Self-rated health, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada, 2000/01

Self-rated health Total, self-rated health Excellent self-rated health Very good self-rated health Good self-rated health Fair or poor self-rated health Self-rated health, not stated
Number Number of persons % Number of persons % Number of persons % Number of persons % Number of persons %
2000/2001                      
Total, 12 years and over 25,801,719 6,600,031 25.6 9,238,877 35.8 6,861,432 26.6 3,092,905 12.0 8,474E 0.0E
  Males
 12,705,415 3,462,495 27.3 4,535,390 35.7 3,274,797 25.8 1,427,152 11.2 5,581E 0.0E
  Females
 13,096,304 3,137,536 24.0 4,703,486 35.9 3,586,635 27.4 1,665,753 12.7 2,893E 0.0E
                     
12-19 years 3,243,281 972,032 30.0 1,323,748 40.8 787,724 24.3 158,853 4.9 F F
  Males
 1,662,580 537,109 32.3 683,058 41.1 371,441 22.3 70,556 4.2 F F
  Females
 1,580,701 434,923 27.5 640,690 40.5 416,282 26.3 88,297 5.6 F F
                     
12-14 years 1,154,646 372,211 32.2 467,517 40.5 269,779 23.4 44,697 3.9 F F
  Males
 601,795 191,890 31.9 245,749 40.8 142,017 23.6 21,803 3.6 F F
  Females
 552,851 180,322 32.6 221,769 40.1 127,761 23.1 22,894 4.1 F F
                     
15-19 years 2,088,635 599,821 28.7 856,231 41.0 517,945 24.8 114,156 5.5 F F
  Males
 1,060,785 345,219 32.5 437,309 41.2 229,424 21.6 48,753 4.6 F F
  Females
 1,027,850 254,602 24.8 418,921 40.8 288,521 28.1 65,403 6.4 F F
                     
20-34 years 6,303,776 2,002,686 31.8 2,596,333 41.2 1,380,516 21.9 322,886 5.1 F F
  Males
 3,191,212 1,078,199 33.8 1,314,755 41.2 647,404 20.3 149,717 4.7 F F
  Females
 3,112,564 924,487 29.7 1,281,577 41.2 733,112 23.6 173,169 5.6 F F
                     
20-24 years 2,130,833 639,508 30.0 903,141 42.4 478,226 22.4 108,820 5.1 F F
  Males
 1,081,580 387,457 35.8 436,249 40.3 204,946 18.9 51,791 4.8 F F
  Females
 1,049,253 252,051 24.0 466,892 44.5 273,280 26.0 57,029 5.4 F F
                     
25-34 years 4,172,944 1,363,178 32.7 1,693,191 40.6 902,290 21.6 214,066 5.1 F F
  Males
 2,109,632 690,742 32.7 878,506 41.6 442,458 21.0 97,926 4.6 F F
  Females
 2,063,311 672,436 32.6 814,685 39.5 459,832 22.3 116,139 5.6 F F
                     
35-44 years 5,319,716 1,538,152 28.9 2,008,496 37.8 1,344,096 25.3 427,706 8.0 F F
  Males
 2,649,765 770,080 29.1 999,509 37.7 681,560 25.7 197,926 7.5 F F
  Females
 2,669,951 768,072 28.8 1,008,988 37.8 662,536 24.8 229,780 8.6 F F
                     
45-64 years 7,287,155 1,651,685 22.7 2,414,926 33.1 2,117,202 29.1 1,100,010 15.1 3,332E 0.0E
  Males
 3,607,491 866,304 24.0 1,163,044 32.2 1,048,504 29.1 527,324 14.6 F F
  Females
 3,679,663 785,381 21.3 1,251,882 34.0 1,068,697 29.0 572,685 15.6 F F
                     
45-54 years 4,449,730 1,088,962 24.5 1,545,069 34.7 1,244,731 28.0 569,327 12.8 F F
  Males
 2,197,419 562,855 25.6 740,349 33.7 631,841 28.8 261,431 11.9 F F
  Females
 2,252,312 526,107 23.4 804,719 35.7 612,890 27.2 307,897 13.7 F F
                     
55-64 years 2,837,424 562,724 19.8 869,857 30.7 872,471 30.7 530,683 18.7 F F
  Males
 1,410,073 303,449 21.5 422,694 30.0 416,664 29.5 265,894 18.9 F F
  Females
 1,427,352 259,274 18.2 447,163 31.3 455,807 31.9 264,789 18.6 F F
                     
65 years and over 3,647,791 435,475 11.9 895,374 24.5 1,231,895 33.8 1,083,451 29.7 F F
  Males
 1,594,367 210,803 13.2 375,024 23.5 525,887 33.0 481,628 30.2 F F
  Females
 2,053,424 224,672 10.9 520,349 25.3 706,008 34.4 601,822 29.3 F F
                     
65-74 years 2,156,504 307,180 14.2 570,464 26.5 741,793 34.4 536,580 24.9 F F
  Males
 1,004,986 157,959 15.7 250,961 25.0 333,135 33.1 262,705 26.1 F F
  Females
 1,151,518 149,222 13.0 319,503 27.7 408,658 35.5 273,875 23.8 F F
                     
75 years and over 1,491,287 128,295 8.6 324,910 21.8 490,102 32.9 546,871 36.7 F F
  Males
 589,380 52,845 9.0 124,064 21.0 192,752 32.7 218,923 37.1 F F
  Females
 901,906 75,450 8.4 200,847 22.3 297,350 33.0 327,947 36.4 F F
                     

1. Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2000/01
2. Population aged 12 and over who rate their own health status as being either excellent, very good, good, fair or poor.
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 01050022.