Table 1 Prevalence of nutritional risk, by sex and selected characteristics, household population aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2008/2009

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Table summary
This table displays the results of prevalence of nutritional risk. The information is grouped by characteristics (appearing as row headers), both sexes, men, women, % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics	Both sexes			Men			Women
	%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval		%	95% confidence interval
	%	from	to	%	from	to	%	from	to
Total	34.2	33.1	35.4	29.4	27.8	31.0	38.2^Note ‡	36.6	39.8
Demographic
Age group
65 to 74	32.6Note *	31.0	34.1	28.7	26.6	30.8	36.1Note *^Note ‡	33.8	38.4
75 or older^Note †	36.3	34.8	37.8	30.4	28.0	32.7	40.6^Note ‡	38.6	42.6
Education (household)
Less than postsecondary graduation	38.5Note *	36.9	40.2	32.7Note *	30.2	35.3	42.4Note *^Note ‡	40.2	44.6
Postsecondary graduation^Note †	30.5	29.0	32.0	26.8	24.8	28.8	34.1^Note ‡	31.9	36.2
Household income quintile
1	41.8Note *	39.7	43.9	37.5Note *	34.0	41.0	44.5Note *^Note ‡	42.0	46.9
2	34.3Note *	31.9	36.6	29.5	26.2	32.7	38.5Note *^Note ‡	35.1	41.9
3	30.5	27.7	33.2	27.5	23.9	31.0	33.7^Note ‡	29.4	38.0
4	27.8	24.3	31.3	25.3	20.5	30.1	31.2	25.5	36.9
5^Note †	26.5	22.3	30.8	26.3	21.2	31.5	26.9	19.2	34.5
Social
Living arrangements
Alone	48.9Note *	47.3	50.6	51.1Note *	47.9	54.3	48.2Note *	46.3	50.0
With others^Note †	27.9	26.6	29.3	24.7	22.9	26.4	31.6^Note ‡	29.4	33.7
Tangible social support
High^Note †	30.7	29.5	32.0	26.7	25.0	28.4	34.3^Note ‡	32.5	36.2
Low	49.3Note *	46.6	52.0	45.8Note *	41.4	50.2	51.1Note *	47.8	54.4
Social participation
Frequent^Note †	31.5	30.3	32.8	26.8	24.9	28.7	35.3^Note ‡	33.7	36.9
Infrequent	42.8Note *	40.2	45.4	37.2Note *	33.8	40.6	47.8Note *^Note ‡	44.4	51.3
Transport
Regular driver^Note †	31.2	29.9	32.6	28.1	26.4	29.7	35.2^Note ‡	33.1	37.3
Non-driver	41.8Note *	39.7	43.9	39.0Note *	34.1	43.8	42.5Note *	40.2	44.8
Mental and physical well-being
Depression
Yes	62.4Note *	54.9	69.9	59.0Note *	44.8	73.1	64.5Note *	56.7	72.4
No^Note †	33.2	32.1	34.4	28.5	26.9	30.1	37.1^Note ‡	35.5	38.7
Disability
No/Mild^Note †	27.0	25.6	28.3	24.2	22.4	26.1	29.5^Note ‡	27.5	31.4
Moderate/Severe	44.0Note *	42.1	45.9	37.2Note *	34.3	40.1	49.0Note *^Note ‡	46.7	51.3
Number of medications used daily in past month
0 or 1^Note †	28.0	26.4	29.6	25.5	23.1	27.9	30.3^Note ‡	28.0	32.5
2 to 4	37.2Note *	35.6	38.7	31.7Note *	29.5	33.9	41.6Note *^Note ‡	39.4	43.8
5 or more	54.1Note *	49.5	58.7	43.0Note *	35.2	50.9	59.5Note *^Note ‡	54.3	64.8
Oral health
Good/Very good/Excellent^Note †	32.8	31.6	34.0	28.3	26.6	30.0	36.4^Note ‡	34.8	38.0
Fair/Poor	45.5Note *	41.9	49.1	37.3Note *	32.3	42.3	53.4Note *^Note ‡	48.7	58.2
Note ^† reference category Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Note ^‡ significantly different from men (p<0.05) Source: 2008/2009 Canadian Community Health Survey - Healthy Aging.