Table 2
Prevalence of consultation about mental health problems (past 12 months), by source consulted and selected characteristics, household population aged 15 to 24, Canada excluding territories, 2012

Table 2
Prevalence of consultation about mental health problems (past 12 months), by source consulted and selected characteristics, household population aged 15 to 24, Canada excluding territories, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of consultation about mental health problems (past 12 months). The information is grouped by Characteristic (appearing as row headers), Source consulted, Professional , Informal, % and 95% confidence intervals (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic Source consulted
Professional Informal
% 95% confidence intervals % 95% confidence intervals
from to from to
Total 11.8 10.4 13.4 26.7 24.7 28.7
Sex  
Male 7.7Note *** 6.1 9.6 21.7Note *** 19.1 24.5
FemaleNote † 16.2 13.9 18.7 31.9 29.1 34.8
Age group  
15 to 17 10.8 8.6 13.3 25.4 21.9 29.2
18 to 24Note † 12.3 10.6 14.3 27.3 24.9 29.8
Immigrant status  
Immigrant 6.4Note E: Use with caution Note *** 4.0 10.1 25.1 20.1 30.9
Non-immigrantNote † 12.8 11.2 14.5 26.9 24.8 29.1
Student  
YesNote † 11.3 9.7 13.2 26.2 23.6 28.9
No 12.6 10.3 15.5 27.5 24.3 30.8
Household income quintile  
1 11.4 8.8 14.6 25.9 22.4 29.6
2 13.5 10.4 17.2 29.5 25.0 34.3
3Note † 9.7 7.1 13.1 25.6 21.6 30.1
4 11.7 8.8 15.4 26.4 22.5 30.8
5 13.6Note E: Use with caution 9.5 19.1 25.8 20.7 31.7
Location  
Population centreNote † 11.8 10.3 13.6 27.4 25.2 29.7
Rural 11.9 9.0 15.6 22.4Note * 18.2 27.2
Traumatic childhood experience (ages 18 to 24)  
Yes 18.9Note *** 15.6 22.7 39.7Note *** 35.5 44.1
NoNote † 8.7 6.9 11.0 20.6 18.0 23.4
Number of chronic physical conditions  
0Note † 7.5 6.2 9.2 21.3 19.1 23.6
1 14.0Note *** 11.1 17.5 33.6Note *** 29.5 38.0
2 29.0Note *** 22.3 36.9 36.7Note *** 30.1 43.9
3 or more 25.3Note E: Use with caution Note *** 17.6 35.0 47.0Note *** 36.6 57.7
Distress  
LowNote † 4.7 3.8 5.8 17.6 15.7 19.6
Higher 26.9Note *** 23.4 30.7 46.3Note *** 42.3 50.2
Mental health condition  
Yes 49.7Note *** 41.9 57.5 67.0Note *** 59.4 73.8
NoNote † 8.0 6.8 9.4 22.4 20.6 24.4
Substance disorder  
Yes 25.8Note *** 20.0 32.6 49.7Note *** 43.0 56.4
NoNote † 9.8 8.5 11.4 23.6 21.7 25.7
E use with caution
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reference group

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significantly different from reference group (p ≤ 0.05)

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significantly different from reference group (p ≤ 0.001)

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Source: 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey-Mental Health.
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