Skip to main content

Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents to the 2012 Health Quality Council of Alberta’s Patient Experience Survey

From: Multimorbidity prevalence in the general population: the role of obesity in chronic disease clustering

Characteristic

N (4803)

%

Sex

  

   Females

2680

55.8

Age (years)

  

   18 – 24

529

11.0

   25 – 44

1619

33.7

   45 – 64

1842

38.4

   65+

813

16.9

Household income (CAD)

  

   ≥ 100,000

1504

36

   60,000 – 99,999

1105

26.5

   30,000 – 59,999

935

22.4

   < 30,000

634

15.2

Education

  

   University degree

1218

25.5

   Some post-secondary/college diploma

1916

40.0

   Secondary or less

1652

34.5

* Health Zone

  

   South

890

18.5

   Calgary

1095

22.8

   Central

862

18.0

   Edmonton

1078

22.4

   North

878

18.3

  1. *Alberta health zones.