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Table 1
Percentage using medications and multiple medications in past two days, by selected characteristics, household and institutional populations aged 65 or older, Canada excluding territories, 1998/1999 (households) and 1996/1997 (institutions)
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| Medication use | Multiple medication use | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Households | Institutions | Households | Institutions | |||||||||
| Percentage | 95% confidence interval | Percentage | 95% confidence interval | Percentage | 95% confidence interval | Percentage | 95% confidence interval | |||||
| from | to | from | to | from | to | from | to | |||||
| Total | 76.3 | 74.2 | 78.4 | 96.7 | 95.8 | 97.6 | 12.8 | 11.0 | 14.7 | 53.1 | 49.7 | 56.5 |
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Men | 71.9 * | 68.8 | 74.9 | 96.5 | 94.9 | 98.1 | 11.6 | 9.2 | 14.0 | 51.3 | 45.9 | 56.7 |
| Women† | 79.7 | 77.0 | 82.4 | 96.8 | 95.7 | 97.8 | 13.8 | 11.5 | 16.2 | 53.8 | 49.8 | 57.8 |
| Age group | ||||||||||||
| 65 to 74† | 73.4 | 70.4 | 76.3 | 97.2 | 95.3 | 99.2 | 10.5 | 8.5 | 12.5 | 52.6 | 45.8 | 59.5 |
| 75 to 84 | 80.8 * | 77.4 | 84.2 | 96.9 | 95.3 | 98.4 | 16.3* | 13.3 | 19.4 | 56.9 | 51.9 | 61.9 |
| 85 or older | 77.9 | 71.2 | 84.5 | 96.4 | 95.2 | 97.6 | 14.4E | 7.3 | 21.5 | 50.7 | 46.3 | 55.1 |
| Education | ||||||||||||
| Less than secondary graduation† | 76.9 | 74.1 | 79.8 | 96.7 | 95.6 | 97.7 | 14.2 | 11.6 | 16.7 | 54.5 | 50.6 | 58.5 |
| Secondary graduation or more | 75.7 | 72.7 | 78.7 | 97.0 | 95.5 | 98.5 | 11.6 | 9.4 | 13.8 | 51.1 | 44.9 | 57.2 |
| Proxy reporter | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 75.8 | 69.7 | 81.9 | 96.8 | 95.6 | 97.9 | 14.4 | 9.8 | 19.1 | 45.4* | 41.0 | 49.8 |
| No† | 76.4 | 74.2 | 78.5 | 96.6 | 95.2 | 98.0 | 12.6 | 10.6 | 14.5 | 64.9 | 60.3 | 69.5 |
| † reference category * significantly different from estimate for reference category (p<0.05) Source: National Population Health Survey, cross-sectional files, 1998/1999 (households) and 1996/1997 (institutions). Table source: Statistics Canada, 2009, "Medication use among senior Canadians", Health Reports, Vol. 20, No. 1, catalogue number 82-003-X. |
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