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Table 35
Barriers accessing mental health services due to acceptability issues, by age group and sex, household population aged 15 and over, Canada excluding territories, 2002

Barriers accessing mental health services due to acceptability issues Total population for the variable barriers accessing mental health services due to acceptability issues Barriers accessing mental health services encountered due to acceptability issues Barriers accessing mental health services not encountered due to acceptability issues Barriers accessing mental health services due to acceptability issues, not stated
Number Number % Number % Number %
2002  
Total, 15 years and over 24,996,593 861,874 3.4 24,024,143 96.1 110,575 0.4
Men 12,286,109 337,372 2.7 11,897,749 96.8 50,989 0.4
Women 12,710,483 524,502 4.1 12,126,394 95.4 59,587 0.5
15-24 years 4,136,460 277,071 6.7 3,848,314 93.0 11,075 E 0.3 E
Men 2,111,183 101,266 4.8 2,000,918 94.8 F F
Women 2,025,278 175,804 8.7 1,847,396 91.2 F F
25-64 years 17,133,721 553,985 3.2 16,494,653 96.3 85,083 0.5
Men 8,543,283 227,347 2.7 8,280,474 96.9 35,462 E 0.4 E
Women 8,590,438 326,638 3.8 8,214,178 95.6 49,621 E 0.6 E
65 years and over 3,726,412 30,818 0.8 3,681,177 98.8 14,417 E 0.4 E
Men 1,631,644 8,759 E 0.5 E 1,616,356 99.1 F F
Women 2,094,768 22,059 E 1.1 E 2,064,820 98.6 7,888 E 0.4 E
1. Data source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, Mental Health and Well-being, 2002 (updated in September 2004)
2. The survey excludes from its target population those living in the three territories, individuals living on Indian Reserves and on Crown Lands, residents of institutions, full-time members of the Canadian Armed Forces, and residents of certain remote regions.
3. Population aged 15 and over who felt that they needed help for their emotions, mental health or use of alcohol or drugs in the 12 months prior to interview, but did not receive it due to barriers.
4. Population aged 15 and over reporting unmet mental health care needs in the 12 months prior to interview due to acceptability issues.
5. Acceptability issues are those where individuals chose to do without health care either because of competing demands on their time or because of their attitude towards illness, health care providers or the health care system.
6. Bootstrapping techniques were used to produce the coefficient of variation (CV) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
7. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3% are identified by an (E) and should be interpreted with caution.
8. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater than 33.3% were suppressed (F) due to extreme sampling variability.
9. The following standard symbols are used in Statistics Canada publications: (..) for figures not available for a specific reference period and (...) for figures not applicable.
10. CANSIM table number 01051100.
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