Table 3: National and provincial prevalence (%) of body mass index categories in adults (≥ 18 yr), and percentage changes for 2000/01 and 2011, by age (yr).
| BMI category,* year, age |
Provincial |
National | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL | PEI | NS | NB | QC | ON | MB | SK | AB | BC | ||
|
Normal |
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| 2000/2001 |
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| 18–39 |
44.3 |
46.2 |
49.2 |
47.8 |
59.9 |
54.6 |
52.4 |
50.0 |
53.4 |
58.5 |
55.4 |
| 40–59 |
33.7 |
36.3 |
37.0 |
37.6 |
47.2 |
42.3 |
39.9 |
38.1 |
42.6 |
50.2 |
44.0 |
| ≥ 60 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| 2011 |
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| 18–39 |
32.3 |
58.9 |
46.5 |
46.9 |
56.1 |
53.5 |
47.0 |
47.2 |
52.6 |
60.5 |
54.0 |
| 40–59 |
28.1 |
34.9 |
31.3 |
35.8 |
42.5 |
41.2 |
37.1 |
34.6 |
39.4 |
47.4 |
41.2 |
| ≥ 60 |
30.0 |
33.0 |
34.2 |
33.1 |
41.5 |
38.9 |
34.2 |
33.2 |
40.3 |
44.0 |
39.6 |
| % change 18–39 |
–27.1 |
27.5 |
–5.5 |
–1.9 |
–6.3 |
–2.0 |
–10.3 |
–5.6 |
–1.5 |
3.4 |
–2.5 |
| % change 40–59 |
–16.6 |
–3.9 |
–15.4 |
–4.8 |
–10.0 |
–2.6 |
–7.0 |
–9.2 |
–7.5 |
–5.6 |
–6.4 |
| % change ≥ 60 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
Overweight |
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| 2000/2001 |
|||||||||||
| 18–39 |
33.9 |
35.5 |
30.6 |
32.5 |
25.7 |
28.8 |
30.0 |
31.7 |
29.5 |
26.7 |
28.3 |
| 40–59 |
42.6 |
41.1 |
37.7 |
36.5 |
36.2 |
37.8 |
38.3 |
37.3 |
37.1 |
33.7 |
36.8 |
| ≥ 60 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| 2011 |
|||||||||||
| 18–39 |
34.7 |
23.8 |
34.2 |
27.7 |
39.5 |
41.8 |
48.7 |
50.9 |
43.5 |
35.0 |
41.8 |
| 40–59 |
45.7 |
37.3 |
37.5 |
34.9 |
55.6 |
57.7 |
62.5 |
63.9 |
59.5 |
50.8 |
57.5 |
| ≥ 60 |
44.1 |
41.7 |
41.5 |
41.6 |
56.5 |
59.8 |
65.3 |
65.6 |
58.0 |
54.1 |
58.9 |
| % change 18–39 |
2.4 |
–33.0 |
11.8 |
–14.8 |
53.7 |
45.1 |
62.3 |
60.6 |
47.5 |
31.1 |
47.7 |
| % change 40–59 |
7.3 |
–9.2 |
–0.5 |
–4.4 |
53.6 |
52.6 |
63.2 |
71.3 |
60.4 |
50.7 |
56.3 |
| % change ≥ 60 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
Obese |
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| 2000/2001 |
|||||||||||
| 18–39 |
20.1 |
16.5 |
17.8 |
17.6 |
10.5 |
12.6 |
15.9 |
15.0 |
13.8 |
10.1 |
12.5 |
| 40–59 |
23.0 |
22.3 |
24.5 |
24.6 |
14.5 |
18.2 |
20.9 |
23.8 |
19.3 |
14.3 |
17.8 |
| ≥ 60 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| 2011 |
|||||||||||
| 18–39 |
32.1 |
17.1† |
16.2 |
21.6 |
13.4 |
14.1 |
16.6 |
17.7 |
15.3 |
10.8 |
14.3 |
| 40–59 |
25.9 |
27.4 |
30.8 |
28.0 |
19.4 |
22.1 |
27.5 |
25.5 |
22.9 |
17.2 |
21.7 |
| ≥ 60 |
25.5 |
25.0 |
22.5 |
25.0 |
17.8 |
19.6 |
20.8 |
