Table 2: National and provincial prevalence (%) of body mass index categories in adults (≥ 18 yr) and percentage changes for 2000/01 and 2011, by sex.
| BMI category,* year, sex | Provincial | National | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | PEI | NS | NB | QC | ON | MB | SK | AB | BC | ||
| Normal | |||||||||||
| 2000/01 | |||||||||||
| Women | 45.1 | 43.7 | 49.8 | 47.1 | 58.1 | 54.6 | 40.6 | 50.7 | 55.0 | 60.1 | 55.4 |
| Men | 33.0 | 33.7 | 34.6 | 36.9 | 46.9 | 41.5 | 50.8 | 35.8 | 40.9 | 47.7 | 42.9 |
| 2011 | |||||||||||
| Women | 36.8 | 52.7 | 41.9 | 41.5 | 53.0 | 51.4 | 46.0 | 45.9 | 54.5 | 57.4 | 51.8 |
| Men | 22.9 | 30.9 | 31.8 | 35.9 | 41.2 | 39.2 | 34.0 | 32.3 | 36.8 | 45.4 | 39.3 |
| % change women | –18.4 | 20.6 | –15.9 | –11.9 | –8.8 | –5.9 | 13.3 | –9.5 | –0.9 | –4.5 | –6.5 |
| % change men | –30.6 | –8.3 | –8.1 | –2.7 | –12.2 | –5.5 | –33.1 | –9.8 | –10.0 | –4.8 | –8.4 |
| Overweight | |||||||||||
| 2000/01 | |||||||||||
| Women | 32.1 | 33.5 | 28.4 | 29.0 | 24.8 | 26.6 | 28.6 | 27.4 | 26.4 | 22.8 | 26.0 |
| Men | 44.1 | 44.0 | 41.4 | 40.7 | 38.7 | 40.3 | 40.4 | 41.9 | 40.7 | 38.2 | 39.9 |
| 2011 | |||||||||||
| Women | 37.2 | 25.3 | 33.5 | 30.8 | 26.6 | 27.6 | 30.5 | 30.7 | 24.8 | 23.7 | 27.1 |
| Men | 46.4 | 43.3 | 41.8 | 38.0 | 39.9 | 39.9 | 42.4 | 43.8 | 40.5 | 38.9 | 40.1 |
| % change women | 15.9 | –24.5 | 18.0 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 3.8 | 6.6 | 12.0 | –6.1 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| % change men | 5.2 | –1.6 | 1.0 | –6.6 | 3.1 | –1.0 | 5.0 | 4.5 | –0.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 |
| Obese | |||||||||||
| 2000/01 | |||||||||||
| Women | 21.1 | 17.1 | 19.7 | 21.6 | 12.1 | 14.5 | 18.1 | 18.7 | 15.2 | 11.9 | 14.4 |
| Men | 22.2 | 21.9 | 23.1 | 21.3 | 13.3 | 16.8 | 18.6 | 21.5 | 17.4 | 13.0 | 16.1 |
| 2011 | |||||||||||
| Women | 25.3 | 21.5 | 21.8 | 25.0 | 15.7 | 17.3 | 21.2 | 20.8 | 16.7 | 13.9 | 17.1 |
| Men | 30.2 | 25.7 | 25.8 | 25.3 | 17.9 | 19.7 | 22.1 | 23.4 | 21.7 | 15.0 | 19.5 |
| % change women | 19.9 | 25.7 | 10.7 | 15.7 | 29.8 | 19.3 | 17.1 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 16.8 | 18.8 |
| % change men | 36.0 | 17.4 | 11.7 | 18.8 | 34.6 | 17.3 | 18.8 | 8.8 | 24.7 | 15.4 | 21.1 |
| Obese class I | |||||||||||
| 2000/01 | |||||||||||
| Women | 14.2 | 12.1 | 12.9 | 15.6 | 8.4 | 10.0 | 11.6 | 13.1 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 9.9 |
| Men | 17.9 | 17.2 | 16.4 | 16.3 | 10.5 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 15.6 | 12.9 | 10.4 | 12.6 |
| 2011 | |||||||||||
| Women | 17.0 | 16.4 | 13.8 | 15.4 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 14.3 | 12.7 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 11.3 |
| Men | 24.2 | 19.6 | 17.6 | 17.0 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 16.2 | 18.9 | 15.8 | 11.7 | 15.0 |
| % change women | 19.7 | 35.5 | 7.0 | –1.3 | 35.7 | 9.0 | 23.3 | –3.1 | 4.8 | 18.3 | 14.1 |
| % change men | 35.2 | 14.0 | 7.3 | 4.3 | 41.9 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 21.2 | 22.5 | 12.5 | 19.0 |
| Obese class II | |||||||||||
| 2000/01 | |||||||||||
| Women | 4.7 | 3.4† | 4.4 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
| Men | 3.5† | 3.2† | 5.2 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.3† | 4.7 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 2.7 |
| 2011 | |||||||||||
| Women | 5.2† | —‡ | 5.8 | 5.8† | 2.8 | 4.2 | 4.0† | 6.2† | 3.9 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
| Men | 4.0† | —‡ | 5.8† | 6.5† | 2.1 | 3.7 | 4.0† | 2.5† | 4.5† | 2.7† | 3.4 |
| % change women | 10.6 | —‡ | 31.8 | 56.8 | 3.7 | 44.8 | –4.8 | 59.0 | 30.0 | –3.9 | 26.67 |
| % change men | 14.3 | —‡ | 11.5 | 75.7 | 0.0 | 32.1 | 21.2 | –46.8 | 55.2 | 50.0 | 25.9 |
| Obese class III | |||||||||||
| 2000/01 | |||||||||||
| Women | 2.2† | —‡ | 2.3 | 2.3† | 1 | 1.6 | 2.3† | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Men | —‡ | 1.5† | 1.4† | 1.3† | 0.7† | 0.9 | 1.1† | 1.3† | 0.7† | 0.8† | 0.9 |
| 2011 | |||||||||||
| Women | 3† | —‡ | 2.2† | 3.8† | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.9† | 1.9† | 1.8† | 1.7† | 1.9 |
| Men | —‡ | —‡ | 2.5† | —‡ | 1.0† | 1.2 | 1.9† | 2.0† | 1.1† | —‡ | 1.2 |
| % change women | 36.4† | —‡ | –4.3† | 65.2† | 40.0 | 31.3 | 26.1† | 5.6† | 0.0† | 54.5† | 26.7 |
| % change men | —‡ | —‡ | 78.6† | —‡ | 42.9† | 33.3 | 72.7† | 53.8† | 57.1† | —‡ | 33.3 |
Note: BMI = body mass index. Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, Share File, 2000/01 (20–64 years), 2003, 2005, 2007–2008, 2009–2010, and 2011 for age 18 years and older (compiled by the Newfoundland and Labrador, Centre for Health Information). *BMI categories: normal (BMI 18.5–24.9), overweight (BMI 25.0–29.9), obese (BMI ≥ 30.0), obese class I (BMI 30.0–34.9), obese class II (BMI 35.0–39.9) and obese class III (BMI ≥ 40.0). †Data with a coefficient of variation from 16.6% to 33.3%; these data should be interpreted with caution. ‡Data suppressed because of extreme sampling variation.