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

Contact with dental professionals Total, contact with dental professionals Contact with dental professionals in past 12 months No contact with dental professionals in past 12 months Contact with dental professionals in past 12 months, not stated
Number Number % Number % Number %
1994/1995              
Territories 65,228 33,208 50.9 31,795 48.7 F F
  Males
 33,977 16,340 48.1 17,485 51.5 F F
  Females
 31,251 16,868 54.0 14,311 45.8 F F
             
Yukon Territory 20,759 9,557 46.0 11,174 53.8 F F
  Males
 10,832 4,570 42.2 6,253 57.7 F F
  Females
 9,927 4,987 50.2 4,921 49.6 F F
             
Northwest Territories including Nunavut 44,469 23,651 53.2 20,621 46.4 F F
  Males
 23,145 11,770 50.9 11,231 48.5 F F
  Females
 21,324 11,881 55.7 9,390 44.0 F F
             
Northwest Territories excluding Nunavut 28,228 16,306 57.8 11,922 42.2 F F
  Males
 14,692 8,182 55.7 6,510 44.3 F F
  Females
 13,536 8,124 60.0 5,412 40.0 F F
             
Nunavut 16,241 7,345 45.2 8,699 53.6 F F
  Males
 8,453 3,588 42.4 4,721 55.9 F F
  Females
 7,788 3,757 48.2 3,978 51.1 F F
             
1996/1997              
Territories 69,142 37,688 54.5 30,406 44.0 F F
  Males
 36,228 19,000 52.4 16,666 46.0 F F
  Females
 32,914 18,687 56.8 13,740 41.7 F F
             
Yukon Territory 22,408 11,869 53.0 10,462 46.7 F F
  Males
 11,625 5,909 50.8 5,640 48.5 F F
  Females
 10,782 5,961 55.3 4,822 44.7 F F
             
Northwest Territories including Nunavut 46,734 25,818 55.2 19,944 42.7 F F
  Males
 24,603 13,092 53.2 11,025 44.8 F F
  Females
 22,131 12,726 57.5 8,919 40.3 F F
             
Northwest Territories excluding Nunavut 30,344 18,279 60.2 11,597 38.2 F F
  Males
 15,880 9,199 57.9 6,376 40.2 F F
  Females
 14,464 9,080 62.8 5,220 36.1 F F
             
Nunavut 16,390 7,539 46.0 8,348 50.9 F F
  Males
 8,723 3,893 44.6 4,649 53.3 F F
  Females
 7,667 3,646 47.6 3,699 48.2 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 dental professional in the past 12 months.
3. Dental professionals include dentists, orthodontists or dental hygienists.
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 01045060.