Table 1
Prevalence of perceived need for mental health care (MHC), by risk factors for MHC and by type of MHC need, household population aged 15 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2012

Table 1
Prevalence of perceived need for mental health care (MHC), by risk factors for MHC and by type of MHC need, household population aged 15 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of prevalence of perceived need for mental health care (mhc). The information is grouped by risk factors for mhc (appearing as row headers), type of mhc need, any, information , medication , counselling and other , calculated using % units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Risk factors for MHC	Type of MHC need
	Any^Note †	Information	Medication	Counselling	Other
	%
Total	17.5	6.8	9.8	12.4	0.9
Mental or substance disorder
Mood or anxiety disorder	75.3	40.9	50.7	65.7	3.2^{Note E: Use with caution}
Any substance disorder	25.0	11.2	10.0	20.5	X
Mood or anxiety disorder and any substance disorder	86.1	50.1	56.4	76.4	Note F: too unreliable to be published
None	12.7	4.0	6.7	8.1	0.7
Distress
Low (K6 ≤ 4)	10.0	3.0	5.2	6.2	0.6
Higher (K6 > 4)	42.3	19.5	25.1	32.7	1.9
Chronic physical conditions
None	12.1	4.5	4.8	9.0	0.8
One	17.0	6.5	9.2	11.8	0.9^{Note E: Use with caution}
Two	21.4	7.4	13.3	15.2	0.9^{Note E: Use with caution}
Three or more	29.2	13.2	21.4	20.1	1.5^{Note E: Use with caution}
^E use with caution F too unreliable to be published Note † because respondents could report more than one type of MHC need, percentages do not sum to “any” need X supressed to meet confidentiality requirements of Statistics Act Source: 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey—Mental Health.

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