Contact with medical doctors | Total, contact with medical doctors | Contact with medical doctors in past 12 months | No contact with medical doctors in past 12 months | Contact with medical doctors, not stated | ||||||
Number | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||||
23,948,617 | 19,178,162 | 80.1 | 4,707,342 | 19.7 | 63,112E | 0.3E | ||||
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11,780,342 | 8,707,779 | 73.9 | 3,045,587 | 25.9 | 26,976E | 0.2E | |||
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12,168,275 | 10,470,384 | 86.0 | 1,661,755 | 13.7 | 36,136E | 0.3E | |||
3,372,405 | 2,566,815 | 76.1 | 803,887 | 23.8 | F | F | ||||
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1,763,017 | 1,225,707 | 69.5 | 537,310 | 30.5 | F | F | |||
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1,609,388 | 1,341,108 | 83.3 | 266,576 | 16.6 | F | F | |||
1,326,127 | 998,163 | 75.3 | 327,965 | 24.7 | F | F | ||||
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705,741 | 478,285 | 67.8 | 227,456 | 32.2 | F | F | |||
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620,386 | 519,878 | 83.8 | 100,508E | 16.2 | F | F | |||
2,046,278 | 1,568,652 | 76.7 | 475,922 | 23.3 | F | F | ||||
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1,057,276 | 747,422 | 70.7 | 309,854 | 29.3 | F | F | |||
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989,002 | 821,230 | 83.0 | 166,068 | 16.8 | F | F | |||
6,495,045 | 5,084,159 | 78.3 | 1,383,894 | 21.3 | 26,991E | 0.4E | ||||
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3,175,181 | 2,173,151 | 68.4 | 990,590 | 31.2 | F | F | |||
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3,319,864 | 2,911,008 | 87.7 | 393,305 | 11.8 | F | F | |||
1,739,550 | 1,348,292 | 77.5 | 373,433 | 21.5 | F | F | ||||
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837,418 | 566,086 | 67.6 | 264,606 | 31.6 | F | F | |||
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902,132 | 782,206 | 86.7 | 108,827E | 12.1 | F | F | |||
4,755,495 | 3,735,867 | 78.6 | 1,010,461 | 21.2 | F | F | ||||
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2,337,763 | 1,607,065 | 68.7 | 725,984 | 31.1 | F | F | |||
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2,417,732 | 2,128,802 | 88.0 | 284,477 | 11.8 | F | F | |||
4,864,334 | 3,842,205 | 79.0 | 1,016,614 | 20.9 | F | F | ||||
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2,474,091 | 1,814,178 | 73.3 | 657,223 | 26.6 | F | F | |||
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2,390,243 | 2,028,028 | 84.8 | 359,391 | 15.0 | F | F | |||
5,965,864 | 4,771,165 | 80.0 | 1,178,956 | 19.8 | F | F | ||||
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2,969,432 | 2,229,768 | 75.1 | 732,635 | 24.7 | F | F | |||
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2,996,432 | 2,541,397 | 84.8 | 446,321 | 14.9 | F | F | |||
3,504,062 | 2,732,836 | 78.0 | 765,222 | 21.8 | F | F | ||||
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1,817,048 | 1,318,396 | 72.6 | 495,887 | 27.3 | F | F | |||
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1,687,014 | 1,414,440 | 83.8 | 269,335 | 16.0 | F | F | |||
2,461,802 | 2,038,329 | 82.8 | 413,734 | 16.8 | F | F | ||||
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1,152,384 | 911,372 | 79.1 | 236,748 | 20.5 | F | F | |||
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1,309,418 | 1,126,957 | 86.1 | 176,986 | 13.5 | F | F | |||
3,250,969 | 2,913,818 | 89.6 | 323,992 | 10.0 | F | F | ||||
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1,398,621 | 1,264,975 | 90.4 | 127,829 | 9.1 | F | F | |||
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1,852,348 | 1,648,843 | 89.0 | 196,163 | 10.6 | F | F | |||
2,059,918 | 1,833,849 | 89.0 | 221,243 | 10.7 | F | F | ||||
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920,211 | 820,436 | 89.2 | 95,813 | 10.4 | F | F | |||
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1,139,707 | 1,013,413 | 88.9 | 125,430 | 11.0 | F | F | |||
1,191,051 | 1,079,969 | 90.7 | 102,749 | 8.6 | F | F | ||||
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478,410 | 444,539 | 92.9 | 32,017E | 6.7E | F | F | |||
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712,641 | 635,430 | 89.2 | 70,733E | 9.9 | F | F | |||
24,594,887 | 19,658,645 | 79.9 | 4,809,503 | 19.6 | 126,740 | 0.5 | ||||
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12,099,440 | 8,831,996 | 73.0 | 3,213,916 | 26.6 | 53,528 | 0.4 | |||
