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| Number | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||||
| 27,077,655 | 22,809,485 | 84.2 | 1,346,150 | 5.0 | 2,111,059 | 7.8 | 659,854 | 2.4 | 151,107 | 0.6 | ||||
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13,379,463 | 11,593,601 | 86.7 | 652,941 | 4.9 | 773,127 | 5.8 | 283,234 | 2.1 | 76,559 | 0.6 | |||
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13,698,192 | 11,215,884 | 81.9 | 693,209 | 5.1 | 1,337,932 | 9.8 | 376,620 | 2.7 | 74,548 | 0.5 | |||
| 3,129,038 | 2,981,121 | 95.3 | 66,636 | 2.1 | 29,355 | 0.9 | F | F | 44,098 | 1.4 | ||||
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1,599,121 | 1,525,958 | 95.4 | 33,233 | 2.1 | 13,070 | 0.8 | F | F | 24,637 | 1.5 | |||
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1,529,917 | 1,455,164 | 95.1 | 33,403 | 2.2 | 16,285E | 1.1E | F | F | 19,460 | 1.3 | |||
| 23,948,617 | 19,828,363 | 82.8 | 1,279,514 | 5.3 | 2,081,704 | 8.7 | 652,026 | 2.7 | 107,010 | 0.4 | ||||
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11,780,342 | 10,067,644 | 85.5 | 619,708 | 5.3 | 760,057 | 6.5 | 281,011 | 2.4 | 51,922E | 0.4E | |||
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12,168,275 | 9,760,720 | 80.2 | 659,806 | 5.4 | 1,321,647 | 10.9 | 371,015 | 3.0 | 55,088E | 0.5E | |||
| 1,326,127 | 1,255,771 | 94.7 | 39,185E | 3.0E | 28,341E | 2.1E | F | F | F | F | ||||
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705,741 | 668,988 | 94.8 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
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620,386 | 586,784 | 94.6 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
| 2,046,278 | 1,821,390 | 89.0 | 96,998E | 4.7E | 112,260 | 5.5 | F | F | F | F | ||||
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1,057,276 | 974,797 | 92.2 | 51,000E | 4.8E | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
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989,002 | 846,593 | 85.6 | 45,998E | 4.7E | 84,271E | 8.5E | F | F | F | F | |||
| 1,739,550 | 1,563,568 | 89.9 | 61,715E | 3.5E | 94,039 | 5.4 | F | F | F | F | ||||
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837,418 | 774,580 | 92.5 | 35,146E | 4.2E | 21,168E | 2.5E | F | F | F | F | |||
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902,132 | 788,987 | 87.5 | 26,569E | 2.9E | 72,871E | 8.1E | F | F | F | F | |||
| 4,755,495 | 4,181,514 | 87.9 | 209,961 | 4.4 | 288,786 | 6.1 | 56,673E | 1.2E | F | F | ||||
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2,337,763 | 2,084,080 | 89.1 | 104,075 | 4.5 | 106,543 | 4.6 | F | F | F | F | |||
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2,417,732 | 2,097,434 | 86.8 | 105,886 | 4.4 | 182,244 | 7.5 | 29,323E | 1.2E | F | F | |||
| 4,864,334 | 4,107,050 | 84.4 | 282,580 | 5.8 | 345,953 | 7.1 | 113,073 | 2.3 | F | F | ||||
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2,474,091 | 2,127,585 | 86.0 | 145,587 | 5.9 | 136,843 | 5.5 | 56,199E | 2.3E | F | F | |||
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2,390,243 | 1,979,465 | 82.8 | 136,993 | 5.7 | 209,110 | 8.7 | 56,874E | 2.4E | F | F | |||
| 3,504,062 | 2,784,320 | 79.5 | 225,404 | 6.4 | 337,636 | 9.6 | 135,271 | 3.9 | 21,430E | 0.6E | ||||
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1,817,048 | 1,490,908 | 82.1 | 114,823E | 6.3 | 145,992 | 8.0 | 56,152E | 3.1E | F | F | |||
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1,687,014 | 1,293,412 | 76.7 | 110,581 | 6.6 | 191,644 | 11.4 | 79,119E | 4.7E | F | F | |||
| 2,461,802 | 1,899,778 | 77.2 | 129,345 | 5.3 | 304,268 | 12.4 | 113,487 | 4.6 | F | F | ||||
