Table 5
Prevalence of and adjusted odds ratios for well-being and mental health disorders, by sex and chronic pain status, household population aged 12 to 44, Canada, 2007/2008

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  Males Females
Estimated number '000 % 95% confidence interval Adjusted‡ odds ratio 95% confidence interval Estimated number '000 % 95% confidence interval Adjusted‡ odds ratio 95% confidence interval
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Positive self-perceived health
Chronic pain 537 80.4* 78.3 82.6 0.3* 0.2 0.3 661 76.4* 74.4 78.5 0.2* 0.1 0.2
No chronic pain† 6,381 95.7 95.3 96.1 1.0 … … 6,164 96.4 96.1 96.7 1.0 … …
Self-perceived health worse than a year ago
Chronic pain 151 22.5* 20.1 25.0 3.4* 2.8 4.2 198 22.9* 20.8 24.9 2.7* 2.3 3.3
No chronic pain† 444 6.7 6.2 7.2 1.0 … … 474 7.4 6.9 7.9 1.0 … …
Satisfied with life in general
Chronic pain 549 82.2* 80.0 84.5 0.4* 0.3 0.5 711 82.4* 80.5 84.3 0.4* 0.4 0.5
No chronic pain† 6,235 93.6 93.2 94.1 1.0 … … 6,001 94.0 93.6 94.4 1.0 … …
Positive sense of community belonging
Chronic pain 368 55.3* 52.5 58.1 0.8* 0.7 1.0 486 56.6* 54.3 59.0 0.8* 0.7 1.0
No chronic pain† 4,138 62.8 61.8 63.7 1.0 … … 4,072 64.4 63.4 65.3 1.0 … …
Perceived life stress
Chronic pain 242 37.1* 34.2 40.0 1.8* 1.5 2.1 343 40.6* 38.1 43.0 1.6* 1.5 1.9
No chronic pain† 1,233 20.4 19.6 21.2 1.0 … … 1,375 23.7 22.8 24.5 1.0 … …
Positive self-perceived mental health
Chronic pain 584 87.6* 85.7 89.5 0.3* 0.2 0.4 748 86.3* 84.6 88.1 0.3* 0.3 0.4
No chronic pain† 6,439 96.6 96.3 97.0 1.0 … … 6,170 96.5 96.2 96.9 1.0 … …
Anxiety disorder
Chronic pain 56 8.3* 7.0 9.6 1.8* 1.4 2.4 156 18.0* 16.1 19.9 2.2* 1.8 2.6
No chronic pain† 199 3.0 2.7 3.3 1.0 … … 384 6.0 5.6 6.5 1.0 … …
Mood disorder
Chronic pain 81 12.1* 10.2 14.0 2.9* 2.2 3.9 177 20.5* 18.5 22.4 2.3* 1.9 2.8
No chronic pain† 196 2.9 2.6 3.2 1.0 … … 383 6.0 5.6 6.4 1.0 … …
† reference category
* significantly different from estimate for reference category (p<0.05)
‡ adjusted for age, marital status, household, education, race/culture, urban/rural residence; arthritis, back problems, migraine headaches
... not applicable
Note: Because of rounding, odds ratios for which upper confidence intervals were 1.0 were statistically significant.
Source: 2007/2008 Canadian Community Health Survey, 24-month file.