Table 2
Prevalence of vitamin/mineral supplement use, by food security status, age group and sex, household population aged 19 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2004

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Age group/Sex Food secure Food insecure
Low Moderate Severe
% % % %
19 to 50
Men 29 ± 1 27 ± 6 16 ± 5* 31 ± 13
Women 44 ± 1 39 ± 5 35 ± 6 23 ± 9*
51 or older
Men 42 ± 1 19 ± 9* 13 ± 10* 31 ± 19
Women 60 ± 1 61± 8 48 ± 13 50 ± 17
* significantly different from food secure (p<0.05)
Source: 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey—Nutrition.