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1,152,384 | 938,834 | 81.5 | 52,008E | 4.5E | 100,195 | 8.7 | 54,884E | 4.8E | F | F | |||
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1,309,418 | 960,944 | 73.4 | 77,338 | 5.9 | 204,073 | 15.6 | 58,603E | 4.5E | F | F | |||
| 2,059,918 | 1,442,442 | 70.0 | 146,147 | 7.1 | 345,219 | 16.8 | 103,166 | 5.0 | F | F | ||||
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920,211 | 680,002 | 73.9 | 57,617E | 6.3E | 131,037 | 14.2 | 43,406E | 4.7E | F | F | |||
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1,139,707 | 762,440 | 66.9 | 88,531E | 7.8E | 214,182 | 18.8 | 59,760 | 5.2 | F | F | |||
| 1,191,051 | 772,531 | 64.9 | 88,178 | 7.4 | 225,202 | 18.9 | 99,327 | 8.3 | F | F | ||||
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478,410 | 327,870 | 68.5 | 38,081E | 8.0E | 74,908E | 15.7E | 35,553E | 7.4E | F | F | |||
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712,641 | 444,661 | 62.4 | 50,096E | 7.0E | 150,294 | 21.1 | 63,774 | 8.9 | F | F | |||
| 27,834,243 | 24,481,552 | 88.0 | 897,303 | 3.2 | 1,859,534 | 6.7 | 561,772 | 2.0 | 34,082E | 0.1E | ||||
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13,755,681 | 12,311,349 | 89.5 | 441,365 | 3.2 | 712,940 | 5.2 | 269,161 | 2.0 | F | F | |||
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14,078,562 | 12,170,203 | 86.4 | 455,939 | 3.2 | 1,146,594 | 8.1 | 292,611 | 2.1 | 13,215 | 0.1 | |||
| 3,239,356 | 3,148,941 | 97.2 | 66,161E | 2.0E | 10,391E | 0.3E | F | F | F | F | ||||
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1,656,241 | 1,621,561 | 97.9 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
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1,583,115 | 1,527,380 | 96.5 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
| 24,594,887 | 21,332,612 | 86.7 | 831,142 | 3.4 | 1,849,143 | 7.5 | 551,568 | 2.2 | 30,423E | 0.1E | ||||
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12,099,440 | 10,689,789 | 88.3 | 418,646 | 3.5 | 707,432 | 5.8 | 265,668 | 2.2 | F | F | |||
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12,495,447 | 10,642,823 | 85.2 | 412,496 | 3.3 | 1,141,711 | 9.1 | 285,900 | 2.3 | 12,518E | 0.1E | |||
| 1,150,763 | 1,111,695 | 96.6 | 15,415E | 1.3E | 19,400E | 1.7E | F | F | F | F | ||||
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580,013 | 571,702 | 98.6 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
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570,750 | 539,992 | 94.6 | F | F | 17,821E | 3.1E | F | F | F | F | |||
| 2,110,798 | 1,986,423 | 94.1 | 40,248E | 1.9E | 71,723 | 3.4 | 11,233E | 0.5E | F | F | ||||
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1,085,998 | 1,047,116 | 96.4 | 19,928E | 1.8E | 16,108E | 1.5E | F | F | F | F | |||
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1,024,800 | 939,307 | 91.7 | F | F | 55,615E | 5.4E | F | F | F | F | |||
| 1,872,592 | 1,745,501 | 93.2 | 40,421E | 2.2E | 73,935 | 3.9 | 12,714E | 0.7E | F | F | ||||
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948,260 | 904,909 | 95.4 | 16,473E | 1.7E | 19,946E | 2.1E | F | F | F | F | |||
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924,332 | 840,592 | 90.9 | 23,948E | 2.6E | 53,990 | 5.8 | 5,803E | 0.6E | F | F | |||
| 4,471,514 | 4,065,790 | 90.9 | 119,440 | 2.7 | 230,049 | 5.1 | 51,651 | 1.2 | F | F | ||||
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2,208,851 | 2,026,422 | 91.7 | 61,327 | 2.8 | 88,816 | 4.0 | 29,300E | 1.3E | F | F | |||
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2,262,663 | 2,039,368 | 90.1 | 58,113E | 2.6E | 141,233 | 6.2 | 22,351 | 1.0 | F | F | |||
| 5,237,643 | 4,640,789 | 88.6 | 158,017 | 3.0 | 340,421 | 6.5 | 96,419 | 1.8 | F | F | ||||
