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Contact with alternative health care providers, by sex, household population aged 12 and over, territories, 1994/95-1998/99

Contact with alternative  health care providers    Total population for the variable contact with alternative health care providers Contact with alternative health care providers No contact with alternative health care providers Contact with alternative health care providers, not stated
Number Number % Number % Number %
1994/1995  
Territories 65,228 4,820 7.4 60,069 92.1 F F
Males 33,977 1,867 E 5.5 E 31,997 94.2 F F
Females 31,251 2,952 9.4 28,072 89.8 F F
Yukon Territory 20,759 1,834 8.8 18,884 91.0 F F
Males 10,832 668 E 6.2 10,148 93.7 F F
Females 9,927 1,166 11.7 8,737 88.0 F F
Northwest Territories including Nunavut 44,469 2,986 6.7 41,185 92.6 F F
Males 23,145 1,199 E 5.2 E 21,850 94.4 F F
Females 21,324 1,787 E 8.4 E 19,335 90.7 F F
Northwest Territories 28,228 2,451 8.7 25,777 91.3 F F
Males 14,692 883 E 6.0 E 13,809 94.0 F F
Females 13,536 1,568 E 11.6 E 11,968 88.4 F F
Nunavut 16,241 F F 15,408 94.9 F F
Males 8,453 F F 8,041 95.1 F F
Females 7,788 F F 7,367 94.6 F F
1996/1997  
Territories 69,142 5,995 8.7 61,865 89.5 1,282 E 1.9 E
Males 36,228 2,870 E 7.9 E 32,711 90.3 F F
Females 32,914 3,125 9.5 29,154 88.6 634 E 1.9 E
Yukon Territory 22,408 2,369 10.6 19,997 89.2 F F
Males 11,625 940 E 8.1 E 10,686 91.9 F F
Females 10,782 1,430 13.3 9,312 86.4 F F
Northwest Territories including Nunavut 46,734 3,626 7.8 41,867 89.6 1,241 E 2.7 E
Males 24,603 1,930 E 7.8 E 22,025 89.5 F F
Females 22,131 1,696 E 7.7 E 19,842 89.7 F 2.7 E
Northwest Territories 30,344 3,089 E 10.2 E 26,526 87.4 F F
Males 15,880 1,636 E 10.3 E 13,778 86.8 F F
Females 14,464 1,453 E 10.0 E 12,748 88.1 F F
Nunavut 16,390 F F 15,341 93.6 512 E 3.1 E
Males 8,723 F F 8,247 94.5 F F
Females 7,667 F F 7,094 92.5 F F
1998/1999  
Territories 69,113 6,053 8.8 61,848 89.5 1,212 1.8
Males 36,036 2,151 6.0 33,108 91.9 776 E 2.2 E
Females 33,077 3,902 11.8 28,740 86.9 436 E 1.3 E
Yukon Territory 21,826 2,775 12.7 18,444 84.5 608 E 2.8 E
Males 11,252 823 E 7.3 E 10,049 89.3 380 E 3.4 E
Females 10,574 1,951 18.5 8,395 79.4 F F
Northwest Territories including Nunavut 47,287 3,279 6.9 43,404 91.8 604 E 1.3 E
Males 24,784 1,328 5.4 23,060 93.0 F F
Females 22,503 1,950 8.7 20,345 90.4 F F
Northwest Territories 30,766 2,816 9.2 27,649 89.9 F F
Males 16,040 1,182 7.4 14,611 91.1 F F
Females 14,726 1,634 11.1 13,038 88.5 F F
Nunavut 16,520 462 E 2.8 E 15,756 95.4 F F
Males 8,744 F F 8,449 96.6 F F
Females 7,777 316 E 4.1 E 7,307 94.0 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 an alternative health care provider in the past 12 months.
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).
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 01045062.
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