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Regular medical doctor, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada, 2005


                                      Total Does not have a regular medical doctor Has a regular medical doctor Not stated
   number % number % number %
Total, 12 years and over 27,131,964 3,868,109 14.3 23,232,230 85.6 31,626 0.1
Males 13,371,912 2,419,501 18.1 10,930,680 81.7 21,731 0.2
Females 13,760,052 1,448,608 10.5 12,301,549 89.4 9,895 E 0.1 E
12 to 19 years 3,353,635 495,176 14.8 2,835,316 84.5 23,143 0.7
Males 1,716,269 266,325 15.5 1,434,595 83.6 15,348 0.9
Females 1,637,366 228,850 14.0 1,400,721 85.5 7,795 E 0.5 E
12 to 14 years 1,235,765 154,457 12.5 1,069,405 86.5 11,902 1.0
Males 648,825 86,720 13.4 555,469 85.6 6,636 E 1.0 E
Females 586,940 67,737 11.5 513,936 87.6 5,266 E 0.9 E
15 to 19 years 2,117,870 340,719 16.1 1,765,911 83.4 11,241 E 0.5 E
Males 1,067,444 179,606 16.8 879,126 82.4 8,712 E 0.8 E
Females 1,050,426 161,113 15.3 886,785 84.4 F F
20 to 34 years 6,422,774 1,513,445 23.6 4,905,329 76.4 F F
Males 3,211,070 981,652 30.6 2,225,830 69.3 F F
Females 3,211,704 531,793 16.6 2,679,499 83.4 F F
20 to 24 years 2,239,344 548,363 24.5 1,687,999 75.4 F F
Males 1,167,581 335,307 28.7 829,455 71.0 F F
Females 1,071,763 213,056 19.9 858,544 80.1 F F
25 to 34 years 4,183,431 965,082 23.1 3,217,330 76.9 F F
Males 2,043,490 646,345 31.6 1,396,375 68.3 F F
Females 2,139,941 318,737 14.9 1,820,954 85.1 F F
35 to 44 years 5,087,627 822,462 16.2 4,263,620 83.8 F F
Males 2,573,924 556,045 21.6 2,016,823 78.4 F F
Females 2,513,703 266,418 10.6 2,246,798 89.4 F F
45 to 64 years 8,339,620 851,161 10.2 7,486,345 89.8 F F
Males 4,122,741 523,383 12.7 3,597,855 87.3 F F
Females 4,216,879 327,778 7.8 3,888,489 92.2 F F
45 to 54 years 4,784,779 574,086 12.0 4,209,429 88.0 F F
Males 2,343,864 362,254 15.5 1,980,476 84.5 F F
Females 2,440,914 211,832 8.7 2,228,952 91.3 F F
55 to 64 years 3,554,841 277,075 7.8 3,276,916 92.2 F F
Males 1,778,877 161,128 9.1 1,617,379 90.9 F F
Females 1,775,964 115,946 6.5 1,659,537 93.4 F F
65 years and over 3,928,308 185,865 4.7 3,741,620 95.2 F F
Males 1,747,908 92,096 5.3 1,655,577 94.7 F F
Females 2,180,401 93,769 4.3 2,086,043 95.7 F F
65 to 74 years 2,244,943 117,822 5.2 2,126,743 94.7 F F
Males 1,068,532 66,131 6.2 1,002,186 93.8 F F
Females 1,176,411 51,691 4.4 1,124,557 95.6 F F
75 years and over 1,683,365 68,042 4.0 1,614,877 95.9 F F
Males 679,376 25,965 3.8 653,391 96.2 F F
Females 1,003,989 42,078 4.2 961,486 95.8 F F

1. Population aged 12 and over were asked to report whether they had a regular medical doctor. Those who did not were asked to report why not. Respondents were considered not to have looked for a regular medical doctor if their responses included "Have not tried to contact one" or "Other reasons". All other respondents without a regular medical doctor were considered to have been unable to find one. Their responses included various combinations of the following: "No medical doctors available in the area", "Medical doctors in the area are not taking new patients" and "Had a medical doctor who left or retired".
2. When comparing estimates, it is important to use confidence intervals to determine if differences between values are statistically significant. Confidence intervals describe sampling variability and give an indication of the precision of a given estimate.
3. Bootstrapping techniques were used to produce the coefficient of variation (CV) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
4. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) from 16.6% to 33.3% are identified as follows: (E) use with caution.
5. Data with a coefficient of variation (CV) greater than 33.3% were suppressed due to extreme sampling variability and are identified as follows: (F) too unreliable to be published.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS 3.1), 2005 (CANSIM table 105-0458).