Table 1
Prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, by sex, age and cardiovascular risk factors, household population aged 20 to 79, Canada excluding territories, 2007 to 2011

Table 1
Prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, by sex, age and cardiovascular risk factors, household population aged 20 to 79, Canada excluding territories, 2007 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk Total and CVD risk category (appearing as column headers).
  Total CVD risk category
High Intermediate Low
Number (’000) (% distribution) 24,033.9 (100.0%) 4,729.6 (19.7%) 2,167.6 (9.0%) 17,136.8 (71.3%)
Mean 10-year risk of CVD event 8.9% 27.9% 14.0% 2.9%
Table 1a
second part of Table 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of second part of Table 1. The information is grouped by Demographics (appearing as row headers), Total, CVD risk category, High, Intermediate, Low, % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Demographics Total CVD risk category
High Intermediate Low
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to
Sex  
Men 49.7 49.5 50.0 63.9 60.2 67.4 67.4 59.6 74.3 43.6 42.4 44.9
Women 50.3 49.9 50.6 36.1 32.6 39.8 32.6 25.7 40.4 56.4 55.1 57.7
Age group  
20 to 39 37.3 36.9 37.8 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 51.9 50.7 53.1
40 to 59 41.1 40.7 41.4 34.2 28.4 41.3 46.8 39.8 54.0 42.2 40.8 43.6
60 to 79 21.6 21.4 21.8 64.0 57.5 70.1 53.0 45.9 60.1 5.9 5.0 6.9
CVD risk factors  
Cholesterol - LDL-C Note   
Less than 2 13.7 11.6 16.1 20.5 16.6 24.9 4.3Note E: Use with caution 2.5 7.2 13.0 10.5 16.1
2 to 3.5 56.4 53.1 59.6 45.6 40.2 51.1 45.3 38.5 52.3 60.8 57.2 64.2
3.5 to 5 26.7 24.3 29.2 25.4 19.7 31.9 45.0 37.7 52.5 24.7 22.2 27.4
More than 5 3.3 2.5 4.2 8.6Note E: Use with caution 5.8 12.6 5.4Note E: Use with caution 3.4 8.5 1.5Note E: Use with caution 0.9 2.4
TC/HDL-C  
Less than 5.0 82.4 79.8 84.7 71.4 65.8 76.5 72.7 64.1 79.8 86.7 83.9 88.9
5.0 or more 17.6 15.3 20.2 28.6 23.5 34.2 27.4 20.2 35.9 13.4 11.0 16.1
Current smoker 21.8 19.1 24.7 23.6 17.8 30.5 27.7 21.9 34.3 20.6 17.5 23.9
Diabetes 6.5 5.3 8.0 30.7 24.9 37.2 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 0.7Note E: Use with caution 0.0 1.3
Mean systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 112.3 111.2 113.3 124.3 122.5 126.1 122.9 121.3 124.6 107.6 106.6 108.6
Taking blood pressure drugs 17.5 15.9 19.3 61.2 55.8 66.4 25.4 18.7 33.4 4.4 3.5 5.7
Family history of premature CVD  
Heart disease 18.2 15.8 20.8 25.1 21.4 29.1 22.4 17.4 28.5 15.8 13.0 18.9
Stroke 5.1 3.9 6.4 7.0Note E: Use with caution 4.8 10.2 6.1Note E: Use with caution 3.6 10.1 4.4 3.3 5.8
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