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2,644,862 | 2,350,461 | 88.9 | 94,758 | 3.6 | 142,836 | 5.4 | 55,646 | 2.1 | F | F | |||
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2,592,781 | 2,290,328 | 88.3 | 63,258 | 2.4 | 197,585 | 7.6 | 40,773 | 1.6 | F | F | |||
| 3,770,504 | 3,182,851 | 84.4 | 181,872 | 4.8 | 291,732 | 7.7 | 110,821 | 2.9 | 3,229E | 0.1E | ||||
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1,921,647 | 1,646,632 | 85.7 | 102,839 | 5.4 | 120,604 | 6.3 | 49,772 | 2.6 | F | F | |||
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1,848,857 | 1,536,219 | 83.1 | 79,033 | 4.3 | 171,129 | 9.3 | 61,049 | 3.3 | F | F | |||
| 2,564,965 | 2,028,315 | 79.1 | 122,939 | 4.8 | 308,372 | 12.0 | 96,796 | 3.8 | F | F | ||||
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1,231,134 | 1,001,328 | 81.3 | 61,510 | 5.0 | 109,810 | 8.9 | 51,453E | 4.2E | F | F | |||
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1,333,831 | 1,026,987 | 77.0 | 61,428 | 4.6 | 198,563 | 14.9 | 45,343 | 3.4 | F | F | |||
| 2,095,818 | 1,629,648 | 77.8 | 100,836 | 4.8 | 289,401 | 13.8 | 71,782 | 3.4 | 4,151E | 0.2E | ||||
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929,806 | 743,730 | 80.0 | 34,815 | 3.7 | 117,443 | 12.6 | 31,503 | 3.4 | F | F | |||
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1,166,013 | 885,918 | 76.0 | 66,021E | 5.7E | 171,958 | 14.7 | 40,279 | 3.5 | 1,836E | 0.2E | |||
| 1,320,290 | 941,601 | 71.3 | 51,953 | 3.9 | 224,109 | 17.0 | 96,232 | 7.3 | 6,395E | 0.5E | ||||
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548,869 | 397,488 | 72.4 | 20,661E | 3.8E | 90,290 | 16.5 | 38,445E | 7.0E | 1,985E | 0.4E | |||
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771,420 | 544,112 | 70.5 | 31,292E | 4.1E | 133,818 | 17.3 | 57,787 | 7.5 | 4,411E | 0.6E | |||
| 28,091,727 | 24,587,107 | 87.5 | 882,655 | 3.1 | 2,071,724 | 7.4 | 536,382 | 1.9 | F | F | ||||
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13,883,550 | 12,381,658 | 89.2 | 413,143 | 3.0 | 835,327 | 6.0 | 244,242 | 1.8 | F | F | |||
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14,208,177 | 12,205,448 | 85.9 | 469,513 | 3.3 | 1,236,397 | 8.7 | 292,140 | 2.1 | F | F | |||
| 3,175,600 | 3,108,058 | 97.9 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | ||||
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1,624,463 | 1,596,123 | 98.3 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
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1,551,137 | 1,511,935 | 97.5 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
| 24,916,127 | 21,479,048 | 86.2 | 855,594 | 3.4 | 2,036,701 | 8.2 | 530,925 | 2.1 | F | F | ||||
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12,259,087 | 10,785,535 | 88.0 | 404,734 | 3.3 | 820,042 | 6.7 | 239,597 | 2.0 | F | F | |||
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12,657,040 | 10,693,513 | 84.5 | 450,860 | 3.6 | 1,216,659 | 9.6 | 291,328 | 2.3 | F | F | |||
| 1,132,916 | 1,106,379 | 97.7 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | ||||
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596,301 | 587,483 | 98.5 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
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536,615 | 518,896 | 96.7 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
| 2,140,371 | 2,060,860 | 96.3 | F | F | 55,194E | 2.6E | F | F | F | F | ||||
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1,092,483 | 1,066,952 | 97.7 | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
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1,047,889 | 993,908 | 94.8 | F | F | 38,092E | 3.6E | F | F | F | F | |||
