Severity of pain or discomfort |
Total, severity of pain or discomfort | No pain or discomfort | Mild pain or discomfort | Moderate pain or discomfort | Severe pain or discomfort | Severity of pain or discomfort not stated | ||||||||
Number | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||||
27,077,655 | 22,809,485 | 84.2 | 1,270,455 | 4.7 | 2,223,838 | 8.2 | 622,770 | 2.3 | 151,107 | 0.6 | ||||
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13,379,463 | 11,593,601 | 86.7 | 586,784 | 4.4 | 876,425 | 6.6 | 246,094 | 1.8 | 76,559 | 0.6 | |||
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13,698,192 | 11,215,884 | 81.9 | 683,671 | 5.0 | 1,347,414 | 9.8 | 376,676 | 2.7 | 74,548 | 0.5 | |||
3,129,038 | 2,981,121 | 95.3 | 52,100 | 1.7 | 41,686 | 1.3 | 10,034E | 0.3E | 44,098 | 1.4 | ||||
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1,599,121 | 1,525,958 | 95.4 | 24,044 | 1.5 | 19,801 | 1.2 | 4,681E | 0.3E | 24,637 | 1.5 | |||
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1,529,917 | 1,455,164 | 95.1 | 28,055 | 1.8 | 21,885E | 1.4E | 5,353E | 0.3E | 19,460 | 1.3 | |||
23,948,617 | 19,828,363 | 82.8 | 1,218,355 | 5.1 | 2,182,152 | 9.1 | 612,736 | 2.6 | 107,010 | 0.4 | ||||
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11,780,342 | 10,067,644 | 85.5 | 562,740 | 4.8 | 856,623 | 7.3 | 241,413 | 2.0 | 51,922E | 0.4E | |||
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12,168,275 | 9,760,720 | 80.2 | 655,615 | 5.4 | 1,325,529 | 10.9 | 371,323 | 3.1 | 55,088E | 0.5E | |||
1,326,127 | 1,255,771 | 94.7 | 35,997E | 2.7E | 32,298E | 2.4E | F | F | F | F | ||||
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705,741 | 668,988 | 94.8 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
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620,386 | 586,784 | 94.6 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
2,046,278 | 1,821,390 | 89.0 | 91,145E | 4.5 | 116,802E | 5.7 | F | F | F | F | ||||
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1,057,276 | 974,797 | 92.2 | 45,408E | 4.3E | 31,946E | 3.0E | F | F | F | F | |||
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989,002 | 846,593 | 85.6 | 45,737E | 4.6E | 84,856E | 8.6E | F | F | F | F | |||
1,739,550 | 1,563,568 | 89.9 | 66,520E | 3.8E | 87,422E | 5.0E | F | F | F | F | ||||
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837,418 | 774,580 | 92.5 | 29,122E | 3.5E | 23,205E | 2.8E | F | F | F | F | |||
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902,132 | 788,987 | 87.5 | 37,398E | 4.1E | 64,217E | 7.1E | F | F | F | F | |||
4,755,495 | 4,181,514 | 87.9 | 180,602 | 3.8 | 315,183 | 6.6 | 59,635E | 1.3E | F | F | ||||
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2,337,763 | 2,084,080 | 89.1 | 91,564 | 3.9 | 125,791 | 5.4 | F | F | F | F | |||
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2,417,732 | 2,097,434 | 86.8 | 89,038 | 3.7 | 189,393 | 7.8 | 39,022E | 1.6E | F | F | |||
4,864,334 | 4,107,050 | 84.4 | 245,186 | 5.0 | 400,731 | 8.2 | 95,688 | 2.0 | F | F | ||||
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2,474,091 | 2,127,585 | 86.0 | 110,657 | 4.5 | 187,269 | 7.6 | 40,703E | 1.6E | F | F | |||
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2,390,243 | 1,979,465 | 82.8 | 134,530 | 5.6 | 213,462 | 8.9 | 54,985E | 2.3E | F | F | |||
3,504,062 | 2,784,320 | 79.5 | 204,812 | 5.8 | 359,887 | 10.3 | 133,612 | 3.8 | 21,430E | 0.6E | ||||
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1,817,048 | 1,490,908 | 82.1 | 105,401E | 5.8 | 146,479 | 8.1 | 65,088E | 3.6E | F | F | |||
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1,687,014 | 1,293,412 | 76.7 | 99,412 | 5.9 | 213,408 | 12.7 | 68,524E | 4.1E | F | F | |||
