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Level of household food insecurity, by age group and sex, household population, Canada


                          Total Food secure Food insecure Food insecurity, not stated
     Without hunger With moderate hunger With severe hunger  
  number number % number % number % number % number %
2004  
Total, all ages 31,030,722 28,706,473 92.5 1,411,416 4.5 586,147 1.9 129,469 0.4 197,217 0.6
Males 15,330,664 14,215,104 92.7 637,246 4.2 303,693 2.0 51,639 E 0.3 E 122,981 E 0.8 E
Females 15,700,058 14,491,369 92.3 774,170 4.9 282,453 1.8 77,830 E 0.5 E 74,236 E 0.5 E
0 to 11 years 4,321,043 3,916,073 90.6 281,814 6.5 96,501 2.2 14,040 E 0.3 E 12,615 E 0.3 E
Males 2,151,916 1,931,176 89.7 151,304 7.0 53,530 E 2.5 E F F F F
Females 2,169,128 1,984,898 91.5 130,511 6.0 42,970 E 2.0 E F F F F
0 to 5 years 1,993,186 1,803,477 90.5 139,223 7.0 40,898 E 2.1 E F F F F
Males 968,993 873,344 90.1 76,433 7.9 14,325 E 1.5 E F F F F
Females 1,024,193 930,133 90.8 62,790 6.1 F F F F F F
6 to 11 years 2,327,857 2,112,596 90.8 142,591 6.1 55,603 E 2.4 E 9,277 E 0.4 E F F
Males 1,182,923 1,057,832 89.4 74,870 6.3 39,206 E 3.3 E F F F F
Females 1,144,934 1,054,765 92.1 67,721 5.9 16,397 E 1.4 E F F F F
12 years and over 26,709,679 24,790,400 92.8 1,129,602 4.2 489,646 1.8 115,429 0.4 184,603 0.7
Males 13,178,748 12,283,928 93.2 485,943 3.7 250,163 1.9 44,424 E 0.3 E 114,290 E 0.9 E
Females 13,530,931 12,506,472 92.4 643,659 4.8 239,483 1.8 71,004 E 0.5 E 70,312 E 0.5 E
12 to 19 years 3,328,673 3,058,042 91.9 168,389 5.1 40,870 E 1.2 E 7,615 E 0.2 E 53,757 E 1.6 E
Males 1,711,009 1,569,543 91.7 81,344 4.8 26,645 E 1.6 E 4,558 E 0.3 E 28,919 E 1.7 E
Females 1,617,665 1,488,500 92.0 87,045 5.4 14,225 E 0.9 E F F 24,839 E 1.5 E
12 to 14 years 1,277,437 1,148,407 89.9 82,419 6.5 19,648 E 1.5 E F F 22,941 E 1.8 E
Males 686,610 613,921 89.4 49,022 E 7.1 E 12,716 E 1.9 E F F F F
Females 590,828 534,486 90.5 33,396 E 5.7 E F F F F F F
15 to 19 years 2,051,236 1,909,635 93.1 85,970 4.2 21,222 E 1.0 E F F 30,816 E 1.5 E
Males 1,024,399 955,622 93.3 32,322 E 3.2 E 13,930 E 1.4 E F F 21,018 E 2.1 E
Females 1,026,837 954,013 92.9 53,649 E 5.2 E 7,293 E 0.7 E F F 9,798 E 1.0 E
20 to 34 years 6,255,076 5,590,573 89.4 382,263 6.1 186,599 3.0 43,734 E 0.7 E 51,907 E 0.8 E
Males 3,156,080 2,851,599 90.4 162,203 E 5.1 E 84,005 E 2.7 E F F F F
Females 3,098,996 2,738,975 88.4 220,060 7.1 102,594 E 3.3 E F F F F
20 to 24 years 2,256,739 1,964,004 87.0 174,958 7.8 92,202 E 4.1 E F F F F
Males 1,213,323 1,068,778 88.1 91,790 E 7.6 E 42,835 E 3.5 E F F F F
Females 1,043,417 895,226 85.8 83,168 E 8.0 E 49,367 E 4.7 E F F F F
25  to 34 years 3,998,337 3,626,569 90.7 207,304 5.2 94,397 E 2.4 E 25,890 E 0.6 E F F
Males 1,942,758 1,782,820 91.8 70,413 E 3.6 E 41,170 E 2.1 E F F F F
Females 2,055,579 1,843,749 89.7 136,892 E 6.7 E 53,227 E 2.6 E F F F F
35 to 44 years 5,000,524 4,588,978 91.8 260,508 E 5.2 E 103,647 E 2.1 E 17,093 E 0.3 E F F
Males 2,346,728 2,163,226 92.2 111,069 E 4.7 E 53,267 E 2.3 E F F F F
Females 2,653,796 2,425,752 91.4 149,438 E 5.6 E 50,380 E 1.9 E F F F F
45 to 64 years 8,318,491 7,847,731 94.3 246,368 3.0 150,144 1.8 41,880 E 0.5 E F F
Males 4,244,402 4,024,116 94.8 103,522 E 2.4 E 81,182 E 1.9 E 9,071 E 0.2 E F F
