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Table A
Baseline (1994/1995) characteristics of study sample, by sex, Canada excluding territories
| Characteristics | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size | Estimated population | Sample size | Estimated population | |||
| ’000 | % | ’000 | % | |||
| Total | 5,547 | 8,917.4 | 100.0 | 6,786 | 9,468.0 | 100.0 |
| Age group | ||||||
| 18 to 44 | 3,179 | 5,447.7 | 61.1* | 3,637 | 5,419.7 | 57.2 |
| 45 to 64 | 1,562 | 2,428.2 | 27.2 | 1,811 | 2,633.3 | 27.8 |
| 65 to 74 | 523 | 694.7 | 7.8* | 766 | 896.1 | 9.5 |
| 75 or older | 283 | 346.9 | 3.9* | 572 | 519.0 | 5.5 |
| Household income | ||||||
| Highest | 1,217 | 2,008.9 | 22.5* | 1,100 | 1,756.7 | 18.6 |
| Middle-to-high | 1,057 | 1,772.4 | 19.9 | 1,205 | 1,716.1 | 18.1 |
| Middle | 1,056 | 1,699.2 | 19.1 | 1,166 | 1,698.1 | 17.9 |
| Low-to-middle | 985 | 1,455.2 | 16.3* | 1,363 | 1,827.4 | 19.3 |
| Lowest | 884 | 1,321.0 | 14.8* | 1,528 | 1,822.7 | 19.3 |
| Missing | 348 | 660.8 | 7.4 | 424 | 647.1 | 6.8 |
| Education | ||||||
| Postsecondary graduation | 1,730 | 3,057.9 | 34.3* | 2,051 | 2,940.7 | 31.1 |
| Some postsecondary | 1,373 | 2,290.4 | 25.7 | 1,788 | 2,547.5 | 26.9 |
| Secondary graduation | 834 | 1,354.4 | 15.2* | 1,061 | 1,640.2 | 17.3 |
| Less than secondary graduation | 1,601 | 2,201.0 | 24.7 | 1,880 | 2,331.9 | 24.6 |
| Missing | 9 | F | F | 6 | F | F |
| Ethno-cultural background | ||||||
| White | 5,170 | 8,022.2 | 90.0 | 6,360 | 8,562.2 | 90.4 |
| South/Southeast Asian or Aboriginal | 135 | 303.8 | 3.4 | 175 | 332.3 | 3.5 |
| Other | 216 | 530.9 | 6.0 | 228 | 510.1 | 5.4 |
| Missing | 26 | 60.5E | 0.7E | 23 | 63.4E | 0.7E |
| Body mass index | ||||||
| Underweight/Acceptable (less than 25 kg/m2) | 2,303 | 3,899.8 | 43.7* | 3,810 | 5,481.7 | 57.9 |
| Overweight/Obese (25 kg/m2or more) | 3,212 | 4,959.8 | 55.6* | 2,718 | 3,593.3 | 38.0 |
| Missing | 32 | 57.8E | 0.7E* | 258 | 393.0 | 4.2 |
| Secondary behavioural risk factors | ||||||
| 0 | 1,614 | 2,701.6 | 30.3* | 1,783 | 2,527.0 | 26.7 |
| 1 | 2,557 | 4,185.0 | 46.9* | 3,534 | 4,952.6 | 52.3 |
| 2 or 3 | 1,375 | 2,026.1 | 22.7* | 1,453 | 1,965.3 | 20.8 |
| Missing | F | F | F | 16 | 23.0E | 0.2E |
| * significantly different from estimate for women (p<0.05) E use with caution (coefficient of variation 16.6% to 33.3%) F too unreliable to be published (coefficient of variation greater than 33.3%) Source: 1994/1995 to 2008/2009 National Population Health Survey, longitudinal square file. |
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