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Contact with dental professionals, by sex, household population aged 12 and over, territories, 1994/95-1998/99

Contact with dental professionals                  Total population for the variable 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 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 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
1998/1999  
Territories 69,113 37,408 54.1 28,768 41.6 2,937 4.2
Males 36,036 18,926 52.5 15,377 42.7 1,733 4.8
Females 33,077 18,482 55.9 13,391 40.5 1,205 3.6
Yukon Territory 21,826 9,778 44.8 9,403 43.1 2,644 12.1
Males 11,252 4,854 43.1 4,848 43.1 1,550 13.8
Females 10,574 4,925 46.6 4,556 43.1 1,094 10.3
Northwest Territories including Nunavut 47,287 27,629 58.4 19,365 41.0 F F
Males 24,784 14,072 56.8 10,529 42.5 F F
Females 22,503 13,557 60.2 8,835 39.3 F F
Northwest Territories 30,766 19,928 64.8 10,573 34.4 F F
Males 16,040 10,156 63.3 5,702 35.5 F F
Females 14,726 9,773 66.4 4,871 33.1 F F
Nunavut 16,520 7,701 46.6 8,791 53.2 F F
Males 8,744 3,916 44.8 4,827 55.2 F F
Females 7,777 3,785 48.7 3,964 51.0 F F
1. Data source: Statistics Canada, National Population Health Survey, 1994/95, 1996/97 and 1998/99, 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. Nunavut and the Northwest Territories (excluding Nunavut) came into existence on April 1, 1999. However, to facilitate comparison of data from the National Population Health Survey - North component with data- published by other health surveys or projects, data for these two territories are shown separately "Northwest Territories" and "Nunavut" and combined "Northwest Territories including Nunavut".
8. CANSIM table number 01045060.
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