Comparing life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy by body mass index category in adult Canadians: a descriptive study

Steensma, Colin; Loukine, Lidia; Orpana, Heather; Lo, Ernest; Choi, Bernard; Waters, Chris; Martel, Sylvie

doi:10.1186/1478-7954-11-21

Population Health Metrics

Table 1 BMI prevalence by category and HRQL by BMI category, sex, and age group, Canada, 2000-2005

From: Comparing life expectancy and health-adjusted life expectancy by body mass index category in adult Canadians: a descriptive study

	BMI category prevalence (%)					HRQL by BMI category (HUI score)
Females
Age group (years)	Under-weight	Normal weight	Over-weight	Obesity class 1	Obesity class 2+	Under-weight	Normal weight	Over-weight	Obesity class 1	Obesity class 2+
20-24	9.9	67.9	14.8	5.1	2.3	0.88	0.92	0.90	0.88	0.81
25-29	6.9	61.9	19.4	7.6	4.2	0.92	0.92	0.90	0.89	0.90
30-34	4.4	59.3	23.0	8.9	4.4	0.89	0.91	0.89	0.88	0.81
35-39	4.2	59.1	23.1	9.0	4.6	0.92	0.91	0.91	0.87	0.83
40-44	3.4	57.3	25.2	9.5	4.6	0.86	0.90	0.88	0.86	0.80
45-49	2.5	53.7	28.2	10.3	5.4	0.85	0.89	0.86	0.83	0.80
50-54	1.9	46.9	32.4	13.1	5.8	0.79	0.88	0.86	0.84	0.74
55-59	1.7	43.5	34.9	13.7	6.2	0.82	0.88	0.87	0.79	0.76
60-64	2.0	42.2	35.8	14.4	5.6	0.80	0.88	0.84	0.81	0.74
65-69	2.4	43.0	36.6	13.1	4.9	0.84	0.87	0.86	0.81	0.69
70-74	3.2	43.4	34.9	13.7	4.8	0.76	0.84	0.83	0.77	0.62
75-79	4.3	46.7	34.4	11.5	3.2	0.75	0.79	0.78	0.69	0.55
80-84	5.9	51.1	31.1	9.7	2.2	0.62	0.74	0.69	0.61	0.63
≥85	9.2	56.9	25.5	6.8	1.6	0.55	0.60	0.64	0.54	0.36
All ages (≥20)	4.1	53.6	27.4	10.3	4.6	0.85*	0.89	0.86*	0.82*	0.77*
Males
Age group (years)	Under-weight	Normal weight	Over-weight	Obesity class 1	Obesity class 2+	Under-weight	Normal weight	Over-weight	Obesity class 1	Obesity class 2+
20-24	2.6	60.4	27.9	6.5	2.6	0.84	0.91	0.92	0.89	0.86
25-29	1.6	49.1	35.0	10.8	3.5	0.82	0.92	0.92	0.91	0.88
30-34	0.9	42.3	40.1	13.1	3.6	0.86	0.92	0.93	0.91	0.87
35-39	0.8	39.3	43.3	12.9	3.7	0.81	0.90	0.91	0.92	0.84
40-44	0.8	38.1	44.5	13.1	3.5	0.83	0.90	0.91	0.91	0.86
45-49	0.6	36.5	44.1	14.7	4.2	0.70	0.89	0.90	0.91	0.84
50-54	0.5	34.2	44.9	15.5	4.8	0.73	0.87	0.89	0.88	0.84
55-59	0.5	33.0	45.4	16.5	4.6	0.72	0.89	0.87	0.86	0.81
60-64	0.8	34.1	45.5	15.6	4.0	0.81	0.86	0.87	0.85	0.76
65-69	0.9	35.8	44.8	14.7	3.8	0.74	0.88	0.86	0.83	0.76
70-74	1.1	38.8	45.6	11.8	2.7	0.74	0.86	0.85	0.79	0.78
75-79	1.5	43.4	43.3	10.1	1.7	0.73	0.80	0.79	0.81	0.75
80-84	2.8	49.7	38.1	7.9	1.5	0.54	0.74	0.73	0.72	0.55
≥85	2.5	58.6	32.8	5.5	0.5	0.52	0.64	0.61	0.48	0.57
All ages (≥20)	1.1	41.1	41.4	12.8	3.6	0.79*	0.89	0.89	0.88*	0.83*

Source of data: Canadian Community Health Survey, combined cycles 2000–2001, 2003, and 2005, Statistics Canada.
^*p < 0.05: statistically significant difference vs. normal weight (significance tests for HUI score, all ages, by sex only).

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