Table 1 Characteristics of the cohort at time of census (results presented as percentages)
Demographics | Immigrant N = 3,676,810 | Non-immigrant N = 13,325,755 | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex (%) | < 0.001 | ||
Male | 48.6 | 48.4 | |
Female | 51.4 | 51.6 | |
Age (M) | 49.5 | 45.8 | <.001 |
Highest degree of education (%) | < 0.001 | ||
None | 39.5 | 39.2 | |
High school | 18.2 | 21.5 | |
Diploma, college certificate | 26.7 | 27.2 | |
Bachelor’s or above | 15.7 | 12.0 | |
Income (quintiles) (%) | < 0.001 | ||
Q1 < 23,183 | 21.0 | 21.4 | |
Q2 23,184 − 39,152 | 19.0 | 21.0 | |
Q3 39,153 − 54,269 | 18.0 | 20.1 | |
Q4 54,270 − 75,000 | 19.0 | 19.4 | |
Q5 > 75,000 | 23.0 | 18.1 | |
Marital status (%) | < 0.001 | ||
Single | 10.9 | 19.0 | |
Married | 72.7 | 62.6 | |
Separated | 2.9 | 3.4 | |
Divorced | 5.3 | 7.8 | |
Widowed | 8.2 | 7.2 | |
First official language (%) | < 0.001 | ||
Knows English and/or French | 94.0 | 99.9 | |
Neither English nor French | 6.0 | 0.1 | |
Cancer incidence (%) | |||
Any cancer (%) | 16.8 | 15.9 | < 0.001 |
Breast | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.763 |
Colorectal | 2.2 | 2.0 | < 0.001 |
Lung | 2.2 | 2.6 | < 0.001 |
Prostate (males only) | 5.6 | 4.6 | < 0.001 |
Head and Neck | 0.3 | 0.4 | < 0.001 |
Stomach | 0.5 | 0.3 | < 0.001 |
Non-cervix gynecological (females only) | 1.6 | 1.5 | < 0.001 |