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12,495,447 | 10,826,649 | 86.6 | 1,595,586 | 12.8 | 73,212 | 0.6 | |||
3,261,561 | 2,487,287 | 76.3 | 757,728 | 23.2 | 16,545E | 0.5E | ||||
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1,666,011 | 1,187,625 | 71.3 | 471,198 | 28.3 | F | F | |||
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1,595,550 | 1,299,662 | 81.5 | 286,530 | 18.0 | 9,357E | 0.6E | |||
1,150,763 | 858,027 | 74.6 | 286,041 | 24.9 | 6,694E | 0.6E | ||||
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580,013 | 406,026 | 70.0 | 170,325 | 29.4 | F | F | |||
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570,750 | 452,001 | 79.2 | 115,717 | 20.3 | F | F | |||
2,110,798 | 1,629,260 | 77.2 | 471,687 | 22.3 | 9,851E | 0.5E | ||||
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1,085,998 | 781,599 | 72.0 | 300,873 | 27.7 | F | F | |||
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1,024,800 | 847,661 | 82.7 | 170,814 | 16.7 | 6,325E | 0.6E | |||
6,344,106 | 4,877,498 | 76.9 | 1,433,143 | 22.6 | 33,465 | 0.5 | ||||
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3,157,111 | 2,058,136 | 65.2 | 1,085,025 | 34.4 | 13,950E | 0.4E | |||
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3,186,995 | 2,819,362 | 88.5 | 348,117 | 10.9 | 19,515 | 0.6 | |||
1,872,592 | 1,408,482 | 75.2 | 453,010 | 24.2 | 11,101E | 0.6E | ||||
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948,260 | 606,367 | 63.9 | 339,882 | 35.8 | F | F | |||
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924,332 | 802,114 | 86.8 | 113,128 | 12.2 | 9,090E | 1.0E | |||
4,471,514 | 3,469,017 | 77.6 | 980,133 | 21.9 | 22,364 | 0.5 | ||||
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2,208,851 | 1,451,769 | 65.7 | 745,144 | 33.7 | 11,939E | 0.5E | |||
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2,262,663 | 2,017,248 | 89.2 | 234,989 | 10.4 | 10,425E | 0.5E | |||
5,237,643 | 4,040,514 | 77.1 | 1,175,081 | 22.4 | 22,048E | 0.4E | ||||
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2,644,862 | 1,839,128 | 69.5 | 795,701 | 30.1 | 10,033E | 0.4E | |||
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2,592,781 | 2,201,386 | 84.9 | 379,381 | 14.6 | 12,015E | 0.5E | |||
6,335,469 | 5,190,023 | 81.9 | 1,113,558 | 17.6 | 31,888 | 0.5 | ||||
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3,152,781 | 2,426,835 | 77.0 | 710,943 | 22.5 | 15,004E | 0.5E | |||
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3,182,688 | 2,763,188 | 86.8 | 402,615 | 12.7 | 16,885E | 0.5E | |||
3,770,504 | 3,013,117 | 79.9 | 741,431 | 19.7 | 15,956 | 0.4 | ||||
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1,921,647 | 1,430,208 | 74.4 | 481,707 | 25.1 | 9,732E | 0.5E | |||
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1,848,857 | 1,582,909 | 85.6 | 259,725 | 14.0 | 6,224E | 0.3E | |||
2,564,965 | 2,176,906 | 84.9 | 372,126 | 14.5 | 15,932E | 0.6E | ||||
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1,231,134 | 996,627 | 81.0 | 229,236 | 18.6 | 5,271E | 0.4E | |||
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1,333,831 | 1,180,279 | 88.5 | 142,890 | 10.7 | F | F | |||
3,416,108 | 3,063,323 | 89.7 | 329,993 | 9.7 | 22,793 | 0.7 | ||||
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1,478,675 | 1,320,272 | 89.3 | 151,050 | 10.2 | 7,354E | 0.5E | |||
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1,937,433 | 1,743,051 | 90.0 | 178,943 | 9.2 | 15,439E | 0.8E | |||
2,095,818 | 1,855,354 | 88.5 | 231,716 | 11.1 | 8,748E | 0.4E | ||||
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929,806 | 809,691 | 87.1 | 117,072 | 12.6 | F | F | |||
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1,166,013 | 1,045,663 | 89.7 | 114,644 | 9.8 | 5,705E | 0.5E | |||
1,320,290 | 1,207,969 | 91.5 | 98,276 | 7.4 | 14,044E | 1.1E | ||||
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548,869 | 510,581 | 93.0 | 33,978 | 6.2 | 4,311E | 0.8E | |||
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771,420 | 697,388 | 90.4 | 64,298 | 8.3 | 9,734E | 1.3E | |||
24,916,127 | 20,151,976 | 80.9 | 4,720,060 | 18.9 | 44,091E | 0.2E | ||||
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12,259,087 | 9,092,748 | 74.2 | 3,153,670 | 25.7 | F | F | |||
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12,657,040 | 11,059,228 | 87.4 | 1,566,390 | 12.4 | F | F | |||
3,273,287 | 2,475,101 | 75.6 | 794,127 | 24.3 | F | F | ||||
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1,688,784 | 1,226,365 | 72.6 | 459,766 | 27.2 | F | F | |||
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1,584,504 | 1,248,736 | 78.8 | 334,361 | 21.1 | F | F | |||
1,132,916 | 800,333 | 70.6 | 331,177 | 29.2 | F | F | ||||
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596,301 | 437,163 | 73.3 | 159,138 | 26.7 | F | F | |||
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536,615 | 363,170 | 67.7 | 172,039 | 32.1 | F | F | |||
2,140,371 | 1,674,769 | 78.2 | 462,950 | 21.6 | F | F | ||||
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1,092,483 | 789,202 | 72.2 | 300,628 | 27.5 | F | F | |||
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1,047,889 | 885,566 | 84.5 | 162,322 | 15.5 | F | F | |||
6,054,626 | 4,656,020 | 76.9 | 1,382,814 | 22.8 | F | F | ||||
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3,005,257 | 1,974,935 | 65.7 | 1,028,640 | 34.2 | F | F | |||
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3,049,369 | 2,681,085 | 87.9 | 354,174 | 11.6 | F | F | |||
1,929,787 | 1,467,707 | 76.1 | 456,089 | 23.6 | F | F | ||||
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970,659 | 614,548 | 63.3 | 354,542 | 36.5 | F | F | |||
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959,127 | 853,159 | 89.0 | 101,547E | 10.6 | F | F | |||
4,124,839 | 3,188,313 | 77.3 | 926,725 | 22.5 | F | F | ||||
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2,034,597 | 1,360,387 | 66.9 | 674,098 | 33.1 | F | F | |||
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2,090,242 | 1,827,926 | 87.5 | 252,627 | 12.1 | F | F | |||
5,423,410 | 4,336,974 | 80.0 | 1,085,082 | 20.0 | F | F | ||||
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2,740,807 | 1,985,208 | 72.4 | 754,244 | 27.5 | F | F | |||
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2,682,603 | 2,351,766 | 87.7 | 330,838 | 12.3 | F | F | |||
6,677,191 | 5,526,264 | 82.8 | 1,140,052 | 17.1 | F | F | ||||
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3,306,601 | 2,550,669 | 77.1 | 755,932 | 22.9 | F | F | |||
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3,370,590 | 2,975,595 | 88.3 | 384,119 | 11.4 | F | F | |||
3,985,865 | 3,177,870 | 79.7 | 802,115 | 20.1 | F | F | ||||
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1,953,552 | 1,405,805 | 72.0 | 547,747 | 28.0 | F | F | |||
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2,032,312 | 1,772,064 | 87.2 | 254,368 | 12.5 | F | F | |||
2,691,326 | 2,348,394 | 87.3 | 337,937 | 12.6 | F | F | ||||
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1,353,049 | 1,144,863 | 84.6 | 208,185 | 15.4 | F | F | |||
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1,338,278 | 1,203,531 | 89.9 | 129,751 | 9.7 | F | F | |||
3,487,613 | 3,157,617 | 90.5 | 317,984 | 9.1 | F | F | ||||
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1,517,639 | 1,355,572 | 89.3 | 155,087 | 10.2 | F | F | |||
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1,969,974 | 1,802,046 | 91.5 | 162,897 | 8.3 | F | F | |||
1,999,320 | 1,788,349 | 89.4 | 203,217 | 10.2 | F | F | ||||
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905,148 | 797,889 | 88.2 | 100,481 | 11.1 | F | F | |||
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1,094,172 | 990,460 | 90.5 | 102,736 | 9.4 | F | F | |||
1,488,293 | 1,369,268 | 92.0 | 114,767 | 7.7 | F | F | ||||
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612,491 | 557,682 | 91.1 | 54,606E | 8.9E | F | F | |||
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875,802 | 811,586 | 92.7 | 60,161E | 6.9 | 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 a medical doctor/pediatrician in the past 12 months. |
3. | Pediatrician is included for respondents less than 18 years of age. |
4. | Medical doctor includes family or general practitioners as well as specialists such as surgeons, allergists, orthopaedists, gynaecologists, or psychiatrists. |
5. | Bootstrapping techniques were used to produce the coefficient of variation (CV) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). |
6. | Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3% are identified by an (E) and should be interpreted with caution. |
7. | Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater than 33.3% were suppressed (F) due to extreme sampling variability. |
8. | CANSIM table number 01040061. |