High blood pressure, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada, 2000/01

Chronic conditions -
High blood pressure		 Total population With high blood pressure Without high blood pressure High blood pressure, not stated
Number Number % Number % Number %
2000/2001              
Total, 12 years and over 25,801,719 3,257,198 12.6 22,497,665 87.2 46,856 0.2
  Males
 12,705,415 1,443,291 11.4 11,233,033 88.4 29,091 0.2
  Females
 13,096,304 1,813,907 13.9 11,264,632 86.0 17,765 0.1
             
12-19 years 3,243,281 20,391 0.6 3,217,979 99.2 4,912E 0.2E
  Males
 1,662,580 11,721E 0.7E 1,648,927 99.2 1,932E 0.1E
  Females
 1,580,701 8,670E 0.5E 1,569,052 99.3 2,979E 0.2E
             
12-14 years 1,154,646 2,503E 0.2E 1,150,567 99.6 1,576E 0.1E
  Males
 601,795 F F 600,539 99.8 F F
  Females
 552,851 F F 550,027 99.5 1,103E 0.2E
             
15-19 years 2,088,635 17,887 0.9 2,067,412 99.0 3,335E 0.2E
  Males
 1,060,785 10,938E 1.0E 1,048,387 98.8 1,459E 0.1E
  Females
 1,027,850 6,949E 0.7E 1,019,025 99.1 F F
             
20-34 years 6,303,776 146,902 2.3 6,147,440 97.5 9,434E 0.1E
  Males
 3,191,212 75,131 2.4 3,109,084 97.4 F F
  Females
 3,112,564 71,771 2.3 3,038,356 97.6 F F
             
20-24 years 2,130,833 26,458 1.2 2,100,335 98.6 F F
  Males
 1,081,580 11,534E 1.1E 1,067,070 98.7 F F
  Females
 1,049,253 14,924E 1.4E 1,033,265 98.5 F F
             
25-34 years 4,172,944 120,444 2.9 4,047,105 97.0 F F
  Males
 2,109,632 63,596 3.0 2,042,014 96.8 F F
  Females
 2,063,311 56,848 2.8 2,005,091 97.2 F F
             
35-44 years 5,319,716 314,095 5.9 4,993,201 93.9 12,420E 0.2E
  Males
 2,649,765 175,410 6.6 2,466,445 93.1 7,911E 0.3E
  Females
 2,669,951 138,686 5.2 2,526,756 94.6 F F
             
45-64 years 7,287,155 1,367,325 18.8 5,907,870 81.1 11,960 0.2
  Males
 3,607,491 642,019 17.8 2,958,248 82.0 7,224E 0.2E
  Females
 3,679,663 725,306 19.7 2,949,622 80.2 4,735E 0.1E
             
45-54 years 4,449,730 630,395 14.2 3,811,891 85.7 7,444E 0.2E
  Males
 2,197,419 300,034 13.7 1,893,308 86.2 4,077E 0.2E
  Females
 2,252,312 330,361 14.7 1,918,584 85.2 3,367E 0.1E
             
55-64 years 2,837,424 736,930 26.0 2,095,978 73.9 4,516E 0.2E
  Males
 1,410,073 341,985 24.3 1,064,940 75.5 F F
  Females
 1,427,352 394,945 27.7 1,031,038 72.2 F F
             
65 years and over 3,647,791 1,408,485 38.6 2,231,175 61.2 8,130E 0.2E
  Males
 1,594,367 539,011 33.8 1,050,329 65.9 F F
  Females
 2,053,424 869,474 42.3 1,180,846 57.5 3,104E 0.2E
             
65-74 years 2,156,504 800,967 37.1 1,350,931 62.6 F F
  Males
 1,004,986 340,117 33.8 660,873 65.8 F F
  Females
 1,151,518 460,850 40.0 690,058 59.9 F F
             
75 years and over 1,491,287 607,518 40.7 880,245 59.0 3,523E 0.2E
  Males
 589,380 198,895 33.7 389,456 66.1 F F
  Females
 901,906 408,624 45.3 490,789 54.4 F F
             

1. Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2000/01
2. Population aged 12 and over who report that they have been diagnosed by a health professional as having high blood pressure.
3. Bootstrapping techniques were used to produce the coefficient of variation (CV) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
4. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3% are identified by an (E) and should be interpreted with caution.
5. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater than 33.3% were suppressed (F) due to extreme sampling variability.
6. Health regions are defined by provincial governments as the areas of responsibility for regional health boards (i.e., legislated) or as regions of interest to health care authorities.
7. A "peer group" is a grouping of health regions that have similar social and economic characteristics.
8. In Newfoundland and Labrador, health regions are generally referred to as Health and Community Services (HCS) regions.
9. In Prince Edward Island, the two health regions divide the province into urban and rural components.
10. Prince Edward Island has defined these health regions for statistical purposes only; they bear no resemblance to the boundaries of the five actual administrative health regions.
11. In Nova Scotia, health regions are known as "health zones" and relate to the province's administrative health region boundaries.
12. In Ontario, Public Health Units (PHU) administer health promotion and disease prevention programs, and District Health Councils (DHC) are advisory, health planning organizations.
13. Because of the small population of Churchill, Manitoba (population: 1,110 in 1996), the Canadian Community Health Survey only collects data for the aggregation of Burntwood/Churchill (regions 4680, 4690).
14. In Saskatchewan, "service areas" (SA) have been created from groupings of the 33 health districts.
15. In Alberta, health regions are referred to as Health Authorities (HA) or Regional Health Authorities (RHA).
16. The following symbols are used in Statistics Canada publications: (..) for figures not available and (...) for figures not appropriate or not applicable.
17. CANSIM table number 01050010.