95 2.3Note E: Use with caution 1.4Note E: Use with caution 3.2Note E: Use with caution 3.4 2.4 4.5
Age 60 to 79 25.20 0.89 0.72 1.1 <LOD <LOD <LOD 0.97 0.79 1.1 3.3 2.5 4.0 4.2 3.1 5.3
Age 3 to 79 44.64 Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ Table 3.4-2 Note ‡ <LOD <LOD <LOD 0.60 0.47 0.74 2.2 1.6 2.8 3.3 2.7 4.0
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
<LOD less than the limit of detection
Note †

the results presented in this column represent the proportion of the sample that had results that were below the limit of detection (LOD)

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Note ‡

if >40% of samples were below the LOD, the percentile distribution is reported but means were not calculated

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Note: Any results less than the LOD are assigned a value equal to half the value of the LOD.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Health Measures Survey, Cycle 4, 2014 and 2015.

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