Percentage of Adult Females with a Usual Intake of Folate below the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR) in Canada

(Definition of Indicator) (Definition of Estimated Average Requirement)

Please Note: The CCHS 2.2 does not include data from the Northwest Territories, Yukon Territory or Nunavut. However, the target population covered by the survey represents approximately 98% of the population of the 10 provinces and is thus considered a national survey.

A map of male’s folate intake is unavailable due to extreme sampling variability in some provinces.

Percentage of adults age 19 and over with a usual intake of Folate below the EAR (females)

Province	Estimate
Newfoundland & Labrador	28.6E
Prince Edward Island	28.9E
Nova Scotia	30.3E
New Brunswick	31.5E
Quebec	F
Ontario	29.9
Manitoba	F
Saskatchewan	25.5E
Alberta	35.2
British Columbia	27.0
All of Canada	24.6

Note: ^E - Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3%; interpret with caution.
^F - Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater than 33.3% with a 95% confidence interval not entirely between 0 and 3%; suppressed due to extreme sampling variability.

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For help interpreting these data, please see the Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 2.2, Nutrition (2004): A Guide to Accessing and Interpreting the Data.

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