Table 1 Demographics of survey respondents with and without stroke and respondents with stroke with and without arthritis. Values are in percentage of responses

 Male/Female

48/52

48/52

39/61

59/42

 50–54 years

4.4

4.4

3.6

5.3

 55–59 years

8.1

8.1

7.3

9.0

 60–64 years

13.1

13.1

11.5

15.0

 65–69 years

14.1

14.1

13.2

15.2

 70–74 years

15.2

15.2

15.0

15.5

 75–79 years

16.2

16.2

16.7

15.5

 80 + years

28.9

28.9

32.8

24.5

 Underweight

1.8

2.8

2.9

2.6

 Normal weight

38.3

37.4

32.8

42.8

 Overweight

38.0

35.7

37.3

34.0

 Obsese

21.9

24.1

27.0

20.7

 Smoker (yes/no)

11.2/88.8

15.5/84.5

16.4/83.6

14.6/85.4

 < secondary school

31.2

37.9

39.7

39.0

 Graduated secondary school

18.3

15.3

14.9

17.1

 Some post-secondary

4.5

3.2

2.9

4.0

 Graduate post-secondary

46.0

43.6

42.5

48.7

 >$20, 000

15.4

25.1

27.4

22.4

 $20,000 to $39,999

34.8

39.2

42.2

35.8

 $40,000 to $59,999

22.0

17.8

16.2

19.6

 $60,000 to $79,999

12.5

8.1

6.4

10.0

 >$80,000

15.2

9.8

7.7

12.3

 Cancer^a

6.5/93.5

8.5/91.5

9.2/90.8

7.8/92.2

 Hypertension^a

44.0/56.0

63.0/37.0

64.8/35.2

60.8/39.2

 Diabetes^a

15.3/84.7

26.2/73.8

28.0/72.0

24.2/75.8

 Depression^a

6.8/93.2

21.3/78.7

19.9/80.1

23.0/77.0

 Heart disease^ab

16.4/83.6

39.7/60.3

43.6/56.4

35.3/64.7

 COPD^ab

8.7/91.3

14.3/85.7

19.4/80.6

8.4/91.6