Is Self-Reported Physical Activity Participation Associated with Lower Health Services Utilization among Older Adults? Cross-Sectional Evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey

Table 2

Population characteristics, stratified by age group and activity level ( = 56,652).

	Age group
	50–64 yrs.			65–79 yrs.			80 yrs. and older
Predisposing factors	( = 29,914)			( = 20,183)			( = 6,555)
	Inactive	Mod. active	Active	Inactive	Mod. active	Active	Inactive	Mod. active	Active
	( = 15,393)	( = 7,882)	( = 6,639)	( = 11,109)	( = 5,027)	( = 4,047)	( = 4,772)	( = 1,101)	( = 682)
Age (mean ± SD)	56.2 ± 4.2	56.4 ± 4.3	56.5 ± 4.2	71.5 ± 4.3	70. 9 ± 4.2	70.6 ± 3.9	84.2 ± 3.6	83.2 ± 3.2	83.0 ± 2.9
Gender (%)
Male	49.3	47.9	52.6	41.0	47.4	57.8	31.0	41.4	52.9
Female	50.7	52.1	47.4	59.0	52.6	42.2	69.0	58.6	47.1
Marital status (%)
Married	76.0	78.9	79.5	64.8	69.6	72.5	37.0	41.1	53.5
Not married/missing	24.0	21.1	20.5	35.2	30.4	27.5	63.0	58.9	46.5
Education (%)
Completed secondary	76.4	84.4	85.6	52.3	63.4	67.1	44.6	55.1	59.1
<Secondary	20.7	13.2	12.2	43.3	33.9	29.7	49.0	40.4	36.5
Missing	2.9	2.3	2.2	4.4	2.7	3.2	6.4	4.5	4.4
Household income (%)
<$15,000	5.8	3.8	4.1	9.1	7.2	5.7	14.4	9.4	9.9
$15,000–$29,999	29.4	24.0	23.4	49.4	47.5	47.5	45.4	44.4	44.2
≥$30,000	50.0	59.4	59.7	19.8	27.5	27.1	12.0	20.4	23.0
Missing	14.7	12.7	12.8	21.7	17.8	19.7	28.3	25.8	22.9
Employment status (%)
Not employed	30.4	32.7	37.3	85.6	89.2	87.7	100	100	100
Employed	67.2	65.0	60.7	11.7	9.1	10.1
Missing	2.4	2.3	2.0	2.6	1.7	2.2
Has regular family doctor (%)
Yes	90.3	91.8	90.9	94.6	96.1	93.9	96.2	96.6	95.4
No/missing	9.7	8.2	9.1	5.4	3.9	6.1	3.8	3.4	4.6
Self-rated general health (%)
Excellent/very good/good	80.8	88.8	91.9	69.8	83.6	88.0	63.5	81.2	82.5
Fair/poor/missing	19.2	11.2	8.1	30.2	16.4	12.0	36.5	18.8	17.5
Self-rated mental health (%)
Excellent/very good/good	93.1	95.2	96.7	93.7	96.6	97.0	91.0	95.9	95.3
Fair/poor/missing	6.9	4.8	3.3	6.3	3.4	3.0	9.0	4.1	4.7
Number of chronic conditions (%)
None/missing	20.3	20.0	23.3	10.1	10.7	14.1	7.7	10.9	13.1
1 condition	25.1	28.9	30.3	17.4	21.3	23.9	13.7	19.3	20.1
2 conditions	21.7	22.0	22.3	21.8	24.9	24.8	20.1	23.8	26.7
3 conditions	23.8	21.9	17.7	37.1	30.7	26.6	41.4	34.3	26.5
≥4 conditions	9.0	7.2	6.3	13.6	12.5	10.6	17.1	11.7	13.7
Typical daily PA (%)
Usually sitting	27.5	21.6	17.0	30.4	12.3	7.4	48.1	21.5	11.0
Standing or walking	43.2	46.1	48.0	48.2	58.1	53.8	40.9	56.9	58.9
Lifting light/heavy loads	28.5	31.7	34.6	20.1	28.7	38.0	9.0	20.5	29.3
Missing	0.8	0.6	0.4	1.3	0.9	0.9	2.1	1.1	0.8