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

This is a line chart that illustrates the percentage of males and females aged 12 or older who reported having high blood pressure from 2001 to 2011.

The Y axis is measured by percentages and increases by increments of 2 from 0 to 20.

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 females, and the bottom line represents males who reported having high blood pressure.

The percentage of males aged 12 or older who reported having high blood pressure was 11.4% in 2001, 13.4% in 2003, and 14.2% in 2005. There were 15.1 % of males who reported high blood pressure in 2007, 15.9% in 2008, 16.4% in 2009, 17.0% in 2010, and 17.4% in 2011.

The percentage of females aged 12 or older who reported having high blood pressure was 13.9% in 2001, 15.4% in 2003, and 15.7% in 2005. There were 16.8% of females who reported high blood pressure in 2007, 16.9% in 2008, 17.3% in 2009, 17.2% in 2010, and 17.7% in 2011.

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