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 |
% |
| 1994/1995 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Territories |
65,228 |
4,820 |
7.4 |
60,069 |
92.1 |
F |
F |
|
33,977 |
1,867E |
5.5E |
31,997 |
94.2 |
F |
F |
|
31,251 |
2,952 |
9.4 |
28,072 |
89.8 |
F |
F |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yukon Territory |
20,759 |
1,834 |
8.8 |
18,884 |
91.0 |
F |
F |
|
10,832 |
668E |
6.2 |
10,148 |
93.7 |
F |
F |
|
9,927 |
1,166 |
11.7 |
8,737 |
88.0 |
F |
F |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Northwest Territories including Nunavut |
44,469 |
2,986 |
6.7 |
41,185 |
92.6 |
F |
F |
|
23,145 |
1,199E |
5.2E |
21,850 |
94.4 |
F |
F |
|
21,324 |
1,787E |
8.4E |
19,335 |
90.7 |
F |
F |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Northwest Territories excluding Nunavut |
28,228 |
2,451 |
8.7 |
25,777 |
91.3 |
F |
F |
|
14,692 |
883E |
6.0E |
13,809 |
94.0 |
F |
F |
|
13,536 |
1,568E |
11.6E |
11,968 |
88.4 |
F |
F |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nunavut |
16,241 |
F |
F |
15,408 |
94.9 |
F |
F |
|
8,453 |
F |
F |
8,041 |
95.1 |
F |
F |
|
7,788 |
F |
F |
7,367 |
94.6 |
F |
F |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1996/1997 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Territories |
69,142 |
5,995 |
8.7 |
61,865 |
89.5 |
1,282E |
1.9E |
|
36,228 |
2,870E |
7.9E |
32,711 |
90.3 |
F |
F |
|
32,914 |
3,125 |
9.5 |
29,154 |
88.6 |
634E |
1.9E |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Yukon Territory |
22,408 |
2,369 |
10.6 |
19,997 |
89.2 |
F |
F |
|
11,625 |
940E |
8.1E |
10,686 |
91.9 |
F |
F |
|
10,782 |
1,430 |
13.3 |
9,312 |
86.4 |
F |
F |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Northwest Territories including Nunavut |
46,734 |
3,626 |
7.8 |
41,867 |
89.6 |
1,241E |
2.7E |
|
24,603 |
1,930E |
7.8E |
22,025 |
89.5 |
F |
F |
|
22,131 |
1,696E |
7.7E |
19,842 |
89.7 |
F |
2.7E |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Northwest Territories excluding Nunavut |
30,344 |
3,089E |
10.2E |
26,526 |
87.4 |
F |
F |
|
15,880 |
1,636E |
10.3E |
13,778 |
86.8 |
F |
F |
|
14,464 |
1,453E |
10.0E |
12,748 |
88.1 |
F |
F |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nunavut |
16,390 |
F |
F |
15,341 |
93.6 |
512E |
3.1E |
|
8,723 |
F |
F |
8,247 |
94.5 |
F |
F |
|
7,667 |
F |
F |
7,094 |
92.5 |
F |
F |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1. |
Data source: Statistics Canada, National Population Health Survey, 1994/95 and 1996/97, cross sectional sample, health file, North component |
| 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 01045062. |