"Average concentration of cadmium in blood in the Canadian population, aged 6 to 79, Cycle 1 (2007 to 2009) to Cycle 6 (2018 to 2019)",,,,,, ,,,,,, Survey period,12 to 19 years (micrograms per liter),20 to 39 years (micrograms per liter),40 to 59 years (micrograms per liter),60 to 79 years (micrograms per liter),Females (micrograms per liter),Males (micrograms per liter) Cycle 1 (2007 to 2009),0.16,0.34,0.48,0.45,0.38,0.30 Cycle 2 (2009 to 2011),0.13,0.29,0.42,0.46,0.33,0.27 Cycle 3 (2012 to 2013),0.17,0.31,0.50,0.48,0.38,0.30 Cycle 4 (2014 to 2015),0.14,0.33,0.40,0.44,0.34,0.29 Cycle 5 (2016 to 2017),0.11,0.28,0.35,0.39,0.28,0.25 Cycle 6 (2018 to 2019),0.13,0.24,0.32,0.36,0.28,0.22 ,,,,,, ,,,,,, Note: Average refers to geometric mean. Averages for the age groups 3 to 5 and 6 to 11 years are not presented as the data were not available for 3-5 years in cycle 1 and more than 40% of the samples were below the limit of detection for the age group 6-11 years in cycles 5 and 6 preventing the generation of geometric means. Averages by sex (males and females) cover population aged 6-79 years. ,,,,,, Source: Health Canada (2021) Cadmium in Canadians (https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/environmental-workplace-health/reports-publications/environmental-contaminants/human-biomonitoring-resources/cadmium-canadians.html).,,,,,, Available on the Environmental indicators website (www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators).,,,,,,