2,461,802 | 1,899,778 | 77.2 | 96,406 | 3.9 | 341,615 | 13.9 | 109,079 | 4.4 | F | F | ||||
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1,152,384 | 938,834 | 81.5 | 31,848E | 2.8E | 135,755 | 11.8 | 39,484E | 3.4E | F | F | |||
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1,309,418 | 960,944 | 73.4 | 64,558 | 4.9 | 205,861 | 15.7 | 69,595 | 5.3 | F | F | |||
2,059,918 | 1,442,442 | 70.0 | 167,078 | 8.1 | 327,223 | 15.9 | 100,231 | 4.9 | F | F | ||||
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920,211 | 680,002 | 73.9 | 72,891 | 7.9 | 125,044 | 13.6 | 34,125E | 3.7E | F | F | |||
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1,139,707 | 762,440 | 66.9 | 94,187E | 8.3E | 202,179 | 17.7 | 66,106E | 5.8E | F | F | |||
1,191,051 | 772,531 | 64.9 | 130,608 | 11.0 | 200,991 | 16.9 | 81,109 | 6.8 | F | F | ||||
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478,410 | 327,870 | 68.5 | 59,763E | 12.5E | 61,138E | 12.8E | 27,642E | 5.8E | F | F | |||
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712,641 | 444,661 | 62.4 | 70,845 | 9.9 | 139,853 | 19.6 | 53,467E | 7.5 | F | F | |||
27,834,243 | 24,481,552 | 88.0 | 1,005,089 | 3.6 | 1,776,836 | 6.4 | 527,240 | 1.9 | 43,525E | 0.2E | ||||
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13,755,681 | 12,311,349 | 89.5 | 472,400 | 3.4 | 753,092 | 5.5 | 194,344 | 1.4 | 24,495E | 0.2E | |||
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14,078,562 | 12,170,203 | 86.4 | 532,689 | 3.8 | 1,023,744 | 7.3 | 332,896 | 2.4 | 19,030E | 0.1E | |||
3,239,356 | 3,148,941 | 97.2 | 34,175E | 1.1E | F | F | F | F | F | F | ||||
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1,656,241 | 1,621,561 | 97.9 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
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1,583,115 | 1,527,380 | 96.5 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
24,594,887 | 21,332,612 | 86.7 | 970,914 | 3.9 | 1,728,463 | 7.0 | 523,344 | 2.1 | 39,554E | 0.2E | ||||
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12,099,440 | 10,689,789 | 88.3 | 456,380 | 3.8 | 741,203 | 6.1 | 190,846 | 1.6 | F | F | |||
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12,495,447 | 10,642,823 | 85.2 | 514,534 | 4.1 | 987,260 | 7.9 | 332,497 | 2.7 | 18,332E | 0.1E | |||
1,150,763 | 1,111,695 | 96.6 | 19,111E | 1.7E | 12,995E | 1.1E | F | F | F | F | ||||
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580,013 | 571,702 | 98.6 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
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570,750 | 539,992 | 94.6 | F | F | 11,628E | 2.0E | F | F | F | F | |||
2,110,798 | 1,986,423 | 94.1 | 49,569 | 2.3 | 56,235E | 2.7E | F | F | F | F | ||||
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1,085,998 | 1,047,116 | 96.4 | 21,695E | 2.0E | 15,037E | 1.4E | F | F | F | F | |||
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1,024,800 | 939,307 | 91.7 | 27,874E | 2.7E | 41,197E | 4.0E | F | F | F | F | |||
1,872,592 | 1,745,501 | 93.2 | 53,606E | 2.9E | 62,902 | 3.4 | 10,563E | 0.6E | F | F | ||||
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948,260 | 904,909 | 95.4 | 19,170E | 2.0E | 21,464E | 2.3E | F | F | F | F | |||
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924,332 | 840,592 | 90.9 | 34,436E | 3.7E | 41,438 | 4.5 | F | F | F | F | |||
4,471,514 | 4,065,790 | 90.9 | 129,376 | 2.9 | 234,069 | 5.2 | 37,521E | 0.8E | F | F | ||||
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2,208,851 | 2,026,422 | 91.7 | 60,144 | 2.7 | 102,648 | 4.6 | 16,478E | 0.7E | F | F | |||
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2,262,663 | 2,039,368 | 90.1 | 69,233 | 3.1 | 131,421 | 5.8 | 21,043E | 0.9E | F | F | |||
