Leisure-time physical activity, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada, 2000/01

Leisure-time
physical activity		 Total, leisure-time physical activity Physically active Moderately active Physically inactive Physical activity, not stated
Number Number % Number % Number % Number %
2000/2001                  
Total, 12 years and over 25,801,719 5,423,162 21.0 5,577,001 21.6 12,661,729 49.1 2,139,827 8.3
  Males
 12,705,415 3,007,947 23.7 2,677,892 21.1 5,611,532 44.2 1,408,044 11.1
  Females
 13,096,304 2,415,216 18.4 2,899,108 22.1 7,050,197 53.8 731,782 5.6
                 
12-19 years 3,243,281 1,245,197 38.4 683,271 21.1 897,373 27.7 417,440 12.9
  Males
 1,662,580 734,676 44.2 328,268 19.7 350,015 21.1 249,620 15.0
  Females
 1,580,701 510,521 32.3 355,003 22.5 547,358 34.6 167,819 10.6
                 
12-14 years 1,154,646 479,309 41.5 248,723 21.5 241,959 21.0 184,655 16.0
  Males
 601,795 273,973 45.5 120,778 20.1 100,294 16.7 106,750 17.7
  Females
 552,851 205,335 37.1 127,946 23.1 141,665 25.6 77,905 14.1
                 
15-19 years 2,088,635 765,889 36.7 434,548 20.8 655,414 31.4 232,785 11.1
  Males
 1,060,785 460,703 43.4 207,490 19.6 249,722 23.5 142,870 13.5
  Females
 1,027,850 305,186 29.7 227,057 22.1 405,692 39.5 89,915 8.7
                 
20-34 years 6,303,776 1,418,140 22.5 1,389,548 22.0 2,975,771 47.2 520,317 8.3
  Males
 3,191,212 806,324 25.3 673,562 21.1 1,369,590 42.9 341,737 10.7
  Females
 3,112,564 611,817 19.7 715,986 23.0 1,606,181 51.6 178,580 5.7
                 
20-24 years 2,130,833 576,346 27.0 462,150 21.7 884,115 41.5 208,222 9.8
  Males
 1,081,580 338,041 31.3 225,460 20.8 391,986 36.2 126,092 11.7
  Females
 1,049,253 238,304 22.7 236,690 22.6 492,129 46.9 82,130 7.8
                 
25-34 years 4,172,944 841,795 20.2 927,398 22.2 2,091,656 50.1 312,095 7.5
  Males
 2,109,632 468,282 22.2 448,102 21.2 977,604 46.3 215,644 10.2
  Females
 2,063,311 373,513 18.1 479,296 23.2 1,114,052 54.0 96,451 4.7
                 
35-44 years 5,319,716 962,092 18.1 1,165,553 21.9 2,835,476 53.3 356,595 6.7
  Males
 2,649,765 505,513 19.1 556,992 21.0 1,324,382 50.0 262,879 9.9
  Females
 2,669,951 456,580 17.1 608,560 22.8 1,511,094 56.6 93,717 3.5
                 
45-64 years 7,287,155 1,244,465 17.1 1,634,700 22.4 3,907,018 53.6 500,971 6.9
  Males
 3,607,491 650,883 18.0 781,627 21.7 1,831,842 50.8 343,139 9.5
  Females
 3,679,663 593,582 16.1 853,073 23.2 2,075,176 56.4 157,832 4.3
                 
45-54 years 4,449,730 729,482 16.4 1,006,442 22.6 2,409,901 54.2 303,905 6.8
  Males
 2,197,419 369,086 16.8 477,900 21.7 1,140,674 51.9 209,759 9.5
  Females
 2,252,312 360,397 16.0 528,542 23.5 1,269,227 56.4 94,146 4.2
                 
55-64 years 2,837,424 514,983 18.1 628,258 22.1 1,497,117 52.8 197,066 6.9
  Males
 1,410,073 281,797 20.0 303,727 21.5 691,168 49.0 133,381 9.5
  Females
 1,427,352 233,185 16.3 324,531 22.7 805,949 56.5 63,686 4.5
                 
65 years and over 3,647,791 553,267 15.2 703,929 19.3 2,046,091 56.1 344,504 9.4
  Males
 1,594,367 310,551 19.5 337,443 21.2 735,703 46.1 210,670 13.2
  Females
 2,053,424 242,716 11.8 366,486 17.8 1,310,388 63.8 133,834 6.5
                 
65-74 years 2,156,504 395,395 18.3 474,800 22.0 1,102,376 51.1 183,933 8.5
  Males
 1,004,986 220,742 22.0 232,235 23.1 429,331 42.7 122,679 12.2
  Females
 1,151,518 174,654 15.2 242,565 21.1 673,045 58.4 61,254 5.3
                 
75 years and over 1,491,287 157,872 10.6 229,129 15.4 943,715 63.3 160,571 10.8
  Males
 589,380 89,810 15.2 105,208 17.9 306,372 52.0 87,991 14.9
  Females
 901,906 68,062 7.5 123,921 13.7 637,343 70.7 72,580 8.0
                 

1. Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2000/01
2. Population aged 12 and over reporting level of physical activity, based on their responses to questions about the frequency, duration and intensity of their participation in leisure-time physical activity.
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 01050033.