Table 2
Prevalence of chronic pain, by selected characteristics, household and institutional populations aged 18 to 64 and 65 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2005 (households) and 1996/1997 (institutions)
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Households | Institutions | ||
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% | % | ||
18 to 64 | |||
Total | 15.5‡ | … | |
Sex | |||
Men | 14.0‡* | … | |
Women† | 16.9‡ | … | |
65 or older | |||
Total | 26.7§ | 37.9 | |
Sex | |||
Men | 21.0§* | 33.9* | |
Women† | 31.2§ | 39.4 | |
Age group | |||
65 to 74† | 24.4§ | 37.3 | |
75 to 84 | 29.9§* | 40.7 | |
85 or older | 29.5§ | 36.2 | |
Education | |||
Less than secondary graduation | 29.5§* | 40.7* | |
Secondary graduation or more† | 23.3§ | 32.6 | |
Income | |||
Lower | 28.1§* | 40.2 | |
Middle | 25.4§ | 37.2 | |
Higher† | 22.8§ | 34.7 | |
Proxy response | |||
Yes | 39.7* | 34.7* | |
No† | 26.0§ | 42.4 | |
† reference category | |||
‡ significantly different from estimate for household population aged 65 or older (p < 0.05) | |||
§ significantly different from estimate for institutional population (p < 0.05) | |||
* significantly different from estimate for reference category (p < 0.05) | |||
Sources: 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey; 1996/1997 National Population Health Survey, cross-sectional sample, Health Institutions component. | |||
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, "Chronic pain in Canadian seniors", Health Reports, Vol. 19 No. 1, catalogue number 82-003-XWE. |
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