Chart 1 – Percentage reporting diabetes, by sex, household population aged 12 or older, Canada, 2001 to 2008

Percentage reporting they have diabetes, by sex, household population aged 12 or older, Canada, 2001 to 2008

This is a stacked line chart that illustrates the percentage of men and women aged 12 or older who reported having diabetes from 2001 to 2008.

The Y axis is measured by percentages and increases by increments of 1 from 0 to 7.

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

The top line represents men, and the bottom line represents women who reported having diabetes.

The percentage of men aged 12 or older who reported having diabetes increased from 4.4% in 2001 to 4.9% in 2003 to 5.4% in 2005, to about 6.4% in 2007 and in 2008.

The percentage of women aged 12 or older who reported having diabetes increased from 3.9% in 2001 to 4.3% in 2003 to 4.4% in 2005, to 5.2% in 2007 and to 5.4% in 2008.

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