Table 2
Percentage of households with out-of-pocket expenditures on health care more than 5% of total household income, by household income quintile, Canada excluding territories, 1997 to 2009

Table 2
Percentage of households with out-of-pocket expenditures on health care more than 5% of total household income, by household income quintile, Canada excluding territories, 1997 to 2009
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage of households with out-of-pocket expenditures on health care more than 5% of total household income. The information is grouped by Household income quintile (appearing as row headers), Year, 1997 to 2009 % change , 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 (appearing as column headers).
Household income quintile	Year							1997 to 2009 % change
	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009
	%
Q1 (lowest)	26	29	30	33	34	37	37	40^Note *^Note †
Q2	30	33	35	37	38	39	36	23^Note *^Note †
Q3	23	25	26	30	30	29	31	33^Note *^Note †
Q4	16	19	19	21	22	22	19	16^Note *^Note †
Q5 (highest)	10	9	10	13	13	13	14	42^Note *
Note * significant change over time Return to note * referrer Note † significantly different from Q5 (highest income quintile) Return to note † referrer Source: 1997 to 2009 Survey of Household Spending.

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