Table 1 
Proportion of Canadians who visited an oral health professional in the previous 12 months, Canada, excluding territories 

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Proportion of Canadians who visited an oral health professional in the previous 12 months, Canada, excluding territories
  Visited an oral health professional in the previous 12 months 95% confidence interval (low) 95% confidence interval (high)
  %%%
Total, aged 0 and older 72.2 70.9 73.5
Gender      
Men+1 70.6 68.6 72.4
Women+ 73.8* 72.3 75.3
Age group      
0 to 5 years 51.8* 47.8 55.8
6 to 11 years 88.6* 86.2 90.6
12 to 17 years 87.6* 85.1 89.7
18 to 34 years1 67.5 63.3 71.4
35 to 49 years 74.6* 72.1 77.0
50 to 64 years 76.7* 74.6 78.7
65 to 79 years 69.5 67.6 71.2
80 years and older 55.1* 51.6 58.5
Rurality status      
Rural area1 67.0 64.1 69.8
Population centre 72.9* 71.5 74.3
Province      
Newfoundland and Labrador 68.7* 66.0 71.3
Prince Edward Island 73.1 69.6 76.4
Nova Scotia 71.1 68.4 73.7
New Brunswick 65.0* 62.1 67.8
Quebec 69.0* 66.7 71.3
Ontario1 74.5 71.8 77.0
Manitoba 69.3* 66.5 72.0
Saskatchewan 70.4* 67.7 72.9
Alberta 70.9 68.3 73.4
British Columbia 74.6 71.5 77.5
Dental insurance      
Yes 80.8* 79.4 82.1
No1 56.0 53.6 58.4
Don't know 49.4 40.3 58.6
Type of dental insurance      
Public insurance only1 69.1 62.3 75.1
Private insurance 81.6* 80.2 83.0
Don't know type of insurance 62.8E 44.8 77.8
E
use with caution
*
significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)
Note(s):
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.
Source(s):
Canadian Oral Health Survey – Cycle 1, 2023 to 2024 (5399).

Table note 1

Reference category.
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