Table 1.
Proportion of Canadians who took a vitamin D supplement daily according to various factors, the Canadian Community Health Survey – Healthy Aging, 2008–2009
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | n | %* | Total | n | %* | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| 45–49 | 1138 | 80 | 7·3 | 1321 | 279 | 21·1 |
| 50–54 | 1177 | 117 | 11·9 | 1527 | 446 | 29·7 |
| 55–59 | 2177 | 331 | 16·4 | 2605 | 1023 | 39·6 |
| 60–64 | 2159 | 356 | 16·5 | 2379 | 1034 | 43·8 |
| 65–69 | 1875 | 404 | 20·9 | 2077 | 944 | 48·0 |
| 70–74 | 1374 | 350 | 25·3 | 1639 | 774 | 47·6 |
| 75–79 | 1205 | 282 | 25·0 | 1751 | 770 | 45·0 |
| ≥80 | 2163 | 500 | 24·0 | 4223 | 1651 | 40·1 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||
| <18·5 | 66 | 12 | 12·8 | 471 | 200 | 38·1 |
| 18·5–24·9 | 4460 | 856 | 16·8 | 7184 | 3119 | 40·5 |
| 25·0–29·9 | 5507 | 1033 | 16·3 | 5435 | 2116 | 36·4 |
| ≥30·0 | 2747 | 441 | 14·6 | 3418 | 1167 | 29·8 |
| Unknown | 488 | 78 | 12·9 | 1014 | 319 | 34·2 |
| Household income ($CAN) | ||||||
| <20 000 | 1349 | 163 | 11·0 | 3266 | 1205 | 35·6 |
| 20 000–39 999 | 3057 | 524 | 14·3 | 4090 | 1668 | 37·7 |
| 40 000–59 999 | 2292 | 469 | 16·1 | 2538 | 1020 | 35·8 |
| 60 000–79 000 | 1651 | 322 | 16·9 | 1593 | 663 | 38·0 |
| ≥80 000 | 3094 | 624 | 17·6 | 2535 | 1015 | 35·8 |
| Unknown | 1825 | 318 | 14·9 | 3500 | 1350 | 37·5 |
| Education | ||||||
| Low | 3955 | 565 | 13·1 | 5864 | 2025 | 35·1 |
| Medium | 2597 | 471 | 16·5 | 3952 | 1598 | 36·8 |
| High | 6580 | 1369 | 17·1 | 7543 | 3251 | 37·7 |
| Unknown | 136 | 15 | 5·1 | 163 | 47 | 26·9 |
| Smoking status | ||||||
| Non-smoker | 4957 | 992 | 16·6 | 10 036 | 4037 | 38·3 |
| Former smoker | 6200 | 1226 | 18·0 | 5153 | 2187 | 38·2 |
| Smoker | 2097 | 200 | 9·5 | 2315 | 691 | 28·4 |
| Unknown | 14 | 2 | 2·5 | 18 | 6 | 25·4 |
| Alcohol drinking | ||||||
| None | 3010 | 531 | 18·8 | 5928 | 2136 | 37·1 |
| Occasional | 1873 | 327 | 12·5 | 4068 | 1595 | 37·8 |
| Regular | 8371 | 1557 | 15·5 | 7508 | 3182 | 37·1 |
| Unknown | 14 | 5 | 17·4 | 18 | 8 | 28·7 |
| Leisure-time physical activities | ||||||
| Yes | 11 347 | 2124 | 16·5 | 14 417 | 1257 | 37·5 |
| No | 1911 | 293 | 12·5 | 3097 | 1535 | 32·0 |
| Unknown | 10 | 3 | 12·1 | 8 | 3 | 22·4 |
| Race | ||||||
| White | 11 679 | 2168 | 16·4 | 15 634 | 6307 | 37·6 |
| Non-white | 1458 | 224 | 13·9 | 1728 | 564 | 31·8 |
| Unknown | 131 | 28 | 11·4 | 160 | 50 | 24·3 |
| Immigrant | ||||||
| Yes | 2739 | 520 | 16·0 | 3261 | 1199 | 33·1 |
| No | 10 301 | 1858 | 16·0 | 14 000 | 5645 | 38·1 |
| Unknown | 228 | 42 | 11·6 | 261 | 77 | 24·1 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Married /common law | 9279 | 1802 | 16·6 | 8052 | 3224 | 36·0 |
| Widowed | 1422 | 269 | 17·6 | 5912 | 2352 | 41·4 |
| Divorced/separated | 1448 | 180 | 10·8 | 2374 | 894 | 35·4 |
| Single | 1113 | 158 | 13·6 | 1178 | 447 | 35·2 |
| Unknown | 6 | 1 | 10·4 | 6 | 4 | 62·1 |
| Self-perceived health | ||||||
| Poor | 715 | 140 | 19·0 | 953 | 362 | 35·4 |
| Fair | 2072 | 395 | 16·7 | 2647 | 1018 | 37·5 |
| Good | 4251 | 749 | 16·2 | 5520 | 2140 | 37·2 |
| Very good | 4138 | 772 | 16·6 | 5587 | 2304 | 38·5 |
| Excellent | 2084 | 364 | 13·4 | 2808 | 1094 | 33·0 |
| Unknown | 8 | 0 | 0·0 | 7 | 3 | 14·6 |
| Chronic condition | ||||||
| Yes | 10 733 | 2101 | 17·7 | 15 057 | 6174 | 39·3 |
| No | 2356 | 289 | 10·9 | 2192 | 642 | 25·9 |
| Unknown | 179 | 30 | 16·1 | 273 | 105 | 39·4 |
*
Weighted to the Canadian population.