Chart 1
Percentage of reported visits to an oral health professional in the previous 12 months for Canadians 12 years and older, by gender, Canada, excluding territories
Note(s):
CHMS = Canadian Health Measures Survey, CCHS = Canadian Community Health Survey and COHS = Canadian Oral Health Survey. Data on gender were not collected in the 2007 to 2009 CHMS and the 2018 CCHS. The results for these years are based on self-reported sex at birth (male or female), while the results for the 2022 CCHS and the 2023 to 2024 COHS are based on self-reported gender. Given that the non-binary population is small, data aggregation to a two-category gender variable is sometimes necessary to protect the confidentiality of responses. In these cases, individuals in the category "non-binary people" are distributed into the other two gender categories. Unless otherwise indicated in the text, the category "men+" includes men (and boys), as well as some non-binary people, while the category "women+" includes women (and girls), as well as some non-binary people. The CHMS includes only people aged 12 to 79 years.
Chart description
This is a bar clustered chart.
2007 to 2009 CHMS | 2018 CCHS | 2022 CCHS | 2023 to 2024 COHS | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Population 12 years and older | 73 | 75 | 65 | 72 |
Men+ | 72 | 72 | 62 | 70 |
Women+ | 75 | 77 | 68 | 74 |
Note(s):
CHMS = Canadian Health Measures Survey, CCHS = Canadian Community Health Survey and COHS = Canadian Oral Health Survey. Data on gender were not collected in the 2007 to 2009 CHMS and the 2018 CCHS. The results for these years are based on self-reported sex at birth (male or female), while the results for the 2022 CCHS and the 2023 to 2024 COHS are based on self-reported gender. Given that the non-binary population is small, data aggregation to a two-category gender variable is sometimes necessary to protect the confidentiality of responses. In these cases, individuals in the category "non-binary people" are distributed into the other two gender categories. Unless otherwise indicated in the text, the category "men+" includes men (and boys), as well as some non-binary people, while the category "women+" includes women (and girls), as well as some non-binary people. The CHMS includes only people aged 12 to 79 years.
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