Table 5
Prevalence of medication use and contact with health professionals, by age group, household population aged 20 or older diagnosed with osteoarthritis, Canada excluding territories, 2009

Table 5
Prevalence of medication use and contact with health professionals, by age group, household population aged 20 or older diagnosed with osteoarthritis, Canada excluding territories, 2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of medication use and contact with health professionals. The information is grouped by Medication use and contact with health professionals (appearing as row headers), Age group, 20 to 49, 50 to 64, 65 or older, % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Medication use and contact with health professionals Age group
20 to 49 50 to 64 65 or older
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Prescription medications 40.0Note E: Use with caution 26.7 54.9 36.8 30.5 43.5 41.5 36.7 46.5
Non-prescription medications 60.1 45.7 73.0 70.3 63.7 76.1 65.0 60.1 69.6
Contact pharmacist (past 12 months) 21.7Note E: Use with caution 14.6 31.0 16.3 12.5 20.9 22.7 18.4 27.6
Contact physiotherapist (past 12 months) 15.6Note E: Use with caution 9.3 25.1 26.5 20.3 33.9 20.4 16.5 25.1
Ever took class to manage arthritis Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act Note x: suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act 10.4Note E: Use with caution 7.1 14.9 11.4 8.5 15.1
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