Table 16
Percentage of the female population aged 15 and over who saw or talked to health professionals about physical, emotional or mental health in the past 12 months, by selected Aboriginal identity group, Canada, 2012

Table 16
Percentage of the female population aged 15 and over who saw or talked to health professionals about physical, emotional or mental health in the past 12 months, by selected Aboriginal identity group, Canada, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage of the female population aged 15 and over who saw or talked to health professionals about physical Type of health professional, At least one health professional , Family doctor, general practitioner, Specialist , Nurse and Psychologist, social worker or counsellor, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  Type of health professional
At least one health professional Family doctor, general practitioner Specialist Nurse Psychologist, social worker or counsellor
percent
Total Aboriginal identity female population (excluding reserves) 89.0 83.5 41.8 32.3 19.0
Off-reserve First Nations 89.5 84.6 42.5 31.9 19.6
Métis 89.7 85.0 42.4 30.2 18.4
Inuit 80.0 59.4 27.7 54.5 19.5
Non-Aboriginal identity female population See note 82.1 37.3 15.3 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
.. not available for a specific reference period
Note: The CCHS contains a more exhaustive list of health care professionals than the APS. As such, the indicator of ‘At least one health care professional’ is not comparable across surveys.
Source: Statistics Canada. Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2012; Canadian Community Health Survey, 2012.
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