Table 2
Prevalence of self-reported good health, good mental health and high blood pressure among immigrants, by selected characteristics, 2007/2009-2009/2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) and 2009/2010 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), household population aged 12 to 79, Canada
Characteristics | CHMS | CCHS | ||||
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% | 95% confidence interval | % | 95% confidence interval | |||
from | to | from | to | |||
Good health | 89.6 | 87.0 | 91.7 | 88.5 | 87.6 | 89.3 |
Age group | ||||||
12 to 29 | 94.7 | 91.5 | 96.7 | 96.7 | 95.7 | 97.5 |
30 to 49 | 91.5 | 86.7 | 94.7 | 91.9 | 90.5 | 93.1 |
50 to 79 | 84.8 | 80.6 | 88.2 | 80.8Note * | 79.2 | 82.2 |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 90.5 | 86.9 | 93.2 | 88.8 | 87.5 | 89.9 |
Female | 88.7 | 84.7 | 91.7 | 88.2 | 87.0 | 89.2 |
World region of origin | ||||||
United States | 94.6 | 87.7 | 97.7 | 91.4 | 87.8 | 94.1 |
South/Central America and Caribbean | 88.8 | 80.8 | 93.7 | 88.3 | 85.9 | 90.4 |
Europe | 88.5 | 85.0 | 91.2 | 85.8 | 84.5 | 87.0 |
Africa | 97.0 | 87.5 | 99.3 | 90.7Note * | 87.5 | 93.1 |
Asia | 88.8 | 83.7 | 92.4 | 89.7 | 88.2 | 91.1 |
Period of arrival | ||||||
1996 or later | 94.0 | 88.6 | 96.9 | 92.6 | 91.2 | 93.9 |
1986 to 1995 | 88.1 | 78.5 | 93.8 | 89.1 | 87.2 | 90.7 |
Before 1986 | 85.3 | 81.1 | 88.7 | 83.4 | 82.0 | 84.7 |
Good mental health | 95.6 | 93.6 | 97.0 | 95.0 | 94.4 | 95.5 |
Age group | ||||||
12 to 29 | 93.9 | 87.2 | 97.2 | 97.0 | 95.8 | 97.9 |
30 to 49 | 96.4 | 92.6 | 98.3 | 94.9 | 93.9 | 95.8 |
50 to 79 | 95.5 | 91.9 | 97.6 | 94.0 | 93.1 | 94.8 |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 95.8 | 93.3 | 97.4 | 95.3 | 94.5 | 96.0 |
Female | 95.4 | 91.5 | 97.6 | 94.7 | 93.9 | 95.4 |
World region of origin | ||||||
United States | 91.7 | 72.9 | 97.9 | 96.2 | 94.3 | 97.4 |
South/Central America and Carribean | 96.9 | 91.6 | 98.9 | 94.8 | 93.0 | 96.2 |
Europe | 96.2 | 91.4 | 98.3 | 94.7 | 93.9 | 95.5 |
Africa | 98.9 | 96.4 | 99.7 | 95.5Note * | 92.9 | 97.2 |
Asia | 95.3 | 92.6 | 97.0 | 95.1 | 94.1 | 96.0 |
Period of arrival | ||||||
1996 or later | 95.8 | 93.3 | 97.3 | 95.9 | 95.02 | 96.7 |
1986 to 1995 | 97.9 | 95.5 | 99.0 | 94.8Note * | 93.3 | 95.9 |
Before 1986 | 94.2 | 89.5 | 96.8 | 94.1 | 93.2 | 94.9 |
High blood pressure (ages 30 to 79) | 22.3 | 18.3 | 27.0 | 21.5 | 20.4 | 22.6 |
Age group | ||||||
30 to 49 | 12.7Note E: Use with caution | 7.5 | 20.6 | 8.2 | 7.0 | 9.6 |
50 to 79 | 33.4 | 28.7 | 38.5 | 34.7 | 33.0 | 36.4 |
Sex | ||||||
Male | 27.8 | 20.7 | 36.4 | 21.8 | 20.3 | 23.4 |
Female | 16.6 | 13.1 | 20.8 | 21.1Note * | 19.6 | 22.8 |
World region of origin | ||||||
United States | 22.2Note E: Use with caution | 13.0 | 35.4 | 19.2 | 14.7 | 24.7 |
South/Central America and Caribbean | 21.8Note E: Use with caution | 13.7 | 32.9 | 20.2 | 16.95 | 24.0 |
Europe | 27.7 | 22.5 | 33.5 | 26.6 | 24.9 | 28.4 |
Africa | Note F: too unreliable to be published | Note ...: not applicable | Note ...: not applicable | 16.1 | 12.1 | 20.8 |
Asia | 19.9Note E: Use with caution | 12.7 | 29.8 | 18.4 | 16.6 | 20.4 |
Period of arrival | ||||||
1996 or later | 12.8Note E: Use with caution | 6.4 | 24.1 | 12.8 | 10.9 | 14.9 |
1986 to 1995 | 16.1 | 12.5 | 20.4 | 18.3 | 15.7 | 21.2 |
Before 1986 | 32.7 | 27.8 | 38.1 | 29.2 | 27.7 | 30.7 |
... not applicable E use with caution F too unreliable to be published
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