23.8 |
21.1 |
15.6 |
19.3 |
| % change 18–39 |
59.7 |
3.6%† |
–9.0 |
22.7 |
27.6 |
11.9 |
4.4 |
18.0 |
10.9 |
6.9 |
14.4 |
| % change 40–59 |
12.6 |
22.9 |
25.7 |
13.8 |
33.8 |
21.4 |
31.6 |
7.1 |
18.7 |
20.3 |
21.9 |
| % change ≥ 60 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
Obese class l |
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| 2000/2001 |
|||||||||||
| 18–39 |
14.3 |
11.6 |
11.8 |
12.4 |
7.7 |
9.3 |
11.9 |
10.2 |
9.9 |
7.7 |
9.2 |
| 40–59 |
17.6 |
17.1 |
17.4 |
18.6 |
11.0 |
13.4 |
13.9 |
17.1 |
14.9 |
10.6 |
13.0 |
| ≥ 60 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| 2011 |
|||||||||||
| 18–39 |
25.2 |
12.2 |
10.8† |
11.8 |
10.4 |
9.6 |
11.1 |
11.1 |
11.5 |
7.5 |
10.1 |
| 40–59 |
16.3 |
21.3† |
19.2 |
18.2 |
15.2 |
14.9 |
19.9 |
19.6 |
15.2 |
12.7 |
15.2 |
| ≥ 60 |
21.3 |
19.6 |
16.2 |
18.3 |
14.0 |
14.7 |
14.6 |
17.5 |
14.8 |
12.3 |
14.6 |
| % change 18–39 |
76.22 |
5.17 |
–8.47† |
–4.84 |
35.06 |
3.23 |
–6.72 |
8.82 |
16.16 |
–2.60 |
9.78 |
| % change 40–59 |
–7.39 |
24.56† |
10.34 |
–2.15 |
38.18 |
11.19 |
43.17 |
14.62 |
2.01 |
19.81 |
16.92 |
| % change ≥ 60 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
|
Obese class ll |
|||||||||||
| 2000/2001 |
|||||||||||
| 18–39 |
4.5† |
3.1† |
4.0† |
3.6† |
2.1 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
3.4 |
3.0 |
1.6 |
2.4 |
| 40–59 |
3.7 |
3.7† |
5.4 |
3.9 |
2.6 |
3.4 |
4.9 |
5.2 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
3.2 |
| ≥ 60 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| 2011 |
|||||||||||
| 18–39 |
4.7† |
—‡ |
3.7† |
6.0† |
1.9† |
3.0 |
3.4† |
4.1† |
2.6† |
1.7† |
2.7 |
| 40–59 |
5.7† |
—‡ |
8.5 |
7.7† |
2.9† |
5.2 |
4.5† |
3.8† |
6.0† |
3.7† |
4.7 |
| ≥ 60 |
—‡ |
—‡ |
4.4† |
3.9† |
2.5 |
3.5 |
4.2† |
5.4† |
5.1 |
2.1 |
3.3 |
|
Obese class lll |
|||||||||||
| 2000/2001 |
|||||||||||
| 18–39 |
1.3† |
—‡ |
2.1† |
1.7† |
—‡ |
1.0 |
1.3† |
1.4† |
0.9† |
0.8† |
1.0 |
| 40–59 |
1.8† |
1.5† |
1.8† |
2.0† |
0.9† |
1.5 |
2.0† |
1.5† |
1.6 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
| ≥ 60 |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| 2011 |
|||||||||||
| 18–39 |
—‡ |
—‡ |
1.8 |
3.9† |
1.1† |
1.5† |
—‡ |
2.5† |
1.2† |
1.6† |
1.5 |
| 40–59 |
—‡ |
—‡ |
3.1† |
—‡ |
1.3† |
2.0 |
3.0† |
2.2† |
1.8† |
0.9† |
1.8 |
| ≥ 60 | —‡ | —‡ | —‡ | 2.7† | 1.2† | 1.4† | 2.0† | —‡ | 1.3† | —‡ | 1.4 |
Note: BMI = body mass index, NA = not applicable. Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, Share File, 2000/01 (20–64 years), 2003, 2005, 2007–2008, 2009–2010, and 2011 for 18+ years (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%–33.3% should be interpreted with caution. ‡Data suppressed because of extreme sampling variation.