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Table 3-2
Contact with a medical specialist in past 12 months, Inuit children aged 6 to 14, Canada and Inuit regions, 2006

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Canada, Inuit regions Total Yes No Not stated
count % % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Canada 11,200 100 26 22.8 28.4 73 69.9 75.5 2E 0.9 2.5
Inuit Nunaat 8,790 100 23 20.3 26.6 75 71.4 77.8 2E 1.1 3.0
Nunatsiavut 370 100 27 23.9 33.6 70 66.3 76.0 x x x
Nunavik 2,230 100 24 19.3 28.7 73 67.6 77.3 4E 1.9 6.0
Nunavut 5,620 100 22 18.1 26.9 76 71.5 80.5 x x x
Inuvialuit region 570 100 30 24.4 34.8 70 64.0 74.5 x x x
Outside Inuit Nunaat 2,410 100 34 28.1 39.8 66 59.6 71.3 x x x

Notes:
Medical specialist excludes paediatrician, general practitioner or family physician.
Percents may not add up to 100% because reponses of 'don't know', 'refusal' and 'not stated' were included in the calculation of all estimates and rounding.
'Not stated' includes 'not stated', 'don't know' and 'refusal'.
Four regions comprise Inuit Nunaat which means "Inuit homeland" in the Inuit language. These four regions are: Nunatsiavut in northern Labrador, Nunavik in northern Quebec, the territory of Nunavut, and the Inuvialuit region in the Northwest Territories.
Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006