TABLE 1.
Joint replacement patients and Canadian population by BMI category, age group and sex
| JOINT REPLACEMENT PATIENTS (2003–04) |
CANADIAN ADULT POPULATION (2004) |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCEPTABLE % |
OVERWEIGHT % |
OBESE % |
ACCEPTABLE % |
OVERWEIGHT % |
OBESE % |
|
| Total | 18.1 | 35.0 | 46.0 | 38.9 | 36.1 | 23.1 |
| Female | 20.2 | 31.4 | 47.2 | 44.1 | 30.2 | 23.2 |
| Male | 15.0 | 40.4 | 44.1 | 33.6 | 42.0 | 22.9 |
| Age | ||||||
| 20–44 | 30.6 | 32.0 | 33.7 | 45.5 | 33.2 | 18.6 |
| Female | 34.9 | 26.1 | 34.1 | 52.7 | 26.2 | 17.8 |
| Male | 26.1 | 38.2 | 33.3 | 38.7 | 39.9 | 19.4 |
| 45–74 | 14.2 | 32.8 | 52.3 | 30.5 | 39.8 | 28.9 |
| Female | 16.5 | 28.7 | 54.0 | 35.5 | 34.1 | 29.2 |
| Male | 11.2 | 38.4 | 49.9 | 25.4 | 45.6 | 28.6 |
| 75+ | 25.2 | 40.2 | 33.3 | 33.0 | 41.2 | 23.6 |
| Female | 26.3 | 37.1 | 35.0 | 34.7 | 36.1 | 26.5 |
| Male | 23.2 | 45.9 | 30.3 | 30.5 | 49.0 | 19.3 |
Source: Canadian Joint Replacement Registry, CIHI; Canadian Community Health Survey, Statistics Canada.