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Table 10
Agoraphobia, by sex, household population aged 15 and over, Canada and provinces, 2002

Agoraphobia                                    Total population for the variable agoraphobia Agoraphobia, all measured criteria are met Agoraphobia, measured criteria not met Agoraphobia, not stated
Number Number % Number % Number %
2002  
Canada 24,996,593 183,448 0.7 24,728,533 98.9 84,612 0.3
Men 12,286,109 44,214 E 0.4 E 12,196,509 99.3 45,386 E 0.4 E
Women 12,710,483 139,234 1.1 12,532,024 98.6 39,226 0.3
Newfoundland and Labrador 438,805 F F 435,578 99.3 F F
Men 215,443 F F 214,354 99.5 F F
Women 223,362 F F 221,224 99.0 F F
Prince Edward Island 112,041 F F 111,401 99.4 F F
Men 54,557 F F 54,365 99.6 F F
Women 57,485 F F 57,036 99.2 F F
Nova Scotia 756,387 8,006 E 1.1 E 745,717 98.6 2,664 E 0.4 E
Men 364,357 F F 359,844 98.8 F F
Women 392,030 5,026 E 1.3 E 385,872 98.4 F F
New Brunswick 608,013 4,898 E 0.8 E 601,292 98.9 F F
Men 296,674 F F 295,307 99.5 F F
Women 311,339 3,670 E 1.2 E 305,985 98.3 F F
Quebec 6,040,976 61,284 E 1.0 E 5,958,398 98.6 21,293 E 0.4 E
Men 2,967,395 F F 2,943,075 99.2 F F
Women 3,073,580 48,963 E 1.6 E 3,015,323 98.1 F F
Ontario 9,655,880 61,527 0.6 9,565,982 99.1 28,371 E 0.3 E
Men 4,730,385 17,646 E 0.4 E 4,697,195 99.3 15,544 E 0.3 E
Women 4,925,495 43,882 0.9 4,868,787 98.8 12,827 E 0.3 E
Manitoba 864,873 F F 860,301 99.5 F F
Men 425,448 F F 422,911 99.4 F F
Women 439,425 F F 437,390 99.5 F F
Saskatchewan 758,799 F F 753,519 99.3 F F
Men 374,236 F F 373,379 99.8 F F
Women 384,563 F F 380,140 98.8 F F
Alberta 2,428,827 17,944 E 0.7 E 2,395,010 98.6 15,874 E 0.7 E
Men 1,220,792 F F 1,209,130 99.0 8,357 E 0.7 E
Women 1,208,035 14,639 E 1.2 E 1,185,880 98.2 7,517 E 0.6 E
British Columbia 3,331,991 21,613 E 0.6 E 3,301,335 99.1 F F
Men 1,636,823 F F 1,626,949 99.4 F F
Women 1,695,168 16,920 E 1.0 E 1,674,386 98.8 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. 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 agoraphobia in the 12 months prior to interview.
5. Agoraphobia is the fear and avoidance of being in places or situations from which escape might be difficult, or in which help may not be available. Feared situations include being outside the home alone, being in a crowd or standing in a line, being on a bridge, and travelling in a bus, train or automobile. The situations are avoided or endured with marked distress or with anxiety about having a panic attack or panic-like symptoms.
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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