Table 4
Physical health measures by child's age, by maternal age group
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| Overall | Maternal Age Group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teenaged (younger than 20) | Young (20 to 24) | Reference (25 to 29) | Middle (30 to 34) | Older (35 or older) | ||
| % | ||||||
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1. p < .05. 2. p < .01. Note: Comparisons by maternal age are made against children of reference mothers. Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, "The Children of Older First-time Mothers in Canada: Their Health and Development", Children and Youth Research Paper Series, Catalogue number 89-599-M. |
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| General health is excellent or very good | ||||||
| Ages 0 to 1 (n=3,380) | 92.8 | 86.61 | 91.5 | 93.9 | 94.1 | 93.2 |
| Ages 2 to 3 (n=2,350) | 92.3 | 88.9 | 91.9 | 91.8 | 93.3 | 94.7 |
| Ages 4 to 5 (n=1,691) | 90.9 | 85.2 | 87.2 | 90.7 | 96.72 | 92.8 |
| Diagnosed with asthma | ||||||
| Ages 0 to 1 (n=3,376) | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Ages 2 to 3 (n=2,347) | 10.2 | 8.4 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 13.1 | 6.3 |
| Ages 4 to 5 (n=1,691) | 15.7 | 12.7 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 18.7 | 12.9 |
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