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Persons with arthritis or rheumatism by age and sex

  1994-1995 1996-1997 1998-1999 2000-2001
  %
All age groups 12.7 13.8 15.3 15.2
Male 9.5 9.7 11.2 11.4
Female 15.7 17.8 19.2 19.0
12-14 years F F F 0.4E
Male F F F F
Female F F F F
15-19 years 1.0E 1.1E F 1.5
Male F F F 1.0E
Female F 1.5E F 2.1
20-24 years 2.8E 2.4 2.0E 3.0
Male F 0.7E F 2.6
Female 3.9E 4.1E 2.7E 3.4
25-34 years 3.5 4.0 3.8 4.7
Male 2.5 2.6 3.3E 4.2
Female 4.4 5.3 4.2 5.2
35-44 years 6.8 7.7 8.5 8.8
Male 6.0 5.7 6.9 7.0
Female 7.7 9.8 10.1 10.5
45-54 years 13.9 15.3 17.2 17.0
Male 10.4 10.7 12.3 13.1
Female 17.7 20.1 22.0 20.9
55-64 years 27.1 28.4 32.6 29.8
Male 20.4 19.9 24.1 22.8
Female 33.0 36.1 41.2 36.7
65-74 years 37.5 39.6 42.1 39.9
Male 31.1 32.2 33.3 30.5
Female 42.6 45.6 49.3 48.0
75 years and over 45.4 46.7 48.5 47.5
Male 38.0 37.3 38.4 37.4
Female 50.3 53.5 55.6 54.1
Note: Population aged 12 and over who report that they have been diagnosed by a health professional as having arthritis or rheumatism.
Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM, tables 104-0002 and 105-0002 and Catalogue no. 82-221-XIE.
Last modified: 2004-06-14.

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