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Contact with dental professionals, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada, 2000/01

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 %
2000/2001              
Total, 12 years and over 25,801,719 15,478,015 60.0 10,294,986 39.9 28,718 0.1
  Males
 12,705,415 7,294,215 57.4 5,393,717 42.5 17,483E 0.1E
  Females
 13,096,304 8,183,801 62.5 4,901,269 37.4 11,235E 0.1E
             
12-19 years 3,243,281 2,455,669 75.7 783,042 24.1 4,570E 0.1E
  Males
 1,662,580 1,223,433 73.6 436,346 26.2 F F
  Females
 1,580,701 1,232,236 78.0 346,696 21.9 1,769E 0.1E
             
12-14 years 1,154,646 924,251 80.0 227,790 19.7 2,604E 0.2E
  Males
 601,795 470,004 78.1 130,092 21.6 F F
  Females
 552,851 454,247 82.2 97,699 17.7 F F
             
15-19 years 2,088,635 1,531,418 73.3 555,251 26.6 F F
  Males
 1,060,785 753,429 71.0 306,254 28.9 F F
  Females
 1,027,850 777,989 75.7 248,997 24.2 F F
             
20-34 years 6,303,776 3,756,828 59.6 2,538,359 40.3 8,590E 0.1E
  Males
 3,191,212 1,746,164 54.7 1,437,562 45.0 7,486E 0.2E
  Females
 3,112,564 2,010,664 64.6 1,100,797 35.4 F F
             
20-24 years 2,130,833 1,268,900 59.5 858,762 40.3 F F
  Males
 1,081,580 599,016 55.4 479,764 44.4 F F
  Females
 1,049,253 669,884 63.8 378,998 36.1 F F
             
25-34 years 4,172,944 2,487,928 59.6 1,679,598 40.2 F F
  Males
 2,109,632 1,147,148 54.4 957,798 45.4 F F
  Females
 2,063,311 1,340,780 65.0 721,799 35.0 F F
             
35-44 years 5,319,716 3,441,612 64.7 1,874,713 35.2 3,392E 0.1E
  Males
 2,649,765 1,616,681 61.0 1,031,149 38.9 F F
  Females
 2,669,951 1,824,932 68.4 843,563 31.6 F F
             
45-64 years 7,287,155 4,325,903 59.4 2,954,281 40.5 6,970E 0.1E
  Males
 3,607,491 2,045,973 56.7 1,558,995 43.2 F F
  Females
 3,679,663 2,279,930 62.0 1,395,286 37.9 F F
             
45-54 years 4,449,730 2,785,578 62.6 1,659,892 37.3 F F
  Males
 2,197,419 1,302,589 59.3 894,609 40.7 F F
  Females
 2,252,312 1,482,988 65.8 765,283 34.0 F F
             
55-64 years 2,837,424 1,540,326 54.3 1,294,389 45.6 F F
  Males
 1,410,073 743,384 52.7 664,386 47.1 F F
  Females
 1,427,352 796,942 55.8 630,003 44.1 F F
             
65 years and over 3,647,791 1,498,003 41.1 2,144,592 58.8 5,196E 0.1E
  Males
 1,594,367 661,964 41.5 929,665 58.3 F F
  Females
 2,053,424 836,039 40.7 1,214,927 59.2 2,458E 0.1E
             
65-74 years 2,156,504 950,180 44.1 1,203,554 55.8 F F
  Males
 1,004,986 437,422 43.5 565,976 56.3 F F
  Females
 1,151,518 512,758 44.5 637,578 55.4 F F
             
75 years and over 1,491,287 547,823 36.7 941,037 63.1 2,426E 0.2E
  Males
 589,380 224,543 38.1 363,689 61.7 F F
  Females
 901,906 323,281 35.8 577,349 64.0 F F
             

1. Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, 2000/01
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. Health regions are defined by provincial governments as the areas of responsibility for regional health boards (i.e., legislated) or as regions of interest to health care authorities.
8. A "peer group" is a grouping of health regions that have similar social and economic characteristics.
9. In Newfoundland and Labrador, health regions are generally referred to as Health and Community Services (HCS) regions.
10. In Prince Edward Island, the two health regions divide the province into urban and rural components.
11. Prince Edward Island has defined these health regions for statistical purposes only; they bear no resemblance to the boundaries of the five actual administrative health regions.
12. In Nova Scotia, health regions are known as "health zones" and relate to the province's administrative health region boundaries.
13. In Ontario, Public Health Units (PHU) administer health promotion and disease prevention programs, and District Health Councils (DHC) are advisory, health planning organizations.
14. Because of the small population of Churchill, Manitoba (population: 1,110 in 1996), the Canadian Community Health Survey only collects data for the aggregation of Burntwood/Churchill (regions 4680, 4690).
15. In Saskatchewan, "service areas" (SA) have been created from groupings of the 33 health districts.
16. In Alberta, health regions are referred to as Health Authorities (HA) or Regional Health Authorities (RHA).
17. The following symbols are used in Statistics Canada publications: (..) for figures not available and (...) for figures not appropriate or not applicable.
18. CANSIM table number 01050060.
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