Table 2
Percentage distribution of adiposity health risk variables, by sex and body mass index (BMI) category, household population aged 20 to 69 years, Canada, 1981 and 2007-2009

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Table 1
Share of nominal gross domestic product by firm size, 2001 and 2008
 Table summary
 This table displays the results of means for adiposity measures. This information is grouped by body mass index category, total, normal, overweight, obese class 1, 1981 et 2007-2009(appearing as column headers), calculated using percentage and 95% confidence interval as units of measure.
  Body mass index category
Total Normal Overweight Obese class 1
1981 2007-2009 1981 2007-2009 1981 2007-2009 1981 2007-2009
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to from to from to from to from to
Men  
BMI category  
Underweight 1.2Note E: Use with caution 0.8 1.8 0.8 0.4 1.5 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Normal 46.3 43.9 48.8 30.5Note * 25.5 36.0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Overweight 42.4 39.9 44.9 44.1 39.0 49.3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Obese class I 8.6 7.2 10.2 17.8Note * 14.6 21.5 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Obese class II or III 1.5Note E: Use with caution 1.0 2.2 6.9Note * 5.9 8.0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Waist circumference health risk  
Low 68.2 65.7 70.6 46.3Note * 41.6 51.1 97.0 95.4 98.1 93.7 89.3 96.4 51.5 47.4 55.5 38.5Note * 31.4 46.0 Note F: too unreliable to be published ... ... Note F: too unreliable to be published ... ...
Increased 21.8 19.7 24.1 23.0 19.4 27.0 3.0Note E: Use with caution 1.9 4.6 6.2Note E: Use with caution 3.5 10.7 40.9 37.0 45.0 41.4 35.5 47.4 35.6 27.7 44.4 16.1Note *Note E: Use with caution 8.7 27.9
High 10.0 8.5 11.8 30.7Note * 25.6 36.3 Note F: too unreliable to be published ... ... Note F: too unreliable to be published ... ... 7.6 5.7 10.2 20.2Note * 15.3 26.2 62.1 53.4 70.2 83.9Note * 72.1 91.3
Increased/High 31.8 29.4 34.3 53.7Note * 48.9 58.4 3.0Note E: Use with caution 1.9 4.6 6.3Note E: Use with caution 3.6 10.7 48.5 44.5 52.6 61.5Note * 54.0 68.6 97.7 95.4 98.9 100.0 ... ...
Waist-to-hip ratio health risk  
Low 48.4 45.9 50.9 35.6Note * 31.7 39.7 71.3 67.7 74.6 71.8 63.1 79.1 30.9 27.6 34.4 28.0 23.5 32.9 10.4Note E: Use with caution 6.4 16.6 Note F: too unreliable to be published ... ...
Increased/High 51.6 49.1 54.1 64.4Note * 60.3 68.3 28.7 25.4 32.3 28.2 20.9 36.9 69.1 65.6 72.4 72.0 67.1 76.5 89.6 83.4 93.6 96.3Note * 90.0 98.7
Waist-to-height ratio health risk    
Low 41.6 39.3 44.0 30.4Note * 26.0 35.2 76.5 73.0 79.7 79.7 75.2 83.5 11.7 9.9 13.8 12.2 8.9 16.6 Note F: too unreliable to be published ... ... Note F: too unreliable to be published ... ...
Increased/High 58.4 56.0 60.7 69.6Note * 64.8 74.0 23.5 20.3 27.0 20.3 16.5 24.8 88.3 86.2 90.1 87.8 83.4 91.1 99.7 97.0 100.0 100.0 ... ...
Women  
BMI category  
Underweight 3.4 2.8 4.2 2.3 1.3 4.0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Normal 62.2 59.7 64.7 44.7Note * 37.7 51.9 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Overweight 24.8 22.6 27.2 28.9Note * 25.7 32.3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Obese class I 7.1 5.8 8.6 12.4Note * 10.0 15.4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Obese class II or III 2.4Note E: Use with caution 1.7 3.5 11.6Note * 8.4 16.0 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Waist circumference health risk  
Low 70.1 67.7 72.5 39.0Note * 32.6 45.8 92.5 90.5 94.1 77.2Note * 69.6 83.3 35.6 30.4 41.2 7.5Note *Note E: Use with caution 4.2 13.3 Note F: too unreliable to be published ... ... Note F: too unreliable to be published ... ...
Increased 17.1 15.2 19.2 20.3 16.8 24.4 6.9 5.3 8.8 19.1Note * 13.6 26.1 47.7 42.2 53.2 38.4Note * 31.8 45.5 14.0Note E: Use with caution 8.9 21.3 Note F: too unreliable to be published ... ...
High 12.8 11.0 14.7 40.6Note * 34.5 47.0 Note F: too unreliable to be published ... ... 3.8Note *Note E: Use with caution 2.6 5.6 16.7 13.0 21.2 54.1Note * 46.1 61.8 81.6 73.2 87.9 94.3Note * 85.2 97.9
Increased/High 29.9 27.5 32.3 61.0Note * 54.2 67.4 7.5 5.9 9.5 22.8Note * 16.7 30.4 64.4 58.8 69.6 92.5Note * 86.7 95.8 95.7 88.2 98.5 100.0 ... ...
Waist-to-hip ratio health risk  
Low 86.4 84.4 88.2 60.4Note * 55.1 65.6 94.5 92.6 95.9 84.2Note * 77.8 89.0 77.8 72.9 82.1 48.9Note * 42.5 55.3 52.2 42.0 62.2 24.7Note *Note E: Use with caution 16.6 35.1
Increased/High 13.6 11.8 15.6 39.6Note * 34.4 44.9 5.5 4.1 7.4 15.8Note * 11.0 22.2 22.2 17.9 27.1 51.1Note * 44.7 57.5 47.8 37.8 58.0 75.3Note * 64.9 83.4
Waist-to-height ratio health risk  
Low 69.8 67.3 72.3 43.3Note * 37.6 49.1 93.7 91.7 95.2 82.3Note * 77.5 86.3 32.1 27.5 37.2 13.0Note *Note E: Use with caution 8.6 19.3 Note F: too unreliable to be published ... ... Note F: too unreliable to be published ... ...
Increased/High 30.2 27.7 32.7 56.7Note * 50.9 62.4 6.3 4.8 8.3 17.7Note * 13.7 22.5 67.9 62.8 72.5 87.0Note * 80.7 91.4 97.8 93.8 99.2 97.5 80.0 99.7
* signiFIcantly different from 1981 (p<0.05)
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
... not applicable
Note: 1981 estimates were age-standardized to 2007-2009 population.
Sources: 1981 Canada Fitness Survey; 2007-2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey.