| Contact with alternative health care providers |
Total, contact with alternative health care providers | Contact with alternative health care providers | No contact with alternative health care providers | Contact with alternative health care providers, not stated | ||||||
| Number | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||||
| 23,948,617 | 1,204,434 | 5.0 | 22,740,386 | 95.0 | F | F | ||||
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11,780,342 | 387,336 | 3.3 | 11,391,285 | 96.7 | F | F | |||
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12,168,275 | 817,097 | 6.7 | 11,349,101 | 93.3 | F | F | |||
| 3,372,405 | 76,503E | 2.3E | 3,295,902 | 97.7 | F | F | ||||
|
1,763,017 | 33,497E | 1.9E | 1,729,520 | 98.1 | F | F | |||
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1,609,388 | 43,006E | 2.7E | 1,566,382 | 97.3 | F | F | |||
| 1,326,127 | F | F | 1,309,695 | 98.8 | F | F | ||||
|
705,741 | F | F | 695,302 | 98.5 | F | F | |||
|
620,386 | F | F | 614,393 | 99.0 | F | F | |||
| 2,046,278 | 60,070E | 2.9E | 1,986,208 | 97.1 | F | F | ||||
|
1,057,276 | 23,057E | 2.2E | 1,034,219 | 97.8 | F | F | |||
|
989,002 | 37,013E | 3.7E | 951,989 | 96.3 | F | F | |||
| 6,495,045 | 358,241 | 5.5 | 6,133,864 | 94.4 | F | F | ||||
|
3,175,181 | 122,284 | 3.9 | 3,051,176 | 96.1 | F | F | |||
|
3,319,864 | 235,957 | 7.1 | 3,082,688 | 92.9 | F | F | |||
| 1,739,550 | 39,118E | 2.2E | 1,697,493 | 97.6 | F | F | ||||
|
837,418 | F | F | 820,337 | 98.0 | F | F | |||
|
902,132 | 23,758E | 2.6E | 877,156 | 97.2 | F | F | |||
| 4,755,495 | 319,124 | 6.7 | 4,436,371 | 93.3 | F | F | ||||
|
2,337,763 | 106,924 | 4.6 | 2,230,839 | 95.4 | F | F | |||
|
2,417,732 | 212,200 | 8.8 | 2,205,532 | 91.2 | F | F | |||
| 4,864,334 | 339,438 | 7.0 | 4,524,897 | 93.0 | F | F | ||||
|
2,474,091 | 99,723E | 4.0E | 2,374,368 | 96.0 | F | F | |||
|
2,390,243 | 239,715 | 10.0 | 2,150,529 | 90.0 | F | F | |||
| 5,965,864 | 337,155 | 5.7 | 5,627,851 | 94.3 | F | F | ||||
|
2,969,432 | 104,238 | 3.5 | 2,865,194 | 96.5 | F | F | |||
|
2,996,432 | 232,917 | 7.8 | 2,762,657 | 92.2 | F | F | |||
| 3,504,062 | 206,861 | 5.9 | 3,296,342 | 94.1 | F | F | ||||
|
1,817,048 | 70,153E | 3.9E | 1,746,895 | 96.1 | F | F | |||
|
1,687,014 | 136,709 | 8.1 | 1,549,447 | 91.8 | F | F | |||
| 2,461,802 | 130,293 | 5.3 | 2,331,509 | 94.7 | F | F | ||||
|
1,152,384 | 34,085E | 3.0E | 1,118,299 | 97.0 | F | F | |||
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1,309,418 | 96,208 | 7.3 | 1,213,210 | 92.7 | F | F | |||
| 3,250,969 | 93,097 | 2.9 | 3,157,872 | 97.1 | F | F | ||||
|
1,398,621 | 27,595E | 2.0E | 1,371,026 | 98.0 | F | F | |||
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1,852,348 | 65,502E | 3.5E | 1,786,846 | 96.5 | F | F | |||
| 2,059,918 | 55,911E | 2.7E | 2,004,007 | 97.3 | F | F | ||||
|
920,211 | 16,116E | 1.8E | 904,095 | 98.2 | F | F | |||
|
1,139,707 | 39,795E | 3.5E | 1,099,912 | 96.5 | F | F | |||
| 1,191,051 | 37,186E | 3.1E | 1,153,865 | 96.9 | F | F | ||||
|
478,410 | 11,478E | 2.4E | 466,932 | 97.6 | F | F | |||
|
712,641 | 25,707E | 3.6E | 686,934 | 96.4 | F | F | |||
