Contact with medical doctors, by sex, household population aged 12 and over, territories, 1994/95-1996/97

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 %
1994/95              
Territories 65,228 35,009 53.7 26,446 40.5 3,774 5.8
  Males
 33,977 15,864 46.7 16,569 48.8 1,544E 4.5
  Females
 31,251 19,145 61.3 9,876 31.6 2,230 7.1
             
Yukon Territory 20,759 13,689 65.9 6,431 31.0 639E 3.1E
  Males
 10,832 6,233 57.5 4,301 39.7 297E 2.7E
  Females
 9,927 7,456 75.1 2,129 21.5 342E 3.4E
             
Northwest Territories including Nunavut 44,469 21,319 47.9 20,015 45.0 3,135 7.0
  Males
 23,145 9,631 41.6 12,268 53.0 1,247E 5.4E
  Females
 21,324 11,688 54.8 7,747 36.3 1,888E 8.9
             
Northwest Territories excluding Nunavut 28,228 15,952 56.5 11,035 39.1 1,241E 4.4E
  Males
 14,692 7,515 51.1 6,482 44.1 695E 4.7E
  Females
 13,536 8,437 62.3 4,553 33.6 F 4.0E
             
Nunavut 16,241 5,367 33.0 8,980 55.3 1,894E 11.7E
  Males
 8,453 2,116 25.0 5,786 68.4 551E 6.5E
  Females
 7,788 3,251 41.7 3,194 41.0 1,343E 17.2E
             
1996/97              
Territories 69,142 40,716 58.9 24,509 35.4 3,917 5.7
  Males
 36,228 19,493 53.8 14,510 40.1 2,226E 6.1E
  Females
 32,914 21,223 64.5 9,999 30.4 1,691E 5.1E
             
Yukon Territory 22,408 14,388 64.2 7,263 32.4 757E 3.4E
  Males
 11,625 6,851 58.9 4,390 37.8 384E 3.3E
  Females
 10,782 7,537 69.9 2,873 26.6 373E 3.5E
             
Northwest Territories including Nunavut 46,734 26,327 56.3 17,246 36.9 3,161E 6.8E
  Males
 24,603 12,641 51.4 10,120 41.1 1,843E 7.5E
  Females
 22,131 13,686 61.8 7,127 32.2 1,318E 6.0E
             
Northwest Territories excluding Nunavut 30,344 19,052 62.8 9,617 31.7 1,676E 5.5E
  Males
 15,880 9,274 58.4 5,535 34.9 F F
  Females
 14,464 9,778 67.6 4,082 28.2 F F
             
Nunavut 16,390 7,276 44.4 7,629 46.5 1,485E 9.1E
  Males
 8,723 3,367 38.6 4,584 52.6 771E 8.8E
  Females
 7,667 3,909 51.0 3,045E 39.7 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 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 01045061.