1. |
Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community
Health Survey, 2003 |
2. |
Population aged 12 and over who have
consulted with an alternative health care provider in the past 12 months.
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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).
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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.
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6. |
Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater
than 33.3% were suppressed (F) due to extreme sampling variability. |
7. |
"Health regions" are defined by the provincial
ministries of health. These are legislated administrative areas in all provinces
except Nova Scotia. In Nova Scotia, the Ministry of Health uses statistical
"zones" rather than its legislated administrative areas; the zones are aggregations
of the nine district health authorities. |
8. |
For complete Canadian coverage, each of the
northern territories also represents a health region. |
9. |
The health regions presented in this table are
based on boundaries and names in effect as of June 2003. |
10. |
A "peer group" is a grouping of health regions
that have similar social and economic characteristics. The nine peer groups
are identified by the letters A through I, which are appended to the health
region 4-digit code. |
11. |
In Ontario, Public health units (PHU) administer
health promotion and disease prevention programs, and District health councils
(DHC) are advisory, health planning organizations. |
12. |
In Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, health
regions are referred to as Health Authorities (HA) or Regional Health Authorities
(RHA). |
13. |
To avoid data suppression, northern regions
in Manitoba have been grouped with neighbouring regions, as follows: Churchill
Regional Health Authority (4690) is combined with Burntwood Regional Health
Authority (4680) and referred to as "Burntwood/Churchill (4685)". |
14. |
To avoid data suppression, northern regions
in Saskatchewan have been grouped with neighbouring regions, as follows: Athabasca
Health Authority (4713) is combined with Mamawetan Churchill River Regional
Health Authority (4711) and Keewatin Yatthé Regional Health Authority
(4712) and referred to as "Mamawetan/Keewatin/Athabasca (4714)". |
15. |
The following standard symbols are used in
Statistics Canada publications: (..) for figures not available for a specific
reference period and (...) for figures not applicable. |
16. |
CANSIM table number 01050262. |