Table 8.
Table 8 The Percentage of FSAs and the Provincial Populations That Would be Above the GAPS Cut-off for an Age × Gender Quasi-identifier Combination for All Ten Canadian Provinces When the Age Variable is Coarsened to Different Sized Intervals
| Province | Original Variables |
2-yrs Age Intervals |
5-yrs Age Intervals |
10-yrs Age Intervals |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSA | Pop | FSA | Pop | FSA | Pop | FSA | Pop | |
| Alberta | 55% | 84% | 68% | 92% | 79% | 96% | 84% | 98% |
| British Columbia | 68% | 87% | 78% | 93% | 90% | 99% | 93% | 99% |
| Manitoba | 59% | 88% | 66% | 92% | 72% | 95% | 78% | 98% |
| New Brunswick | 20% | 51% | 26% | 59% | 37% | 70% | 45% | 75% |
| Newfoundland | 55% | 83% | 70% | 91% | 79% | 95% | 88% | 98% |
| Nova Scotia | 47% | 82% | 54% | 86% | 66% | 93% | 72% | 95% |
| Ontario | 69% | 91% | 78% | 96% | 84% | 98% | 87% | 99% |
| PEI | 57% | 90% | 71% | 97% | 71% | 97% | 71% | 97% |
| Quebec | 59% | 84% | 70% | 91% | 82% | 96% | 88% | 99% |
| Saskatchewan | 60% | 93% | 69% | 97% | 69% | 97% | 71% | 98% |
FSA = forward station area; GAPS = geographical area population size; PEI = Prince Edward Island.