Table 2
Health status indicators, by gender and sexual identity, household population aged 18 to 59, Canada, 2003 and 2005 combined
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Men | Women | |||||
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Heterosexual | Gay | Bisexual | Heterosexual | Lesbian | Bisexual | |
% | % | % | % | % | % | |
Physical health | ||||||
Self-perceived general health | ||||||
Excellent or very good | 63.9 | 65.4 | 57.1 | 63.8 | 63.2 | 51.6* |
Good | 28.5 | 26.0 | 30.9 | 27.5 | 26.9 | 32.2 |
Fair or poor | 7.7 | 8.5 | 12.0* | 8.7 | 9.8 | 16.2* |
Chronic conditions | ||||||
None | 50.5 | 42.1* | 49.6 | 39.9 | 35.9 | 31.3* |
One | 27.9 | 28.9 | 25.5 | 27.6 | 29.4 | 27.8 |
Two | 12.6 | 17.5* | 13.6 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 16.9 |
Three or more | 9.0 | 11.5* | 11.3 | 16.5 | 18.7 | 23.9* |
Disability day in past two weeks (physical) | 13.6 | 17.9* | 11.7 | 19.2 | 22.6 | 27.0* |
Mental health | ||||||
Self-perceived mental health | ||||||
Excellent or very good | 75.4 | 73.8 | 66.7* | 74.8 | 72.8 | 57.5* |
Good | 20.3 | 20.5 | 23.9 | 19.9 | 20.6 | 25.5* |
Fair or poor | 4.3 | 5.7 | 9.4*E | 5.3 | 6.7E | 17.0* |
Type of disorder | ||||||
Mood disorder | 4.0 | 11.1* | 11.4*E | 7.7 | 11.4* | 25.2* |
Anxiety disorder | 3.0 | 8.5* | 10.1*E | 5.8 | 8.7* | 17.7* |
Disability day in past two weeks (mental) | 1.2 | 3.0*E | 5.5*E | 2.0 | 3.8E | 6.6*E |
* significantly different from estimate for heterosexual population of same gender (p < 0.05) | ||||||
E use with caution (coefficient of variation 16.6% to 33.3%) | ||||||
Note: Missing values are excluded. | ||||||
Data source: 2003 and 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey (combined data). | ||||||
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, " Health care use among gay, lesbian and bisexual Canadians", Health Reports, Vol. 19, No. 1, catalogue number 82-003-XWE. |
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