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 1Total | 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% |
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 |
... not applicable E use with caution F too unreliable to be published
TC/HDL-C = total cholesterol/high density lipoprotein cholesterol Source: 2007 to 2009 and 2009 to 2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey, combined. |
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