| 24,594,887 | 1,610,263 | 6.5 | 22,976,019 | 93.4 | F | F | ||||
|
12,099,440 | 551,409 | 4.6 | 11,545,976 | 95.4 | F | F | |||
|
12,495,447 | 1,058,854 | 8.5 | 11,430,042 | 91.5 | F | F | |||
| 3,261,561 | 98,150 | 3.0 | 3,162,044 | 96.9 | F | F | ||||
|
1,666,011 | 33,429E | 2.0E | 1,632,333 | 98.0 | F | F | |||
|
1,595,550 | 64,722E | 4.1E | 1,529,710 | 95.9 | F | F | |||
| 1,150,763 | F | F | 1,129,343 | 98.1 | F | F | ||||
|
580,013 | F | F | 565,886 | 97.6 | F | F | |||
|
570,750 | F | F | 563,457 | 98.7 | F | F | |||
| 2,110,798 | 77,315 | 3.7 | 2,032,701 | 96.3 | F | F | ||||
|
1,085,998 | 19,550E | 1.8E | 1,066,448 | 98.2 | F | F | |||
|
1,024,800 | 57,765E | 5.6E | 966,253 | 94.3 | F | F | |||
| 6,344,106 | 466,214 | 7.3 | 5,875,974 | 92.6 | F | F | ||||
|
3,157,111 | 159,148 | 5.0 | 2,997,224 | 94.9 | F | F | |||
|
3,186,995 | 307,066 | 9.6 | 2,878,750 | 90.3 | F | F | |||
| 1,872,592 | 93,503 | 5.0 | 1,778,180 | 95.0 | F | F | ||||
|
948,260 | 33,493E | 3.5E | 914,767 | 96.5 | F | F | |||
|
924,332 | 60,011 | 6.5 | 863,413 | 93.4 | F | F | |||
| 4,471,514 | 372,711 | 8.3 | 4,097,794 | 91.6 | F | F | ||||
|
2,208,851 | 125,655 | 5.7 | 2,082,457 | 94.3 | F | F | |||
|
2,262,663 | 247,056 | 10.9 | 2,015,338 | 89.1 | F | F | |||
| 5,237,643 | 454,987 | 8.7 | 4,781,743 | 91.3 | F | F | ||||
|
2,644,862 | 180,603 | 6.8 | 2,463,551 | 93.1 | F | F | |||
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2,592,781 | 274,384 | 10.6 | 2,318,192 | 89.4 | F | F | |||
| 6,335,469 | 455,217 | 7.2 | 5,876,983 | 92.8 | F | F | ||||
|
3,152,781 | 133,567 | 4.2 | 3,018,974 | 95.8 | F | F | |||
|
3,182,688 | 321,650 | 10.1 | 2,858,009 | 89.8 | F | F | |||
| 3,770,504 | 281,972 | 7.5 | 3,485,264 | 92.4 | F | F | ||||
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1,921,647 | 90,704 | 4.7 | 1,830,703 | 95.3 | F | F | |||
|
1,848,857 | 191,268 | 10.3 | 1,654,560 | 89.5 | F | F | |||
| 2,564,965 | 173,245 | 6.8 | 2,391,720 | 93.2 | F | F | ||||
|
1,231,134 | 42,863 | 3.5 | 1,188,271 | 96.5 | F | F | |||
|
1,333,831 | 130,382 | 9.8 | 1,203,449 | 90.2 | F | F | |||
| 3,416,108 | 135,695 | 4.0 | 3,279,274 | 96.0 | F | F | ||||
|
1,478,675 | 44,663E | 3.0E | 1,433,894 | 97.0 | F | F | |||
|
1,937,433 | 91,032 | 4.7 | 1,845,380 | 95.2 | F | F | |||
| 2,095,818 | 76,336 | 3.6 | 2,019,194 | 96.3 | F | F | ||||
|
929,806 | 21,691E | 2.3E | 908,115 | 97.7 | F | F | |||
|
1,166,013 | 54,645E | 4.7E | 1,111,080 | 95.3 | F | F | |||
| 1,320,290 | 59,358E | 4.5E | 1,260,080 | 95.4 | F | F | ||||
|
548,869 | F | F | 525,779 | 95.8 | F | F | |||
|
771,420 | 36,387E | 4.7E | 734,301 | 95.2 | F | F | |||
| 24,916,127 | 1,890,914 | 7.6 | 23,016,007 | 92.4 | F | F | ||||
|
12,259,087 | 586,581 | 4.8 | 11,672,506 | 95.2 | F | F | |||
|
12,657,040 | 1,304,333 | 10.3 | 11,343,501 | 89.6 | F | F | |||
| 3,273,287 | 95,680E | 2.9E | 3,177,607 | 97.1 | F | F | ||||
|
1,688,784 | 31,152E | 1.8E | 1,657,632 | 98.2 | F | F | |||
|
1,584,504 | 64,528E | 4.1E | 1,519,976 | 95.9 | F | F | |||
| 1,132,916 | F | F | 1,111,087 | 98.1 | F | F | ||||
|
596,301 | F | F | 590,937 | 99.1 | F | F | |||
