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
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.