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Table 3
Prevalence of health-promoting factors, by age group, household population aged 45 or older, Canada, 2009

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Health-promoting factors 45 to 64 65 or older
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Never smoked daily/Quit for 15 or more years 65.4 64.0 66.8 81.8* 80.9 82.7
Not obese (body mass index less than 30 kg/m2) 76.8 75.3 78.1 81.1* 80.1 82.0
Sleeps well 78.2 77.0 79.4 78.6 77.7 79.5
Fruit/Vegetable consumption five or more times per day 36.5 34.9 38.1 39.0* 37.7 40.3
Good oral health 87.7 86.7 88.7 88.4 87.6 89.1
Frequent walker 44.7 43.0 46.5 45.3 44.0 46.6
Frequent social participation 71.8 70.2 73.3 75.0* 73.9 76.1
Low daily stress 33.6 32.0 35.2 56.7* 55.5 57.9
Number of health-promoting factors
0 to 2
 5.5 4.9 6.2 2.4* 2.1 2.8
3
 10.5 9.5 11.6 6.7* 6.1 7.3
4
 20.4 19.0 21.8 14.6* 13.7 15.5
5
 26.6 25.2 28.0 23.7* 22.7 24.7
6
 21.9 20.6 23.3 27.1* 26.0 28.2
7
 11.9 10.8 13.0 19.5* 18.5 20.5
8
 3.2 2.7 3.9 6.0* 5.4 6.6
* significantly different from estimate for 45 to 64 age group (p < 0.05)
Source: 2009 Canadian Community Health Survey — Healthy Aging.

 

 

Date Modified: 2015-07-17

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