Table 1.
Sample characteristics.
| Characteristicsa (n = 16 631) | No. (%) of participantsb | |
|---|---|---|
| Sociodemographic profile | ||
| Age (years)—mean ± SD | 65.55 | ±13.50 |
| Biological sex | ||
| Females | 11,088 | (66.67) |
| Males | 5,543 | (33.33) |
| Caucasian self-identification | ||
| Yes | 15,783 | (94.90) |
| Noc | 848 | (5.10) |
| Indigenous self-identification d | ||
| Yes | 410 | (2.58) |
| No | 15,479 | (97.42) |
| Country of birth | ||
| Canada | 15,522 | (93.33) |
| Other | 1,109 | (6.67) |
| Education level | ||
| No high school diploma | 6,147 | (37.60) |
| High school diploma | 2,455 | (15.02) |
| Post-secondary diploma | 5,323 | (32.56) |
| University diploma | 2,423 | (14.82) |
| Marital status | ||
| In a relationship | 8,183 | (49.22) |
| Not in a relationship | 8,441 | (50.78) |
| Household income (CAN$) | ||
| <20,000 | 3,918 | (23.56) |
| 20,000–39,999 | 5,476 | (32.93) |
| 40,000–59,999 | 3,198 | (19.23) |
| 60,000–79,999 | 1,802 | (10.84) |
| ≥80,000 | 2,237 | (13.45) |
| Region of residence e | ||
| Remote region | 4,124 | (24.80) |
| Non-remote region | 12,507 | (75.20) |
| Geographic area f | ||
| Urban | 11,805 | (70.98) |
| Rural | 4,826 | (29.02) |
| Drug insurance status (in the 2 years prior to CCHS completion) | ||
| Public | 11,363 | (68.32) |
| Private | 5,268 | (31.68) |
| Pain symptoms | ||
| Back pain, except fibromyalgia and arthritis | ||
| Yes | 5,766 | (34.80) |
| No | 10,801 | (65.20) |
| Arthritis conditions (claims in the 2 years prior to CCHS completion) | ||
| Rheumatoid arthritis | ||
| Yes | 935 | (5.68) |
| No | 15,516 | (94.32) |
| Osteoarthritis | ||
| Yes | 4,609 | (28.02) |
| No | 11,842 | (71.98) |
| Other arthritis conditions g | ||
| Yes | 6,114 | (37.16) |
| No | 10,337 | (62.84) |
| At least one above-mentioned arthritis conditions | ||
| Yes | 8,659 | (52.64) |
| No | 7,792 | (47.36) |
| General health profile | ||
| Charlson comorbidity index– mean ± SD | 0.59 | ±1.60 |
SD: Standard deviation.
Proportion of missing data across presented variable ranges between 0 and 4.46%.
Unless stated otherwise.
South Asian (e.g., East Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan), Chinese, Black, Filipino, Latin American, Arab, Southeast Asian (e.g., Vietnamese, Cambodian, Malaysian, Laotian), West Asian (e.g., Iranian, Afghan), Korean, Japanese, Other.
CCHS do not cover Indigenous people living on-reserve.
Remote resource regions as defined by Revenu Quebec (i.e., the provincial revenue agency): Bas-Saint-Laurent (region 01), Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean (region 02), Abitibi-Témiscamingue (region 08), Côte-Nord (region 09), Nord-du-Québec (region 10), Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine (region 11). Nonremote regions are near a major urban center.
A Canadian postal code with a zero “0” in the second position denotes “rural”.
Gout, polymyalgia rheumatic, ankylosing spondylitis, other seronegative spondyloarthropathy, psoriasis, synovitis/tenosynovitis/bursitis, other disorders of synovium tendon and bursa, connective tissue disorder, other disorders of soft tissues, vasculitis, Ooher and unspecified arthropathies, disorders of muscle ligament and fascia, symptoms involving nervous and musculoskeletal systems, other derangement of joint.