Table 3
Percentage distribution of people reporting chronic pain, by intensity of pain and sex, household and institutional populations aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2005 (households) and 1996/1997 (institutions)

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Intensity of pain Households Institutions
% %
Mild 27.4 22.4
Men 34.1†* 18.7E
Women 23.7 23.6
Moderate 54.7 50
Men 50.5 57
Women 56.9† 47.8
Severe 18.0† 27.6
Men 15.4 24.4E
Women 19.4† 28.6
† significantly different from estimate for institutional population (p < 0.05)
* significantly different from estimate for women (p < 0.05)
E use with caution (coefficient of variation between 16.6% and 33.3%)
Note: Percentages based on people reporting chronic pain
Data sources: 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey; 1996/1997 National Population Health Survey, cross-sectional sample, Health Institutions component.
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, "Chronic pain in Canadian seniors", Health Reports, Vol. 19 No. 1, catalogue number 82-003-XWE.