Table 2.

Physician-diagnosed cardiovascular conditions and self-rated fair or poor general health by race/ethnicity

	Caribbean Black	Caribbean non-Black	Non-Caribbean Black	Other non-White Canadians	White Canadians
Fair or poor health
Percent	13.5	17.1*	9.0*	9.5*	11.7
Age/sex standardized odds ratios	1.24	1.49	1.06	1.04	1.00
(95% CI)	(0.94–1.64)	(1.21–1.85)***	(0.88–1.27)	(0.96–1.12)
Any cardiovascular disease or diabetes
Percent	32.6*	36.9*	17.9*	18.0*	25.4
Age/sex standardized odds ratios	1.82	1.79	1.37	1.14	1.00
(95% CI)	(1.43–2.31)***	(1.49–2.15)***	(1.17–1.60)***	(1.07–1.22)***
Diagnosed diabetes
Percent	13.3*	16.4*	8.2	6.2*	7.1
Age/sex standardized odds ratios	2.48	2.65	2.23	1.42	1.00
(95% CI)	(1.74–3.54)***	(2.10–3.33)***	(1.81–2.74)***	(1.30–1.55)***
Diagnosed heart disease
Percent	2.7*	4.5	2.2*	2.7*	5.7
Age/sex standardized odds ratios	0.54	0.73	0.75	0.80	1.00
(95% CI)	(0.33–0.88)*	(0.49–1.10)	(0.56–1.00)*	(0.70–0.91)*
Diagnosed hypertension
Percent	28.8*	28.9*	13.4	13.2	19.9
Age/sex standardized odds ratios	2.10	1.65	1.28	1.12	1.00
(95% CI)	(1.63–2.70)***	(1.37–1.98)***	(1.08–1.52)**	(1.04–1.20)**
Diagnosed stroke
Percent	F	F	F	0.6*	1.3
Age/sex standardized odds ratios	0.92	1.56	0.80	0.83	1.00
(95% CI)	(0.34–2.48)	(0.62–3.90)	(0.36–1.75)	(0.65–1.06)

White Canadians is the reference category

*p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001

F suppressed due to CV greater than 33.3%

Data source: Canadian Community Health Survey, 2011–2016