|
536,615 | F | F | 520,150 | 96.9 | F | F | |||
| 2,140,371 | 73,851E | 3.5E | 2,066,520 | 96.5 | F | F | ||||
|
1,092,483 | F | F | 1,066,694 | 97.6 | F | F | |||
|
1,047,889 | 48,063E | 4.6E | 999,826 | 95.4 | F | F | |||
| 6,054,626 | 517,279 | 8.5 | 5,529,774 | 91.3 | F | F | ||||
|
3,005,257 | 176,065 | 5.9 | 2,829,192 | 94.1 | F | F | |||
|
3,049,369 | 341,214 | 11.2 | 2,700,582 | 88.6 | F | F | |||
| 1,929,787 | 136,404 | 7.1 | 1,793,383 | 92.9 | F | F | ||||
|
970,659 | 36,907E | 3.8E | 933,753 | 96.2 | F | F | |||
|
959,127 | 99,497 | 10.4 | 859,631 | 89.6 | F | F | |||
| 4,124,839 | 380,875 | 9.2 | 3,736,391 | 90.6 | F | F | ||||
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2,034,597 | 139,158 | 6.8 | 1,895,439 | 93.2 | F | F | |||
|
2,090,242 | 241,717 | 11.6 | 1,840,951 | 88.1 | F | F | |||
| 5,423,410 | 519,514 | 9.6 | 4,903,896 | 90.4 | F | F | ||||
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2,740,807 | 163,483 | 6.0 | 2,577,323 | 94.0 | F | F | |||
|
2,682,603 | 356,031 | 13.3 | 2,326,573 | 86.7 | F | F | |||
| 6,677,191 | 622,193 | 9.3 | 6,053,366 | 90.7 | F | F | ||||
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3,306,601 | 179,318 | 5.4 | 3,127,283 | 94.6 | F | F | |||
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3,370,590 | 442,874 | 13.1 | 2,926,083 | 86.8 | F | F | |||
| 3,985,865 | 433,295 | 10.9 | 3,550,937 | 89.1 | F | F | ||||
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1,953,552 | 118,432 | 6.1 | 1,835,120 | 93.9 | F | F | |||
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2,032,312 | 314,863 | 15.5 | 1,715,817 | 84.4 | F | F | |||
| 2,691,326 | 188,898 | 7.0 | 2,502,429 | 93.0 | F | F | ||||
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1,353,049 | 60,886E | 4.5E | 1,292,163 | 95.5 | F | F | |||
|
1,338,278 | 128,012 | 9.6 | 1,210,266 | 90.4 | F | F | |||
| 3,487,613 | 136,249 | 3.9 | 3,351,364 | 96.1 | F | F | ||||
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1,517,639 | 36,563E | 2.4E | 1,481,076 | 97.6 | F | F | |||
|
1,969,974 | 99,686 | 5.1 | 1,870,288 | 94.9 | F | F | |||
| 1,999,320 | 91,534 | 4.6 | 1,907,785 | 95.4 | F | F | ||||
|
905,148 | 24,624E | 2.7E | 880,523 | 97.3 | F | F | |||
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1,094,172 | 66,910 | 6.1 | 1,027,262 | 93.9 | F | F | |||
| 1,488,293 | 44,715E | 3.0E | 1,443,578 | 97.0 | F | F | ||||
|
612,491 | F | F | 600,553 | 98.1 | F | F | |||
|
875,802 | 32,776E | 3.7E | 843,026 | 96.3 | F | F | |||
| 1. | Data source: Statistics Canada, National Population Health Survey, 1994/95, 1996/97 and 1998/99, cross sectional sample, health file |
| 2. | Population aged 12 and over who have consulted with an alternative health care provider in the past 12 months. |
| 3. | Alternative health care providers include: massage therapists, acupuncturists, homeopaths or naturopaths, Feldenkrais or Alexander teachers, relaxation therapists, biofeedback teachers, rolfers, herbalists, reflexologists, spiritual healers, religious healers, etc. |
| 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 01040062. |