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Contact with alternative health care providers in the past 12 months, by age group and sex, household population aged 12 and over, Canada, 2005


                                      Total Contact No contact Not stated
   number % number % number %
Total, 12 years and over 27,131,964 3,715,228 13.7 23,405,245 86.3 11,492 0.0
Males 13,371,912 1,310,064 9.8 12,056,358 90.2 5,490 E 0.0 E
Females 13,760,052 2,405,164 17.5 11,348,887 82.5 6,002 E 0.0 E
12 to 19 years 3,353,635 196,288 5.9 3,154,676 94.1 F F
Males 1,716,269 76,316 4.4 1,638,319 95.5 F F
Females 1,637,366 119,973 7.3 1,516,357 92.6 F F
12 to 14 years 1,235,765 40,395 3.3 1,192,971 96.5 F F
Males 648,825 19,428 3.0 628,020 96.8 F F
Females 586,940 20,966 3.6 564,952 96.3 F F
15 to 19 years 2,117,870 155,894 7.4 1,961,704 92.6 F F
Males 1,067,444 56,888 5.3 1,010,299 94.6 F F
Females 1,050,426 99,006 9.4 951,405 90.6 F F
20 to 34 years 6,422,774 1,061,250 16.5 5,359,993 83.5 F F
Males 3,211,070 362,432 11.3 2,848,551 88.7 F F
Females 3,211,704 698,819 21.8 2,511,442 78.2 F F
20 to 24 years 2,239,344 253,541 11.3 1,985,045 88.6 F F
Males 1,167,581 82,022 7.0 1,085,559 93.0 F F
Females 1,071,763 171,519 16.0 899,486 83.9 F F
25 to 34 years 4,183,431 807,709 19.3 3,374,948 80.7 F F
Males 2,043,490 280,410 13.7 1,762,992 86.3 F F
Females 2,139,941 527,299 24.6 1,611,955 75.3 F F
35 to 44 years 5,087,627 906,642 17.8 4,178,750 82.1 F F
Males 2,573,924 344,390 13.4 2,228,208 86.6 F F
Females 2,513,703 562,252 22.4 1,950,542 77.6 F F
45 to 64 years 8,339,620 1,292,865 15.5 7,045,223 84.5 F F
Males 4,122,741 444,509 10.8 3,677,277 89.2 F F
Females 4,216,879 848,357 20.1 3,367,946 79.9 F F
45 to 54 years 4,784,779 820,453 17.1 3,963,634 82.8 F F
Males 2,343,864 282,061 12.0 2,061,218 87.9 F F
Females 2,440,914 538,393 22.1 1,902,416 77.9 F F
55 to 64 years 3,554,841 472,412 13.3 3,081,589 86.7 F F
Males 1,778,877 162,448 9.1 1,616,059 90.8 F F
Females 1,775,964 309,964 17.5 1,465,530 82.5 F F
65 years and over 3,928,308 258,182 6.6 3,666,603 93.3 3,524 E 0.1 E
Males 1,747,908 82,418 4.7 1,664,002 95.2 F F
Females 2,180,401 175,764 8.1 2,002,601 91.8 2,036 E 0.1 E
65 to 74 years 2,244,943 165,237 7.4 2,078,198 92.6 F F
Males 1,068,532 54,835 5.1 1,013,270 94.8 F F
Females 1,176,411 110,401 9.4 1,064,928 90.5 F F
75 years and over 1,683,365 92,945 5.5 1,588,405 94.4 2,015 E 0.1 E
Males 679,376 27,582 4.1 650,732 95.8 F F
Females 1,003,989 65,363 6.5 937,673 93.4 F F

1. Population aged 12 and over who have consulted with an alternative health care provider in the past 12 months.
2. Alternative health care providers include massage therapists, acupuncturists, homeopaths or naturopaths, Feldenkrais or Alexander teachers, relaxation therapists, biofeedback teachers, rolfers, herbalists, reflexologists, spiritual healers, religious healers and others.
3. 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.
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 as follows: (E) use with caution.
6. 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 105-0462).