5,237,643 | 4,640,789 | 88.6 | 178,510 | 3.4 | 319,506 | 6.1 | 96,023 | 1.8 | 2,816E | 0.1E | ||||
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2,644,862 | 2,350,461 | 88.9 | 93,173 | 3.5 | 159,765 | 6.0 | 39,617 | 1.5 | F | F | |||
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2,592,781 | 2,290,328 | 88.3 | 85,336 | 3.3 | 159,741 | 6.2 | 56,406E | 2.2E | F | F | |||
3,770,504 | 3,182,851 | 84.4 | 186,156 | 4.9 | 299,838 | 8.0 | 97,923 | 2.6 | 3,737E | 0.1E | ||||
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1,921,647 | 1,646,632 | 85.7 | 88,423 | 4.6 | 139,281 | 7.2 | 45,110E | 2.3E | F | F | |||
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1,848,857 | 1,536,219 | 83.1 | 97,733 | 5.3 | 160,557 | 8.7 | 52,813E | 2.9E | F | F | |||
2,564,965 | 2,028,315 | 79.1 | 138,202 | 5.4 | 291,229 | 11.4 | 97,671 | 3.8 | F | F | ||||
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1,231,134 | 1,001,328 | 81.3 | 62,770 | 5.1 | 124,443 | 10.1 | 34,934E | 2.8E | F | F | |||
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1,333,831 | 1,026,987 | 77.0 | 75,432 | 5.7 | 166,786 | 12.5 | 62,737E | 4.7E | F | F | |||
2,095,818 | 1,629,648 | 77.8 | 122,285 | 5.8 | 258,868 | 12.4 | 79,923 | 3.8 | 5,095E | 0.2E | ||||
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929,806 | 743,730 | 80.0 | 54,161 | 5.8 | 99,787 | 10.7 | 29,312E | 3.2E | 2,816E | 0.3E | |||
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1,166,013 | 885,918 | 76.0 | 68,123 | 5.8 | 159,081 | 13.6 | 50,611 | 4.3 | 2,279E | 0.2E | |||
1,320,290 | 941,601 | 71.3 | 94,099 | 7.1 | 192,822 | 14.6 | 81,230 | 6.2 | 10,538E | 0.8E | ||||
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548,869 | 397,488 | 72.4 | 49,900E | 9.1 | 77,411E | 14.1 | F | F | 2,328E | 0.4E | |||
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771,420 | 544,112 | 70.5 | 44,199 | 5.7 | 115,411 | 15.0 | 59,488 | 7.7 | F | F | |||
28,091,727 | 24,587,107 | 87.5 | 1,062,385 | 3.8 | 1,911,833 | 6.8 | 514,776 | 1.8 | F | F | ||||
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13,883,550 | 12,381,658 | 89.2 | 516,853 | 3.7 | 769,611 | 5.5 | 201,558 | 1.5 | F | F | |||
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14,208,177 | 12,205,448 | 85.9 | 545,532 | 3.8 | 1,142,222 | 8.0 | 313,218 | 2.2 | F | F | |||
3,175,600 | 3,108,058 | 97.9 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | ||||
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1,624,463 | 1,596,123 | 98.3 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
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1,551,137 | 1,511,935 | 97.5 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
24,916,127 | 21,479,048 | 86.2 | 1,032,127 | 4.1 | 1,882,323 | 7.6 | 507,001 | 2.0 | F | F | ||||
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12,259,087 | 10,785,535 | 88.0 | 502,739 | 4.1 | 761,475 | 6.2 | 195,468 | 1.6 | F | F | |||
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12,657,040 | 10,693,513 | 84.5 | 529,388 | 4.2 | 1,120,848 | 8.9 | 311,533 | 2.5 | F | F | |||
1,132,916 | 1,106,379 | 97.7 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | ||||
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596,301 | 587,483 | 98.5 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
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536,615 | 518,896 | 96.7 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
2,140,371 | 2,060,860 | 96.3 | 39,501E | 1.8E | 29,825E | 1.4E | F | F | F | F | ||||
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1,092,483 | 1,066,952 | 97.7 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
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1,047,889 | 993,908 | 94.8 | 24,088E | 2.3E | 23,941E | 2.3E | F | F | F | F | |||
