Age–standardized percentage reporting a diagnosis of arthritis, by sex, household population aged 12 years or older, Canada, 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2008

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This is a line chart that illustrates the age-standardized percentage of males and females aged 12 or older who reported a diagnosis of arthritis from 2000/2001 to 2008. 

The Y axis is measured by percentages and increases by increments of 5 from 0 to 35.

On the X axis from left to right are the years 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2008.

The top line represents the females and the bottom line represents males who reported a diagnosis of arthritis.  There is a break in the lines between 2005 and 2007 due to a change in the survey question in 2007.

The age-standardized percentage of females who reported a diagnosis of arthritis increased from 17.1% in 2000/2001 to 18.3% in 2003 and decreased to 17.4% in 2005.  The time trend is broken and begins again at 15.4% in 2007 and 15.6% in 2008.

The age-standardized percentage of males who reported a diagnosis of arthritis increased from 11.2% in 2000/2001 to 12.0% in 2003 and decreased to 11.7% in 2005.  The time trend is broken and begins again at 10.7% in 2007 and 10.8% in 2008.

The age-standardized percentage of both females and males in 2003 and of females in 2005 who reported a diagnosis of arthritis was significantly different than the previous time period at p<0.05. 

Prior to 2007 respondents were asked "Do you have arthritis or rheumatism, excluding firbomyalgia?".  In 2007 the word "rheumatism" was removed from the question.

The data have been age-standardized to the 1991 Canadian population.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008.