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

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
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of self-reported good health. The information is grouped by Characteristics (appearing as row headers), CHMS, CCHS, % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Characteristics CHMS CCHS
% 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
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