Table 1.1.2.3 Self-rated health as "very good" or "excellent" in 1996/97 and rating in 1998/99, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada excluding territories

Self-rated health as "very
good" or "excellent" in
1996/97 and rating in
1998/99
Persons who rated their health as "very good" or "excellent" in 1996/97 Persons who rated their health as "very good" or "excellent" in 1996/97 and in 1998/99 Persons who rated their health as "very good" or "excellent" in 1996/97 but did not rate it as such in 1998/99 Persons who rated their health as "very good" or "excellent" in 1996/97 but did not state their health in 1998/99 Proportion of persons who rated their health as "very good" or "excellent" in 1996/97 and in 1998/99 Proportion of persons who rated their health as "very good" or "excellent" in 1996/97 but did not rate it as such in 1998/99 Proportion of persons who rated their health as "very good" or "excellent" in 1996/97 but did not state their health in 1998/99
Number Number Number Number % % %
             
Total, 12 years and over 15,232,809.0 12,159,999.0 2,982,968.0 89,842.0 79.8 19.6 0.6
  Males
7,773,099.0 6,270,237.0 1,452,534.0 50,329.0 80.7 18.7 0.6
  Females
7,459,709.0 5,889,762.0 1,530,434.0 39,513.0 79.0 20.5 0.5
             
12-14 years 897,820.0 743,663.0 154,157.0 -- 82.8 17.2 --
  Males
494,241.0 420,310.0 73,931.0 -- 85.0 15.0 --
  Females
403,579.0 323,353.0 80,226.0 -- 80.1 19.9 --
             
15-19 years 1,564,772.0 1,320,287.0 241,138.0 -- 84.4 15.4 --
  Males
853,306.0 745,934.0 104,025.0 -- 87.4 12.2 --
  Females
711,466.0 574,353.0 137,113.0 -- 80.7 19.3 --
             
20-24 years 1,337,395.0 1,101,587.0 235,579.0 -- 82.4 17.6 --
  Males
746,566.0 607,978.0 138,360.0 -- 81.4 18.5 --
  Females
590,829.0 493,609.0 97,219.0 -- 83.5 16.5 --
             
25-34 years 3,018,207.0 2,520,274.0 490,894.0 -- 83.5 16.3 --
  Males
1,484,634.0 1,240,704.0 236,891.0 -- 83.6 16.0 --
  Females
1,533,573.0 1,279,570.0 254,003.0 -- 83.4 16.6 --
             
35-44 years 3,491,277.0 2,882,310.0 602,386.0 -- 82.6 17.3 --
  Males
1,744,602.0 1,431,050.0 306,971.0 -- 82.0 17.6 --
  Females
1,746,675.0 1,451,260.0 295,416.0 -- 83.1 16.9 --
             
45-54 years 2,282,462.0 1,833,534.0 441,803.0 -- 80.3 19.4 --
  Males
1,253,140.0 1,035,362.0 214,270.0 -- 82.6 17.1 --
  Females
1,029,322.0 798,172.0 227,534.0 -- 77.5 22.1 --
             
55-64 years 1,311,044.0 927,357.0 372,391.0 -- 70.7 28.4 --
  Males
627,397.0 429,674.0 194,440.0 -- 68.5 31.0 --
  Females
683,648.0 497,683.0 177,950.0 -- 72.8 26.0 --
             
65-74 years 822,680.0 564,175.0 245,463.0 13,043.0 68.6 29.8 1.6
  Males
378,890.0 256,835.0 110,341.0 -- 67.8 29.1 --
  Females
443,790.0 307,340.0 135,121.0 -- 69.3 30.4 --
             
75 years and over 507,151.0 266,812.0 199,158.0 41,181.0 52.6 39.3 8.1
  Males
190,324.0 102,391.0 73,305.0 14,628.0 53.8 38.5 7.7
  Females
316,827.0 164,421.0 125,853.0 26,553.0 51.9 39.7 8.4
             

1. Data source: Statistics Canada, National Population Health Survey, 1994/95, 1996/97 and 1998/99, longitudinal sample, health file
2. Population aged 12 and over who rate their own health status as "excellent" or "very good" for two or more consecutive survey cycles.
3. Population, age and province are based on the first survey cycle.
4. Data with sampling variability (coefficient of variation) of greater than 33.3% were suppressed (- -); therefore, numbers in various aggregations may not sum to the totals.
5. CANSIM table number 01047012.