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Figure 1
Percentage using medications in past two days, by number of medications, household and institutional populations aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories, 1998/1999 (households) and 1996/1997 (institutions)

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Figure 1
Percentage using medications in past two days, by number of medications, household and institutional populations aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories, 1998/1999 (households) and 1996/1997 (institutions)

E use with caution (coefficient of variation 16.6% to 33.3%)
F too unreliable to be published (coefficient of variation greater than 33.3%)
Source: National Population Health Survey, cross-sectional files, 1998/1999 (households) and 1996/1997 (institutions).
Figure source: Statistics Canada, 2009, "Medication use among senior Canadians", Health Reports, Vol. 20, No. 1, catalogue number 82-003-X.