Table 1
Percentage distribution of characteristics of respondents with arthritis, by gender, household population, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009

Table 1
Percentage distribution of characteristics of respondents with arthritis, by gender, household population, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of percentage distribution of characteristics of respondents with arthritis. The information is grouped by characteristic (appearing as row headers), men, women, sample count and weighted estimate ('000 and %) (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic Men Women
Sample count Weighted estimate Sample count Weighted estimate
'000 % '000 %
TotalNote † 1,674 1,310 37.0Note * 2,881 2,233 63.0
Health and health-related factors  
Limited because of arthritis 485 355 27.1Note * 948 800 35.8
Years with arthritis (mean number) 11.5 10.7 … 13.8 13.1 …
Chronic conditions (mean number)  
Disabling 0.55 0.59 Note …: not applicable 0.67 0.68 Note …: not applicable
Nondisabling 0.55 0.70Note * Note …: not applicable 0.8 0.91 Note …: not applicable
Life-threatening 0.35 0.37 Note …: not applicable 0.35 0.37 Note …: not applicable
Smoking  
Never 282 225 17.2Note * 1,037 873 39.1
Former 998 769 58.7Note * 1,332 962 43.1
Current 394 315 24.1Note * 512 398 17.8
Alcohol use  
Nondrinker 325 221 16.9Note * 856 744 33.3
Occasional 461 344 26.3Note * 1,178 844 37.8
Habitual 888 744 56.8Note * 847 646 28.9
Physical activity  
Active 376 280 21.4 483 382 17.1
Moderate 413 349 26.6 657 502 22.5
Inactive 885 681 52.0Note * 1,741 1,349 60.4
Body mass index (BMI)  
Normal 522 362 27.7Note * 1,164 839 37.6
Overweight 719 599 45.7Note * 955 790 35.4
Obese 433 349 26.6 762 604 27.0
Socio-demographic factors  
Age group  
20 to 54 469 448 34.2 590 618 27.7
55 to 74 850 655 50.0 1,478 1,128 50.5
75 or older 355 207 15.8Note * 813 487 21.8
Marital status  
Married/Common-law 1,127 1,010 77.1Note * 1,415 1,386 62.1
Widowed 154 74 5.6Note * 837 429 19.2
Divorced/Separated 204 114 8.7 421 249 11.1
Never married 189 112 8.6 208 170 7.6
Region  
Atlantic 280 138 10.5 442 218 9.8
British Columbia 183 169 12.9 321 250 11.2
Ontario 631 617 47.1 1,123 1,032 46.2
Prairies 362 200 15.2 593 371 16.6
Quebec 218 185 14.2 402 362 16.2
Socio-economic factors  
Education  
Less than secondary graduation 466 302 23.1 899 593 26.5
Secondary graduation/Some postsecondary 305 226 17.3Note * 642 582 26.1
Postsecondary graduation 903 781 59.7Note * 1,340 1,058 47.4
Household income  
Low 454 288 22.0Note * 1,098 646 28.9
High 1,092 896 68.4Note * 1,435 1,261 56.5
Missing 128 126 9.6Note * 348 326 14.6
† percentage of men or women in total arthritis sample
* significantly different from women (p<0.05)
... not applicable
Note: The analysis excludes 10 women for whom BMI was not calculated (they were pregnant or did not report their pregnancy status).
Sources: 2008 Canadian Community Health Survey; 2009 Survey of Living with Chronic Diseases in Canada.
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