Table 4
Health care use in past 12 months, by sex and chronic pain status, household population aged 12 to 44, Canada, 2007/2008

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Characteristic Males Females
Estimated number '000 % 95% confidence interval Estimated number '000 % 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Consulted health care professional
Chronic pain 622 93.0* 91.8 94.3 846 97.7*‡ 97.0 98.5
No chronic pain† 5,919 89.0 88.4 89.6 6,125 96.0‡ 95.6 96.3
Has regular medical doctor
Chronic pain 511 76.5* 74.1 78.9 762 88.0*‡ 86.4 89.6
No chronic pain† 4,862 73.1 72.4 73.9 5,398 84.6‡ 83.9 85.3
Consulted family doctor/general practitioner
Chronic pain 507 75.8* 73.5 78.1 756 87.4*‡ 85.7 89.0
No chronic pain† 4,045 60.8 59.8 61.7 4,919 77.0‡ 76.2 77.8
Consulted other medical doctor
Chronic pain 214 32.1* 29.4 34.8 420 48.4*‡ 46.0 50.9
No chronic pain† 985 14.8 14.1 15.4 1,843 28.8‡ 28.0 29.7
Consulted nurse
Chronic pain 92 13.8* 12.0 15.6 193 22.3*‡ 20.3 24.3
No chronic pain† 541 8.1 7.7 8.6 903 14.1‡ 13.5 14.8
Consulted chiropractor
Chronic pain 139 20.7* 18.4 23.1 177 20.5* 18.5 22.4
No chronic pain† 644 9.7 9.2 10.1 705 11.0‡ 10.5 11.6
Consulted physiotherapist
Chronic pain 127 19.0* 16.7 21.4 176 20.3* 18.4 22.3
No chronic pain† 441 6.6 6.2 7.1 427 6.7 6.3 7.1
Consulted social worker/counsellor
Chronic pain 47 7.1* 5.8 8.4 117 13.5*‡ 11.9 15.1
No chronic pain† 279 4.2 3.8 4.5 427 6.7‡ 6.3 7.1
Consulted psychologist
Chronic pain 38 5.7* 4.6 6.9 89 10.3*‡ 8.9 11.7
No chronic pain† 172 2.6 2.3 2.8 294 4.6‡ 4.2 5.0
† reference category
* significantly different from estimate for reference category (p<0.05)
‡ significantly different from estimate for males (p<0.05)
Source: 2007/2008 Canadian Community Health Survey, 24-month file.