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Contact with medical doctors 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 21,770,194 80.2 5,207,686 19.2 154,084 0.6
Males 13,371,912 9,993,130 74.7 3,310,140 24.8 68,642 0.5
Females 13,760,052 11,777,065 85.6 1,897,546 13.8 85,442 0.6
12 to 19 years 3,353,635 2,390,533 71.3 918,671 27.4 44,431 1.3
Males 1,716,269 1,156,858 67.4 534,016 31.1 25,395 1.5
Females 1,637,366 1,233,675 75.3 384,655 23.5 19,036 1.2
12 to 14 years 1,235,765 850,103 68.8 361,514 29.3 24,148 2.0
Males 648,825 437,683 67.5 196,370 30.3 14,772 2.3
Females 586,940 412,420 70.3 165,144 28.1 9,376 E 1.6 E
15 to 19 years 2,117,870 1,540,430 72.7 557,157 26.3 20,283 1.0
Males 1,067,444 719,175 67.4 337,646 31.6 10,623 E 1.0 E
Females 1,050,426 821,255 78.2 219,511 20.9 9,660 E 0.9 E
20 to 34 years 6,422,774 4,948,305 77.0 1,459,455 22.7 15,015 E 0.2 E
Males 3,211,070 2,155,245 67.1 1,050,142 32.7 F F
Females 3,211,704 2,793,060 87.0 409,313 12.7 9,332 E 0.3 E
20 to 24 years 2,239,344 1,695,910 75.7 538,955 24.1 F F
Males 1,167,581 782,242 67.0 383,347 32.8 F F
Females 1,071,763 913,668 85.2 155,608 14.5 F F
25 to 34 years 4,183,431 3,252,395 77.7 920,500 22.0 10,536 E 0.3 E
Males 2,043,490 1,373,003 67.2 666,796 32.6 F F
Females 2,139,941 1,879,392 87.8 253,705 11.9 6,845 E 0.3 E
35 to 44 years 5,087,627 3,970,642 78.0 1,099,775 21.6 17,210 E 0.3 E
Males 2,573,924 1,847,321 71.8 718,230 27.9 8,373 E 0.3 E
Females 2,513,703 2,123,320 84.5 381,546 15.2 8,837 E 0.4 E
45 to 64 years 8,339,620 6,959,437 83.5 1,351,007 16.2 29,176 0.3
Males 4,122,741 3,281,670 79.6 829,679 20.1 11,392 E 0.3 E
Females 4,216,879 3,677,767 87.2 521,328 12.4 17,784 0.4
45 to 54 years 4,784,779 3,919,737 81.9 852,595 17.8 12,447 E 0.3 E
Males 2,343,864 1,806,399 77.1 531,341 22.7 6,125 E 0.3 E
Females 2,440,914 2,113,338 86.6 321,254 13.2 6,322 E 0.3 E
55 to 64 years 3,554,841 3,039,700 85.5 498,412 14.0 16,729 E 0.5 E
Males 1,778,877 1,475,272 82.9 298,339 16.8 5,267 E 0.3 E
Females 1,775,964 1,564,429 88.1 200,074 11.3 11,462 E 0.6 E
65 years and over 3,928,308 3,501,278 89.1 378,778 9.6 48,253 1.2
Males 1,747,908 1,552,035 88.8 178,073 10.2 17,800 1.0
Females 2,180,401 1,949,243 89.4 200,705 9.2 30,453 1.4
65 to 74 years 2,244,943 1,986,287 88.5 239,324 10.7 19,333 0.9
Males 1,068,532 936,992 87.7 124,465 11.6 7,076 E 0.7 E
Females 1,176,411 1,049,295 89.2 114,859 9.8 12,257 E 1.0 E
75 years and over 1,683,365 1,514,991 90.0 139,454 8.3 28,920 1.7
Males 679,376 615,043 90.5 53,609 7.9 10,724 E 1.6 E
Females 1,003,989 899,948 89.6 85,845 8.6 18,196 1.8

1. Population aged 12 and over who have consulted with a medical doctor in the past 12 months.
2. Medical doctor include family or general practitioners as well as specialists such as surgeons, allergists, orthopaedists, gynaecologists or psychiatrists. For population aged 12 to 17, includes pediatricians.
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 105-0461).