Table 2
Percentage distribution of frail seniors, based on Frailty Index (FI) cut-point of >0.21, by age group, sex and province/territory, household population, Canada, 2009/2010

Table 2
Percentage distribution of frail seniors, based on Frailty Index (FI) cut-point of >0.21, by age group, sex and province/territory, household population, Canada, 2009/2010
Table summary
This table displays the results of percentage distribution of frail seniors estimated population '000, % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Estimated population '000 % 95% confidence interval
from to
Total 1,046 23.5 22.8 24.3
Age group  
65 to 74Note † 407 16.0 15.2 16.8
75 to 84 430 28.6Note * 27.1 30.1
85 or older 209 52.1Note * 49.2 55.0
Sex  
MaleNote † 387 19.3Note * 18.3 20.3
Female 659 27.1 25.9 28.2
Province/Territory  
Newfoundland and Labrador 18 24.4 20.7 28.0
Prince Edward Island 4 21.2 16.7 25.8
Nova Scotia 45 32.3Note * 28.4 36.1
New Brunswick 30 27.5Note * 24.2 30.8
Quebec 218 19.7Note * 18.0 21.4
Ontario 442 25.9Note * 24.7 27.2
Manitoba 39 25.6 22.3 28.9
Saskatchewan 37 26.6Note * 23.8 29.4
Alberta 82 22.7 20.1 25.3
British Columbia 128 20.4Note * 18.6 22.3
Yukon, Northwest Territories, NunavutNote ‡ 2 33.2Note * 26.0 40.5
Note *

significantly different from reference category (p <0.05)

Note †

reference category; for province/territory, reference category is rest of Canada

Note ‡

10 largest communities in Nunavut (Iqaluit, Cambridge Bay, Baker Lake, Arviat, Rankin Inlet, Kugluktuk, Pond Inlet, Cape Dorset, Pangnirtung, Igloolik)

Source: 2009/2010 Canadian Community Health Survey.
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