Females 4,074,089 3,823,616 93.9 142,845 3.5 68,962 1.7 32,809 E 0.8 E F F
45 to 54 years 4,955,740 4,674,275 94.3 132,914 2.7 94,563 E 1.9 E 24,348 E 0.5 E F F
Males 2,601,438 2,466,115 94.8 50,238 E 1.9 E 53,689 E 2.1 E F F F F
Females 2,354,302 2,208,160 93.8 82,676 E 3.5 E 40,874 E 1.7 E F F F F
55 to 64 years 3,362,751 3,173,456 94.4 113,454 E 3.4 E 55,581 E 1.7 E F F F F
Males 1,642,964 1,558,000 94.8 53,284 E 3.2 E 27,493 E 1.7 E F F F F
Females 1,719,786 1,615,455 93.9 60,170 E 3.5 E 28,087 E 1.6 E F F F F
65 years and over 3,806,915 3,705,075 97.3 72,075 E 1.9 E F F F F F F
Males 1,720,529 1,675,445 97.4 F F F F F F F F
Females 2,086,386 2,029,630 97.3 44,271 E 2.1 E F F F F F F
65 to 74 years 2,082,024 2,008,702 96.5 51,149 E 2.5 E F F F F F F
Males 1,019,383 989,618 97.1 F F F F F F F F
Females 1,062,641 1,019,084 95.9 F F F F F F F F
75 years and over 1,724,891 1,696,373 98.3 F F F F F F F F
Males 701,146 685,827 97.8 F F F F F F F F
Females 1,023,744 1,010,546 98.7 10,898 E 1.1 E F F F F F F

1. Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, Nutrition, 2004
2. The model for household food security status levels is adopted from the United States model of food security status levels published by the United States Department of Agriculture in 2000. Food insecurity is based on a set of 18 questions and indicates whether households both with and without children were able to afford the food they needed in the previous 12 months. Questions related to food security focused on all members of the household and not just the main respondent to the survey. Thus a respondent is classified based on the level of food insecurity present in the household which may not be necessarily that felt by the respondent.
3. The index places respondents into four categories based on the degree of food insecurity in the household. In the food secure households, all members show no or minimal evidence of food insecurity. In food insecure households without hunger, all members feel anxious about running out of food or compromise on the quality of foods they eat by choosing less expensive option, little or no reduction in the household members' food intake is reported. In food insecure households with moderate hunger, food intake for adults in the household has been reduced to an extent that implies that adults have repeatedly experienced the physical sensation of hunger. In most (but not all) food insecure households with children, such reductions are not observed at this stage for children. In food insecure households with severe hunger at this level, all households with children have reduced the children's food intake to an extent indicating that the children have experienced hunger, adults in households with and without children have repeatedly experienced more extensive reductions in food intake.
4. Bootstrapping techniques were used to produce the coefficient of variation (CV) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
5. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3% are identified by an (E) and should be interpreted with caution.
6. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater than 33.3% were suppressed (F) due to extreme sampling variability.
7. CANSIM table 105-2004.
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