Table 2.1
Bisphenol A (BPA) — Urine concentrations (μg/L) for the Canadian population, by sex and age group, 2014 and 2015

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Table 2.1
Bisphenol A (BPA) — Urine concentrations (Micrograms per litre) for the Canadian population, by sex and age group, 2014 and 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Bisphenol A (BPA) — Urine concentrations (Micrograms per litre) for the Canadian population, by sex and age group, 2014 and 2015. Percent less than the limit of detection, Geometric Mean, 10th Percentile, 50th Percentile, 90th Percentile, 95th Percentile, Estimate and Confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
% <LODTable 2.1 Note † Geometric Mean 10th Percentile 50th Percentile 90th Percentile 95th Percentile
Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval Estimate Confidence interval
From To From To From To From To From To
Both Sexes
Age 3 to 5 7.83 1.2 1.0 1.4 0.28Note E: Use with caution <LODNote E: Use with caution 0.44Note E: Use with caution 1.2 1.0 1.3 4.0 3.5 4.5 6.4Note E: Use with caution 2.9Note E: Use with caution 9.9Note E: Use with caution
Age 6 to 11 6.46 1.1 0.90 1.4 0.29 <LOD 0.40 1.1 0.83 1.4 3.5 2.6 4.4 5.0 4.0 6.0
Age 12 to 19 4.95 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.26 <LOD 0.35 1.2 1.0 1.3 3.8 3.1 4.6 5.5 4.5 6.5
Age 20 to 39 7.73 1.1 0.93 1.4 <LODNote E: Use with caution <LODNote E: Use with caution 0.35Note E: Use with caution 1.2 0.97 1.4 5.6Note E: Use with caution 3.3Note E: Use with caution 7.8Note E: Use with caution 7.4 5.1 9.7
Age 40 to 59 7.72 0.86 0.74 1.0 0.28 <LOD 0.38 0.94 0.77 1.1 2.4 1.9 2.9 4.2Note E: Use with caution 2.4Note E: Use with caution 5.9Note E: Use with caution
Age 60 to 79 10.28 1.1 0.96 1.2 <LOD <LOD <LOD 1.0 0.84 1.2 4.2 3.1 5.3 5.5Note E: Use with caution 2.3Note E: Use with caution 8.7Note E: Use with caution
Age 3 to 79 7.30 1.0 0.95 1.1 0.26 <LOD 0.33 1.0 0.94 1.1 4.0 3.2 4.8 6.0 5.0 7.1
Males
Age 6 to 11 6.69 1.1 0.84 1.5 0.29Note E: Use with caution <LODNote E: Use with caution 0.46Note E: Use with caution 1.1 0.80 1.4 3.9 2.6 5.3 4.9 3.5 6.4
Age 12 to 19 3.97 1.3 1.0 1.6 0.29 <LOD 0.37 1.3 1.0 1.6 5.4 3.7 7.1 7.0Note E: Use with caution 3.5Note E: Use with caution 11Note E: Use with caution
Age 20 to 39 4.68 1.5 1.0 2.1 0.53 0.41 0.65 1.3 0.85 1.7 6.1Note E: Use with caution 2.4Note E: Use with caution 9.8Note E: Use with caution Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Age 40 to 59 7.14 0.91 0.71 1.2 0.28Note E: Use with caution <LODNote E: Use with caution 0.46Note E: Use with caution 0.95Note E: Use with caution 0.58Note E: Use with caution 1.3Note E: Use with caution 2.8Note E: Use with caution 0.93Note E: Use with caution 4.6Note E: Use with caution Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Age 60 to 79 7.53 1.2 0.91 1.5 0.36 0.30 0.42 1.2 0.82 1.6 4.7 3.1 6.4 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Age 3 to 79 5.89 1.2 1.0 1.3 0.35 0.28 0.43 1.2 0.97 1.3 4.3 3.0 5.6 6.2 4.3 8.0
Females
Age 6 to 11 6.23 1.1 0.93 1.3 0.28Note E: Use with caution <LODNote E: Use with caution 0.40Note E: Use with caution 1.1 0.81 1.4 3.3 2.8 3.8 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published Note F: too unreliable to be published
Age 12 to 19 5.93 1.0 0.89 1.2 0.24Note E: Use with caution <LODNote E: Use with caution 0.37Note E: Use with caution 1.1 0.90 1.2 3.0 2.6 3.5 3.8 3.2 4.4
Age 20 to 39 10.47 0.88 0.67 1.2 <LOD <LOD <LOD 1.0Note E: Use with caution 0.59Note E: Use with caution 1.5Note E: Use with caution 4.6Note E: Use with caution 2.5Note E: Use with caution 6.7Note E: Use with caution Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Age 40 to 59 8.28 0.81 0.70 0.94 0.31Note E: Use with caution <LODNote E: Use with caution 0.44Note E: Use with caution 0.93 0.76 1.1 1.8 1.1 2.4 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Age 60 to 79 13.22 1.0 0.77 1.3 <LOD <LOD <LOD 0.94Note E: Use with caution 0.60Note E: Use with caution 1.3Note E: Use with caution 4.1 2.7 5.5 Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Age 3 to 79 8.70 0.92 0.79 1.1 <LOD <LOD <LOD 0.98 0.82 1.1 3.4 2.8 4.0 5.4 3.6 7.3
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
<LOD less than the limit of detection
Note †

the results presented in this column represent the proportion of the sample that had results that were below the limit of detection (LOD)

Return to note † referrer

Note: Any results less than the LOD are assigned a value equal to half the value of the LOD.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Health Measures Survey, Cycle 4, 2014 and 2015.

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