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Canadian Health Measures Survey: Medication data, 2014 and 2015

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Released: 2017-07-06

The Canadian Health Measures Survey Cycle 4 (2014 and 2015) Medication data file is now available.

The file includes collected information from the household and clinic questionnaires on self-reported medication use. It also includes collected and derived information for a subset of prescription or over-the-counter medication or other health products containing one of the following ingredients: calcium, folic acid, iodine, iron, magnesium, omega-3, omega-6, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin D, or zinc.

  Note to readers

The Canadian Health Measures Survey Cycle 4 was conducted from January 2014 to December 2015.

Weight files and instructions are available for combining cycle 4 Canadian Health Measures Survey data (where possible) with equivalent data from cycles 1 to 3.

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For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact us (toll-free 1-800-263-1136; 514-283-8300; STATCAN.infostats-infostats.STATCAN@canada.ca) or Media Relations (613-951-4636; STATCAN.mediahotline-ligneinfomedias.STATCAN@canada.ca).

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