Table 2. Demographics & lifestyle characteristics of the study population by region of Canada.
| Region of Canada | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Overall | BC | AB | ON | QC | NS | |
| Number of participants | 6645 | 6645 | 744 | 402 | 3253 | 1575 | 671 |
| Women | 6645 | 3718 (56.0) | 408 (54.8) | 197 (49.0) | 1948 (59.9) | 811 (51.5) | 354 (52.8) |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 6645 | 57.6 (8.8) | 56.8 (8.8) | 53.3 (8.8) | 57.5 (9.0) | 58.6 (7.8) | 59.0 (9.3) |
| Self-reported ethnicity | |||||||
| East & South East Asian | 6645 | 894 (13.5) | 282 (37.9) | 14 (3.5) | 585 (18.0) | 8 (0.5) | 5 (0.7) |
| South Asian | 6645 | 223 (3.4) | 67 (9.0) | 3 (0.7) | 148 (4.5) | 1 (0.1) | 4 (0.6) |
| White | 6645 | 5387 (81.1) | 364 (48.9) | 381 (94.8) | 2449 (75.3) | 1545 (98.1) | 648 (96.6) |
| Othera | 6645 | 141 (2.1) | 31 (4.2) | 4 (1.0) | 71 (2.2) | 21 (1.3) | 14 (2.1) |
| Highest Education Attained | |||||||
| High school or less | 6541 | 842 (12.9) | 100 (13.5) | 44 (10.9) | 344 (10.6) | 290 (18.4) | 64 (10.9) |
| College or Trade | 6541 | 2107 (32.2) | 255 (34.5) | 117 (29.1) | 891 (27.5) | 671 (42.6) | 173 (29.4) |
| University Degree | 6541 | 3592 (54.9) | 385 (52.0) | 241 (60.0) | 2001 (61.8) | 613 (38.9) | 352 (59.8) |
| Smoke status | |||||||
| Current | 6645 | 352 (5.3) | 29 (3.9) | 18 (4.5) | 156 (4.8) | 119 (7.6) | 30 (4.5) |
| Former | 6645 | 2241 (33.7) | 178 (23.9) | 132 (32.8) | 971 (29.8) | 732 (46.5) | 228 (34.0) |
| Never | 6645 | 4052 (61.0) | 537 (72.2) | 252 (62.7) | 2126 (65.4) | 724 (46.0) | 413 (61.5) |
| Living with partner/married | 6537 | 4938 (75.5) | 567 (76.6) | 314 (78.1) | 2431 (75.2) | 1141 (72.4) | 485 (82.5) |
| Employment | |||||||
| Full or part time | 6534 | 4624 (70.8) | 554 (74.7) | 324 (80.6) | 2208 (68.2) | 1124 (71.5) | 414 (71.4) |
| Retired | 6534 | 1436 (22.0) | 143 (19.3) | 41 (10.2) | 727 (22.5) | 385 (24.5) | 140 (24.1) |
| No paid work | 6534 | 474 (7.3) | 45 (6.1) | 37 (9.2) | 302 (9.3) | 64 (4.1) | 26 (4.5) |
| Individual Social disadvantage score | |||||||
| Social disadvantage Index, mean (SD) | 6121 | 1.2 (1.3) | 1.2 (1.3) | 0.8 (1.1) | 1.2 (1.3) | 1.4 (1.3) | 1.1 (1.3) |
| Low disadvantage | 6121 | 3677 (60.1) | 435 (63.0) | 283 (73.7) | 1758 (59.1) | 858 (56.9) | 343 (61.0) |
| Moderate disadvantage | 6121 | 2072 (33.9) | 209 (30.3) | 92 (24.0) | 1031 (34.6) | 542 (35.9) | 198 (35.2) |
| High disadvantage | 6121 | 372 (6.1) | 46 (6.7) | 9 (2.3) | 187 (6.3) | 109 (7.2) | 21 (3.7) |
| INTERHEART risk score mean (SD) | 6645 | 10.0 (5.7) | 9.2 (5.5) | 9.6 (5.7) | 10.1 (5.7) | 10.3 (5.8) | 10.2 (5.6) |
| Low | 6645 | 3392 (51.0) | 418 (56.2) | 217 (54.0) | 1645 (50.6) | 785 (49.8) | 327 (48.7) |
| Moderate | 6645 | 2123 (31.9) | 223 (30.0) | 121 (30.1) | 1069 (32.9) | 491 (31.2) | 219 (32.6) |
| High | 6645 | 1130 (17.0) | 103 (13.8) | 64 (15.9) | 539 (16.6) | 299 (19.0) | 125 (18.6) |
| Usual workplace location | |||||||
| Outside home community | 6605 | 2301 (34.8) | 269 (36.5) | 197 (49.0) | 1008 (31.1) | 675 (43.3) | 152 (22.8) |
Presented data are n (%) unless otherwise specified.
a Includes Blacks, Indigenous, Mixed and unknown ethnicity