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Table 36
Barriers accessing mental health services due to acceptability issues, by sex, household population aged 15 and over, Canada and provinces, 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  
Canada 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
Newfoundland and Labrador 438,805 16,734 3.8 421,476 96.1 F F
Men 215,443 7,696 E 3.6 E 207,747 96.4 F F
Women 223,362 9,038 E 4.0 E 213,729 95.7 F F
Prince Edward Island 112,041 3,081 E 2.7 E 108,866 97.2 F F
Men 54,557 F F 53,345 97.8 F F
Women 57,485 1,869 E 3.3 E 55,520 96.6 F F
Nova Scotia 756,387 29,645 3.9 726,082 96.0 F F
Men 364,357 9,020 E 2.5 E 355,152 97.5 F F
Women 392,030 20,625 5.3 370,930 94.6 F F
New Brunswick 608,013 24,020 4.0 583,023 95.9 F F
Men 296,674 8,956 E 3.0 E 287,281 96.8 F F
Women 311,339 15,065 E 4.8 E 295,742 95.0 F F
Quebec 6,040,976 168,248 2.8 5,854,490 96.9 18,238 E 0.3 E
Men 2,967,395 67,767 E 2.3 E 2,890,415 97.4 F F
Women 3,073,580 100,480 3.3 2,964,075 96.4 9,026 E 0.3 E
Ontario 9,655,880 335,615 3.5 9,277,757 96.1 42,508 E 0.4 E
Men 4,730,385 117,789 2.5 4,593,357 97.1 19,238 E 0.4 E
Women 4,925,495 217,826 4.4 4,684,400 95.1 F F
Manitoba 864,873 27,571 3.2 835,182 96.6 F F
Men 425,448 11,782 E 2.8 E 412,914 97.1 F F
Women 439,425 15,789 E 3.6 E 422,268 96.1 F F
Saskatchewan 758,799 25,035 3.3 731,047 96.3 F F
Men 374,236 7,411 E 2.0 E 365,187 97.6 F F
Women 384,563 17,624 E 4.6 E 365,860 95.1 F F
Alberta 2,428,827 95,320 3.9 2,310,699 95.1 22,809 0.9
Men 1,220,792 38,867 3.2 1,171,369 96.0 10,556 E 0.9 E
Women 1,208,035 56,453 4.7 1,139,330 94.3 12,252 E 1.0 E
British Columbia 3,331,991 136,606 4.1 3,175,521 95.3 19,864 E 0.6 E
Men 1,636,823 66,873 4.1 1,560,981 95.4 F F
Women 1,695,168 69,734 4.1 1,614,539 95.2 F F
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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