TABLE 3.

Descriptive health profile by FI defined by Canadian and US coding schemes among adults 18 y old and older in Canada (Quebec excluded)¹

		Self-reported measures in CCHS				Objective measures in DAD/CVSD
	n	Low fruit and vegetable intake	Fair/poor health	Fair/poor mental health	Any chronic condition	Acute care	Extensive acute care	Mental acute care	Death in 2 y
Overall sample	403,700	62.8	12.2	6.3	27.0	4.3	0.7	0.2	1.2
Canada: no FI (ref)	358,200	61.7	10.7	5.0	26.7	4.2	0.7	0.1	1.2
Marginal FI	14,300	68.3*	16.2*	10.2*	25.3	4.3	0.8	0.3*	1.0
Moderate FI	20,400	71.3*	23.1*	15.5*	28.8*	4.9*	0.9	0.5*	1.1
Severe FI	10,800	75.6*	39.5*	30.7*	40.2*	<7.0*	<2.0*	<2.0*	1.4
United States: high FS (ref)	358,200	61.7	10.7	5.0	26.7	4.2	0.7	0.1	1.2
Marginal FS	20,600	69.1*	18.2*,a	11.3*,a	26.4a	4.5	0.8	0.3*	1.1
Low FS	14,200	71.6*	23.5*	16.5*,a	28.6*	4.9*	0.9	0.6*	1.0
Very low FS	10,500	75.6*	39.7*	30.9*	41.0*	<7.0*	<2.0*	<2.0*	1.4
Canada: food secure (ref)	372,500	62.0	10.9	5.2	26.6	4.2	0.7	0.2	1.2
Food insecure	31,200	72.7*	28.3*	20.4*	32.1*	5.4*	1.1*	0.8*	1.2
United States: food secure (ref)	378,800	62.2	11.1a	5.3a	26.7	4.2	0.7	0.1	1.2
Food insecure	24,700	73.2*	29.9*,a	22.1*,a	33.1*,a	5.5*	1.1*	0.9*	1.2
With-children subsample	93,600	62.0	7.8	5.3	13.8	2.3	0.3	0.1	0.3
Canada: food secure (ref)	83,200	61.1	6.4	4.1	13.0	2.2	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5
Food insecure	10,400	70.5*	20.6*	16.0*	22.2*	3.8*	<1.0*	<1.0*	<0.5
United States: food secure (ref)	84,800	61.2	6.5	4.2	13.1	2.2	<0.5	<0.5	<0.5
Food insecure	8800	70.7*	21.8*,a	17.2*,a	22.8*	3.7*	<1.0*	<1.0*	<0.5
No-children subsample	310,100	63.2	14.4	6.9	33.4	5.3	0.9	0.2	1.6
Canada: food secure (ref)	289,300	62.4	13.0	5.7	33.0	5.2	0.9	0.2	1.6
Food insecure	20,800	74.3*	33.8*	23.5*	39.4*	6.6*	1.3*	1.0*	1.9
United States: food secure (ref)	294,100	62.6	13.2a	5.9a	33.0	5.2	0.9	0.2	1.6
Food insecure	15,900	75.2*,a	36.3*,a	26.1*,a	41.5*,a	7.0*	1.4*,a	1.2*,a	1.9

¹Values are percentages. Certain values are reported as “< threshold” owing to confidentiality requirements. Numbers of observations (n) are rounded to protect respondents’ identity. ns are lower for self-reported measures than the ones shown in the table owing to missing values. CCHS, Canadian Community Health Survey; CVSD, Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database; DAD, Discharge Abstract Database; FI, food insecurity; FS, food security; ref, reference category for t-test across food insecurity categories.

*Different from reference category (i.e., “food secure,” “no FI,” or “high FS”), P < 0.05.

^aDifferent from Canadian scheme, P < 0.05.