Table 2
Prevalence of ear infections, by sex and region, household population aged 2 to 3, Canada excluding territories and Nunavut, 1994/1995 to 2008/2009

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  1994/1995 2000/2001 2006/2007 2008/2009 Comparison between 1994/1995
and 2008/2009 (p-value)
%
At least one ear infection 66.9 62.6‡ 51.5‡ 50.2 <0.001
Frequent ear infections 26.3 19.8‡ 14.2‡ 12.6 <0.001
Sex
Male 29.9* 21.2‡ 16.2*‡ 14.2* <0.001
Female† 22.5 18.2‡ 12.1‡ 10.9 <0.001
Region
Atlantic provinces 35.2* 22.6*‡ 17.3*‡ 16.0* <0.001
Quebec 24.4 25.8* 22.0* 18.4*§ 0.080
Ontario 25.3 19.7*‡ 12.3‡ 11.5* <0.001
Prairie provinces 27.4 18.3*‡ 11.5‡ 10.5 <0.001
British Columbia† 25.8 9.6‡ 9.2E 7.3E <0.001
† reference category
* significantly different from estimate for reference category (p<0.05)
‡ significantly different from estimate for previous survey cycle (p<0.05)
§ significantly different from estimate for 2000/2001 (p<0.05)
E use with caution
Source: 1994/1995 to 2008/2009 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth.