Table 2
Percentage using prescription medication, by age group and number of medications, household population aged 6 to 79, Canada, 2007 to 2011

Table 2
Percentage using prescription medication, by age group and number of medications, household population aged 6 to 79, Canada, 2007 to 2011
Table summary
This table displays the results of Percentage using prescription medication. The information is grouped by Number of medications (appearing as row headers), Age group, Total 6 to 79, 6 to 14, 15 to 24, 25 to 44, 45 to 64, 65 to 79, % and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Number of medications Age group
Total 6 to 79 6 to 14 15 to 24 25 to 44 45 to 64 65 to 79
% 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to from to from to
1 16.2 14.8 17.6 8.3 6.5 10.2 19.7 15.9 23.5 17.0 14.4 19.5 17.7 15.0 20.5 12.9 10.6 15.1
2 8.8 7.7 9.9 2.6 1.8 3.3 4.9Note E: Use with caution 2.9 6.9 6.3 4.7 7.9 13.1 10.9 15.4 15.0 11.8 18.2
3 4.6 3.9 5.3 0.7Note E: Use with caution 0.4 1.0 <3.2Note † Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 2.0 1.3 2.6 7.2 5.7 8.7 13.5 10.9 16.1
4 3.5 2.9 4.1 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 1.3Note E: Use with caution 0.6 2.0 5.7 4.4 6.9 11.4 9.2 13.6
5 or more 7.4 6.7 8.1 Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note F: too unreliable to be published Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable 1.5Note E: Use with caution 0.8 2.3 11.4 9.1 13.7 29.9 27.0 32.9
... not applicable
E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
Note †

if coefficient of variation exceeds 33.3%, but cell contains at least 10 records, estimate indicated as being less than upper limit of 95% confidence interval

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Note: Percentage refers to prescription medication taken within two days of Canadian Health Measures Survey household interview.
Source: 2007 to 2009 and 2009 to 2011 Canadian Health Measures Survey, combined.
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