Table 1
Prevalence of medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS), by selected characteristics, household population aged 25 or older, Canada, 2014

Table 1
Prevalence of medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS), by selected characteristics, household population aged 25 or older, Canada, 2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of medically unexplained physical symptoms (MUPS). The information is grouped by Characteristic (appearing as row headers), Any MUPS, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Multiple chemical sensitivity, Fibromyalgia, Number 000s, % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic Any MUPS Chronic fatigue syndrome Multiple chemical sensitivity Fibromyalgia
Number 000s % 95% confidence interval Number 000s % 95% confidence interval Number 000s % 95% confidence interval Number 000s % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to
Total 1,348.9 5.5 5.2 5.8 389.9 1.6 1.4 1.8 671.5 2.7 2.5 3.0 500.3 2.0 1.8 2.3
Sex  
MenTable 1 Note  369.4 3.1 2.8 3.4 145.8 1.2 1.1 1.4 169.6 1.4 1.2 1.7 88.5 0.7 0.6 1.0
Women 979.5 7.8Note * 7.3 8.4 244.2 1.9Note * 1.7 2.2 501.9 4.0Note * 3.6 4.4 411.8 3.3Note * 3.0 3.7
Age group  
25 to 44Table 1 Note  266.8 2.8 2.5 3.2 86.9 0.9 0.7 1.2 138.4 1.5 1.2 1.8 74.8 0.8 0.6 1.0
45 to 59 485.9 6.5Note * 5.8 7.2 123.8 1.6Note * 1.4 2.0 230.0 3.1Note * 2.6 3.5 208.4 2.8Note * 2.3 3.3
60 to 74 448.1 8.1Note * 7.5 8.8 131.7 2.4Note * 2.0 2.8 230.7 4.2Note * 3.7 4.7 177.1 3.2Note * 2.8 3.7
75 or older 148.2 7.3Note * 6.3 8.3 47.7 2.3Note * 1.9 2.8 72.4 3.5Note * 2.8 4.4 40.0 1.9Note * 1.5 2.5
Highest level of household education  
Postsecondary graduationTable 1 Note  745.3 4.8 4.5 5.2 197.7 1.3 1.1 1.5 402.3 2.6 2.3 2.9 268.5 1.7 1.5 2.0
Less than postsecondary graduation 579.3 6.7Note * 6.2 7.3 184.9 2.1Note * 1.8 2.5 255.3 3.0 2.6 3.3 225.8 2.6Note * 2.2 3.1
Household income quintile  
1 (lowest)Table 1 Note  390.7 8.7 7.8 9.7 149.8 3.3 2.8 4.0 172.4 3.8 3.3 4.5 150.9 3.3 2.8 2.8
2 310.9 6.4Note * 5.7 7.1 91.1 1.9Note * 1.5 2.3 146.2 3.0Note * 2.5 3.5 124.1 2.5Note * 2.1 2.1
3 243.7 5.0Note * 4.4 5.8 60.4 1.2Note * 1.0 1.6 139.4 2.9Note * 2.4 3.4 82.5 1.7Note * 1.3 1.3
4 231.4 4.6Note * 3.9 5.4 50.0 1.0Note * 0.8 1.3 111.1 2.2Note * 1.8 2.7 91.2 1.8Note * 1.3 1.3
5 (highest) 167.9 3.3Note * 2.8 3.8 37.8 0.7Note * 0.6 0.9 99.1 1.9Note * 1.6 2.3 51.1 1.0Note * 0.8 0.8
Marital status  
Married/Common-lawTable 1 Note  808.4 4.8 4.4 5.2 217.8 1.3 1.1 1.5 402.9 2.4 2.1 2.6 301.4 1.8 1.5 2.0
Widowed/Separated/Divorced 332.6 9.1Note * 8.2 10.1 93.0 2.5Note * 2.2 3.0 159.3 4.3Note * 3.7 5.1 140.3 3.8Note * 3.2 4.6
Never married 203.1 5.3 4.6 6.0 75.8 2.0Note * 1.5 2.5 108.2 2.8 2.3 3.4 57.5 1.5 1.1 1.9
Cultural identity/Race  
WhiteTable 1 Note  1,053.9 5.7 5.4 6.1 297.7 1.6 1.4 1.8 517.8 2.8 2.6 3.1 407.9 2.2 2.0 2.5
Non-white 245.9 4.7Note * 4.0 5.5 70.1 1.3 1.0 1.8 136.7 2.6 2.1 3.2 68.4 1.3Note * 1.0 1.7
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