Chart 1 Percentage diagnosed with diabetes, by sex, household population aged 12 or older, Canada, 2001 to 2011 – description

This is a stacked line chart that illustrates the percentage of males and females aged 12 or older who were diagnosed with diabetes from 2001 to 2011.

The Y axis is measured by percentages and increases by increments of 1 from 0 to 8.

On the X axis from left to right are the years from 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

The top line represents males, and the bottom line represents females who were diagnosed with diabetes.

The percentage of males aged 12 or older who reported having diabetes was 4.4% in 2001, 4.9% in 2003, and 5.4% in 2005.

There were 6.4% of males who reported diabetes in 2007, 6.3% in 2008, 6.7% in 2009, 7.4% in 2010, and 6.7% in 2011.

The percentage of females aged 12 or older who reported having diabetes was 3.9% in 2001, 4.3% in 2003, and 4.4% in 2005.

There were 5.2% of females who reported diabetes in 2007, 5.4% in 2008, 5.3% in 2009, 5.4% in 2010, and 5.6% in 2011.

Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.