Table 2:

Prevalence estimates of ideal, intermediate and poor cardiovascular health based on data from the Canadian Community Health Survey, 2009–2010

Group	Prevalence, % (95% CI)			CANHEART health index score, mean (95% CI)
	Poor health*	Intermediate health†	Ideal health‡
Adults (> 20 yr)
Overall	37.3 (36.8–37.8)	53.3 (52.7–53.8)	9.4 (9.1–9.8)	3.87 (3.86–3.89)
Men	42.0 (41.2–42.8)	51.9 (51.1–52.7)	6.1 (5.7–6.5)	3.71 (3.69–3.73)
Women	32.6 (31.9–33.3)	54.6 (53.9–55.3)	12.8 (12.3–13.3)	4.04 (4.02–4.06)
Youth (12–19 yr)
Overall	49.7 (48.4–51.0)	33.7 (32.4–34.9)	16.6 (15.6–17.6)	2.49 (2.47–2.52)
Boys	49.9 (48.1–51.6)	34.0 (32.3–35.8)	16.1 (14.7–17.5)	2.48 (2.45–2.52)
Girls	49.6 (47.7–51.5)	33.3 (31.6–35.1)	17.1 (15.7–18.4)	2.51 (2.47–2.54)

Note: CI = confidence interval.

^*Presence of 0–3 ideal health factors or behaviours among adults and 0–2 ideal health factors or behaviours among youth.

^†Presence of 4–5 ideal health factors or behaviours among adults and 3 ideal health factors or behaviours among youth.

^‡Presence of all ideal health factors and behaviours (6 among adults; 4 among youth).