| 1,929,787 | 1,826,032 | 94.6 | 48,730E | 2.5E | 47,946E | 2.5E | F | F | F | F | ||||
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970,659 | 932,041 | 96.0 | 23,467E | 2.4E | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||
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959,127 | 893,991 | 93.2 | F | F | 33,624E | 3.5E | F | F | F | F | |||
| 4,124,839 | 3,781,029 | 91.7 | 90,706 | 2.2 | 221,408 | 5.4 | 31,338E | 0.8E | F | F | ||||
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2,034,597 | 1,885,117 | 92.7 | 47,727E | 2.3E | 89,114 | 4.4 | F | F | F | F | |||
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2,090,242 | 1,895,912 | 90.7 | 42,979E | 2.1E | 132,294 | 6.3 | F | F | F | F | |||
| 5,423,410 | 4,719,407 | 87.0 | 170,008 | 3.1 | 435,416 | 8.0 | 95,656 | 1.8 | F | F | ||||
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2,740,807 | 2,396,259 | 87.4 | 98,460E | 3.6E | 206,622E | 7.5 | 39,465E | 1.4E | F | F | |||
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2,682,603 | 2,323,148 | 86.6 | 71,548E | 2.7E | 228,794 | 8.5 | 56,191E | 2.1E | F | F | |||
| 3,985,865 | 3,312,043 | 83.1 | 175,287 | 4.4 | 399,212 | 10.0 | 95,994 | 2.4 | F | F | ||||
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1,953,552 | 1,674,029 | 85.7 | 73,512E | 3.8E | 153,292 | 7.8 | 49,392E | 2.5E | F | F | |||
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2,032,312 | 1,638,015 | 80.6 | 101,775E | 5.0E | 245,919 | 12.1 | 46,603E | 2.3E | F | F | |||
| 2,691,326 | 2,126,408 | 79.0 | 146,946 | 5.5 | 336,884 | 12.5 | 81,088E | 3.0E | F | F | ||||
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1,353,049 | 1,107,530 | 81.9 | 65,087E | 4.8E | 146,219 | 10.8 | 34,212E | 2.5E | F | F | |||
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1,338,278 | 1,018,878 | 76.1 | 81,859E | 6.1E | 190,665 | 14.2 | 46,876E | 3.5E | F | F | |||
| 1,999,320 | 1,518,242 | 75.9 | 113,550 | 5.7 | 270,035 | 13.5 | 94,641 | 4.7 | F | F | ||||
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905,148 | 711,403 | 78.6 | 39,855E | 4.4E | 101,971 | 11.3 | 49,067E | 5.4E | F | F | |||
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1,094,172 | 806,839 | 73.7 | 73,695E | 6.7 | 168,064 | 15.4 | 45,574E | 4.2E | F | F | |||
| 1,488,293 | 1,028,647 | 69.1 | 84,618E | 5.7 | 260,863 | 17.5 | 111,547 | 7.5 | F | F | ||||
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612,491 | 424,722 | 69.3 | 48,880E | 8.0E | 90,300E | 14.7E | 47,730E | 7.8E | F | F | |||
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875,802 | 603,926 | 69.0 | 35,739E | 4.1E | 170,563 | 19.5 | 63,817 | 7.3 | F | F | |||
| 1. | Data sources: Statistics Canada, National Population Health Survey, 1994/95, 1996/97 and 1998/99, cross sectional sample, health file; Statistics Canada, National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (4 to 11 years of age), 1994/95 |
| 2. | Population aged 4 and over who report having pain or discomfort which prevents or limits certain activities on a continuing basis. |
| 3. | For 1994/95, the data source for 4 to 11 years of age is the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth. Caution should be exercised when comparing with other data in this table. |
| 4. | Bootstrapping techniques were used to produce the coefficient of variation (CV) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). |
| 5. | Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3% are identified by an (E) and should be interpreted with caution. |
| 6. | Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater than 33.3% were suppressed (F) due to extreme sampling variability. |
| 7. | CANSIM table number 01040003. |