1,929,787 | 1,826,032 | 94.6 | 45,237E | 2.3E | 53,956E | 2.8E | F | F | F | F | ||||
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970,659 | 932,041 | 96.0 | 27,066E | 2.8E | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
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959,127 | 893,991 | 93.2 | F | F | 43,432E | 4.5E | F | F | F | F | |||
4,124,839 | 3,781,029 | 91.7 | 115,813 | 2.8 | 187,249 | 4.5 | 40,390E | 1.0E | F | F | ||||
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2,034,597 | 1,885,117 | 92.7 | 59,415E | 2.9E | 80,981 | 4.0 | F | F | F | F | |||
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2,090,242 | 1,895,912 | 90.7 | 56,398E | 2.7E | 106,268 | 5.1 | 31,664E | 1.5E | F | F | |||
5,423,410 | 4,719,407 | 87.0 | 257,998 | 4.8 | 360,965 | 6.7 | 83,722 | 1.5 | F | F | ||||
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2,740,807 | 2,396,259 | 87.4 | 141,797E | 5.2E | 166,737 | 6.1 | 34,695E | 1.3E | F | F | |||
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2,682,603 | 2,323,148 | 86.6 | 116,201 | 4.3 | 194,227 | 7.2 | 49,027E | 1.8E | F | F | |||
3,985,865 | 3,312,043 | 83.1 | 174,687 | 4.4 | 384,411 | 9.6 | 111,395 | 2.8 | F | F | ||||
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1,953,552 | 1,674,029 | 85.7 | 82,348E | 4.2E | 147,260 | 7.5 | 46,587E | 2.4E | F | F | |||
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2,032,312 | 1,638,015 | 80.6 | 92,339 | 4.5 | 237,151 | 11.7 | 64,808E | 3.2E | F | F | |||
2,691,326 | 2,126,408 | 79.0 | 158,700 | 5.9 | 321,288 | 11.9 | 84,004 | 3.1 | F | F | ||||
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1,353,049 | 1,107,530 | 81.9 | 72,738E | 5.4E | 138,160 | 10.2 | 33,695E | 2.5E | F | F | |||
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1,338,278 | 1,018,878 | 76.1 | 85,962 | 6.4 | 183,128 | 13.7 | 50,309E | 3.8E | F | F | |||
1,999,320 | 1,518,242 | 75.9 | 111,175 | 5.6 | 286,352 | 14.3 | 80,493 | 4.0 | F | F | ||||
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905,148 | 711,403 | 78.6 | 41,179E | 4.5E | 114,380 | 12.6 | 35,129E | 3.9E | F | F | |||
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1,094,172 | 806,839 | 73.7 | 69,996E | 6.4E | 171,972 | 15.7 | 45,364E | 4.1E | F | F | |||
1,488,293 | 1,028,647 | 69.1 | 121,200E | 8.1 | 241,338 | 16.2 | 92,249 | 6.2 | F | F | ||||
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612,491 | 424,722 | 69.3 | 61,556E | 10.1E | 91,741 | 15.0 | 31,372E | 5.1E | F | F | |||
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875,802 | 603,926 | 69.0 | 59,644E | 6.8 | 149,598 | 17.1 | 60,877E | 7.0E | F | F | |||
1. | Data sources: Statistics Canada, National Population Health Survey, 1994/95, 1996/97 and 1998/99, cross sectional sample, health file; Statistics Canada, National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (4 to 11 years of age), 1994/95 |
2. | Population aged 4 and over who answered "yes" or "no" when asked if they were usually free of pain or discomfort. Severity of pain is measured as severe, moderate or mild. |
3. | For 1994/95, the data source for 4 to 11 years of age is the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. Caution should be exercised when comparing with other data in this table. |
4. | Bootstrapping techniques were used to produce the coefficient of variation (CV) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). |
5. | Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3% are identified by an (E) and should be interpreted with caution. |
6. | Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater than 33.3% were suppressed (F) due to extreme sampling variability. |
7. | CANSIM table number 01040004. |