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Table 8
Social phobia (social anxiety disorder), by sex, household population aged 15 and over, Canada and provinces, 2002

Social phobia (social anxiety disorder)        Total population for the variable social phobia (social anxiety disorder) Social phobia (social anxiety disorder), all measured criteria are met Social phobia (social anxiety disorder), measured criteria not met Social phobia (social anxiety disorder), not stated
Number Number % Number % Number %
2002  
Canada 24,996,593 746,103 3.0 24,060,988 96.3 189,501 0.8
Men 12,286,109 313,485 2.6 11,889,880 96.8 82,745 0.7
Women 12,710,483 432,618 3.4 12,171,109 95.8 106,756 0.8
Newfoundland and Labrador 438,805 11,532 E 2.6 E 422,616 96.3 4,656 E 1.1 E
Men 215,443 F F 210,878 97.9 F F
Women 223,362 7,993 E 3.6 E 211,738 94.8 3,631 E 1.6 E
Prince Edward Island 112,041 2,595 E 2.3 E 108,756 97.1 F F
Men 54,557 F F 53,420 97.9 F F
Women 57,485 1,733 E 3.0 E 55,336 96.3 F F
Nova Scotia 756,387 31,915 4.2 716,005 94.7 8,467 E 1.1 E
Men 364,357 13,949 E 3.8 E 348,820 95.7 F F
Women 392,030 17,966 E 4.6 E 367,185 93.7 6,879 E 1.8 E
New Brunswick 608,013 16,564 2.7 587,160 96.6 4,289 E 0.7 E
Men 296,674 5,263 E 1.8 E 289,199 97.5 F F
Women 311,339 11,302 E 3.6 E 297,960 95.7 F F
Quebec 6,040,976 120,137 2.0 5,858,653 97.0 62,185 E 1.0 E
Men 2,967,395 52,935 1.8 2,885,542 97.2 28,918 E 1.0 E
Women 3,073,580 67,202 2.2 2,973,111 96.7 33,268 E 1.1 E
Ontario 9,655,880 313,312 3.2 9,292,479 96.2 50,089 0.5
Men 4,730,385 130,511 2.8 4,578,460 96.8 21,414 E 0.5 E
Women 4,925,495 182,801 3.7 4,714,019 95.7 28,675 E 0.6 E
Manitoba 864,873 29,820 3.4 827,430 95.7 7,623 E 0.9 E
Men 425,448 14,755 E 3.5 E 405,932 95.4 4,761 E 1.1 E
Women 439,425 15,066 E 3.4 E 421,498 95.9 2,862 E 0.7 E
Saskatchewan 758,799 26,782 3.5 728,111 96.0 F F
Men 374,236 10,155 E 2.7 E 363,132 97.0 F F
Women 384,563 16,627 E 4.3 E 364,979 94.9 F F
Alberta 2,428,827 75,747 3.1 2,335,027 96.1 18,054 E 0.7 E
Men 1,220,792 34,818 E 2.9 E 1,178,225 96.5 F F
Women 1,208,035 40,929 3.4 1,156,802 95.8 10,304 E 0.9 E
British Columbia 3,331,991 117,697 3.5 3,184,751 95.6 29,543 0.9
Men 1,636,823 46,698 2.9 1,576,270 96.3 13,855 E 0.8 E
Women 1,695,168 70,998 4.2 1,608,481 94.9 15,688 E 0.9 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. The Mental Health and Well-being Survey is partially based on a modified World Mental Health version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (WMH-CIDI). The WMH-CIDI is a standardized instrument for assessment of mental disorders and conditions according to an operationalization of the definitions and criteria of DSM. DSM refers to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders used by the American Psychiatric Association. It is an internationally recognized classification of mental disorders with several versions. Mental conditions or problems found in the CCHS 1.2 are partially coded either to DSM-IV or DSM-IIIR. Mental conditions or problems are derived from a set of questions pertaining to the feelings, the symptoms, severity, the intensity, and the impact relative to each of the measured disorders.
4. Population aged 15 and over classified as meeting or failing to meet criteria for social phobia (social anxiety disorder) in the 12 months prior to interview.
5. Social phobia (social anxiety disorder) is characterised by persistent, irrational fear of social or performance situations in which the person may be closely watched and judged by others, as in public speaking, eating, or working. The fear is recognised by the person as excessive or unreasonable. The avoidance, anxious anticipation, or distress in these feared situation(s) interferes significantly with the person’s everyday activities.
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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