Table 1. Characteristics of respondents aged 65+ to the Canadian Community Health Survey–Healthy Aging (CCHS-HA) 2008–2009 (numbers reported are weighted, except for n–unweighted sample size).
| VI+* | VI-* | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glaucoma+ | Glaucoma- | Total | Glaucoma+ | Glaucoma- | Total | |
| n (unweighted) | 145 | 689 | 834 | 1,140 | 14,187 | 15,327 |
| Mean age (years) | 81.3 | 79.9 | 80.1a | 77.3b | 74.1b | 74.3a |
| Female (%) | 65.6 | 58.8 | 60.1 | 55.3 | 54.5 | 54.5 |
| No post-secondary education (%) | 63.4 | 63.1 | 63.2a | 60.5 | 56.1 | 56.4a |
| Caucasians (%) | 80.0 | 89.0 | 87.2 | 89.9 | 91.7 | 91.5 |
| Household income distribution less then middle level (%)** | 77.9 | 71.9 | 73.2a | 62.3 | 61.1 | 61.1a |
| Work full-time or part-time (%) | 2.6 | 4.4 | 4.0a | 7.6b | 13.4b | 13.0a |
| Has ≥1 chronic health condition(s) diagnosed by a health professional (%)*** | 98.3 | 95.5 | 96.0a | 95.3b | 90.6b | 90.9a |
*: VI: Visual impairment; +: presence of the condition; -: absence of the condition
**: Respondent’s household income distribution is less than the fifth decile of a total of ten deciles, which was calculated based on the adjusted ratio of respondent’s total household income to the low income cut-off corresponding to their household and community size***: not including VI and glaucoma.
a: p<0.05 for VI+ (total) vs VI- (total)
b: p<0.05 for VI-Glaucoma+ vs VI-Glaucoma-.