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High blood pressure, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada, 2003

Chronic conditions - High blood pressure Total With high blood pressure Without high blood pressure High blood pressure, not stated
Number Number % Number % Number %
2003  
Total, 12 years and over 26,578,125 3,822,166 14.4 22,691,765 85.4 64,194 0.2
Males 13,090,299 1,746,602 13.3 11,303,083 86.3 40,614 0.3
Females 13,487,826 2,075,564 15.4 11,388,682 84.4 23,581 0.2
12-19 years 3,316,567 20,854 0.6 3,278,340 98.8 17,374 0.5
Males 1,700,772 10,512 E 0.6 E 1,680,780 98.8 9,481 E 0.6 E
Females 1,615,795 10,342 E 0.6 E 1,597,560 98.9 7,893 E 0.5 E
12-14 years 1,275,076 2,978 E 0.2 E 1,259,242 98.8 12,856 E 1.0 E
Males 664,241 F F 655,398 98.7 6,855 E 1.0 E
Females 610,835 F F 603,844 98.9 6,001 E 1.0 E
15-19 years 2,041,491 17,875 0.9 2,019,097 98.9 4,519 E 0.2 E
Males 1,036,531 8,524 E 0.8 E 1,025,381 98.9 F F
Females 1,004,960 9,351 E 0.9 E 993,716 98.9 1,893 E 0.2 E
20-34 years 6,317,776 150,916 2.4 6,156,604 97.4 10,256 E 0.2 E
Males 3,166,496 86,237 2.7 3,073,248 97.1 7,011 E 0.2 E
Females 3,151,281 64,680 2.1 3,083,356 97.8 F F
20-24 years 2,166,912 39,653 1.8 2,124,432 98.0 F F
Males 1,111,860 20,279 E 1.8 E 1,089,072 98.0 F F
Females 1,055,052 19,374 1.8 1,035,360 98.1 F F
25-34 years 4,150,865 111,263 2.7 4,032,172 97.1 7,429 E 0.2 E
Males 2,054,636 65,958 3.2 1,984,176 96.6 4,502 E 0.2 E
Females 2,096,229 45,305 2.2 2,047,996 97.7 F F
35-44 years 5,296,597 341,244 6.4 4,946,009 93.4 9,344 E 0.2 E
Males 2,671,810 198,292 7.4 2,466,833 92.3 6,685 E 0.3 E
Females 2,624,787 142,952 5.4 2,479,176 94.5 F F
45-64 years 7,862,039 1,692,809 21.5 6,150,920 78.2 18,310 E 0.2 E
Males 3,891,595 834,821 21.5 3,044,804 78.2 11,970 E 0.3 E
Females 3,970,443 857,988 21.6 3,106,116 78.2 6,340 E 0.2 E
45-54 years 4,571,406 735,575 16.1 3,824,272 83.7 11,559 E 0.3 E
Males 2,240,920 376,193 16.8 1,857,375 82.9 7,351 E F
Females 2,330,486 359,382 15.4 1,966,896 84.4 F F
55-64 years 3,290,633 957,233 29.1 2,326,649 70.7 6,751 E 0.2 E
Males 1,650,676 458,628 27.8 1,187,429 71.9 4,619 E 0.3 E
Females 1,639,957 498,606 30.4 1,139,220 69.5 2,132 E 0.1 E
65 years and over 3,785,145 1,616,343 42.7 2,159,892 57.1 8,910 0.2
Males 1,659,626 616,740 37.2 1,037,418 62.5 5,467 E 0.3 E
Females 2,125,520 999,603 47.0 1,122,473 52.8 3,444 E 0.2 E
65-74 years 2,182,159 893,207 40.9 1,284,628 58.9 4,324 E 0.2 E
Males 1,030,238 383,991 37.3 643,078 62.4 3,168 E 0.3 E
Females 1,151,922 509,215 44.2 641,550 55.7 F F
75 years and over 1,602,986 723,137 45.1 875,263 54.6 4,586 E 0.3 E
Males 629,388 232,749 37.0 394,340 62.7 2,299 E 0.4 E
Females 973,598 490,388 50.4 480,923 49.4 2,287 E 0.2 E
1. Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2003
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 the provincial ministries of health. These are legislated administrative areas in all provinces except Nova Scotia. In Nova Scotia, the Ministry of Health uses statistical "zones" rather than its legislated administrative areas; the zones are aggregations of the nine district health authorities.
7. For complete Canadian coverage, each of the northern territories also represents a health region.
8. The health regions presented in this table are based on boundaries and names in effect as of June 2003.
9. A "peer group" is a grouping of health regions that have similar social and economic characteristics. The nine peer groups are identified by the letters A through I, which are appended to the health region 4-digit code.
10. In Ontario, Public health units (PHU) administer health promotion and disease prevention programs, and District health councils (DHC) are advisory, health planning organizations.
11. In Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, health regions are referred to as Health Authorities (HA) or Regional Health Authorities (RHA).
12. To avoid data suppression, northern regions in Manitoba have been grouped with neighbouring regions, as follows: Churchill Regional Health Authority (4690) is combined with Burntwood Regional Health Authority (4680) and referred to as "Burntwood/Churchill (4685)".
13. To avoid data suppression, northern regions in Saskatchewan have been grouped with neighbouring regions, as follows: Athabasca Health Authority (4713) is combined with Mamawetan Churchill River Regional Health Authority (4711) and Keewatin Yatthé Regional Health Authority (4712) and referred to as "Mamawetan/Keewatin/Athabasca (4714)".
14. The following standard symbols are used in Statistics Canada publications: (..) for figures not available for a specific reference period and (...) for figures not applicable.
15. CANSIM table number 01050210.
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