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Contact with dental professionals 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 17,275,776 63.7 9,819,485 36.2 36,703 0.1
Males 13,371,912 8,186,585 61.2 5,167,683 38.6 17,644 E 0.1 E
Females 13,760,052 9,089,191 66.1 4,651,802 33.8 19,059 E 0.1 E
12 to 19 years 3,353,635 2,635,419 78.6 703,690 21.0 14,526 E 0.4 E
Males 1,716,269 1,326,651 77.3 383,226 22.3 6,393 E 0.4 E
Females 1,637,366 1,308,768 79.9 320,464 19.6 F F
12 to 14 years 1,235,765 1,019,215 82.5 211,580 17.1 4,969 E 0.4 E
Males 648,825 530,520 81.8 115,022 17.7 F F
Females 586,940 488,695 83.3 96,558 16.5 F F
15 to 19 years 2,117,870 1,616,203 76.3 492,109 23.2 9,557 E 0.5 E
Males 1,067,444 796,130 74.6 268,203 25.1 F F
Females 1,050,426 820,073 78.1 223,906 21.3 F F
20 to 34 years 6,422,774 3,970,472 61.8 2,447,353 38.1 4,950 E 0.1 E
Males 3,211,070 1,862,194 58.0 1,345,708 41.9 F F
Females 3,211,704 2,108,278 65.6 1,101,645 34.3 F F
20 to 24 years 2,239,344 1,366,728 61.0 870,418 38.9 F F
Males 1,167,581 663,850 56.9 501,848 43.0 F F
Females 1,071,763 702,877 65.6 368,570 34.4 F F
25 to 34 years 4,183,431 2,603,744 62.2 1,576,935 37.7 F F
Males 2,043,490 1,198,344 58.6 843,860 41.3 F F
Females 2,139,941 1,405,401 65.7 733,075 34.3 F F
35 to 44 years 5,087,627 3,446,085 67.7 1,638,015 32.2 F F
Males 2,573,924 1,636,829 63.6 934,243 36.3 F F
Females 2,513,703 1,809,256 72.0 703,771 28.0 F F
45 to 64 years 8,339,620 5,436,170 65.2 2,896,806 34.7 6,645 E 0.1 E
Males 4,122,741 2,560,203 62.1 1,559,552 37.8 F F
Females 4,216,879 2,875,967 68.2 1,337,254 31.7 3,658 E 0.1 E
45 to 54 years 4,784,779 3,276,850 68.5 1,504,319 31.4 F F
Males 2,343,864 1,510,533 64.4 831,614 35.5 F F
Females 2,440,914 1,766,317 72.4 672,705 27.6 F F
55 to 64 years 3,554,841 2,159,320 60.7 1,392,487 39.2 3,035 E 0.1 E
Males 1,778,877 1,049,669 59.0 727,938 40.9 F F
Females 1,775,964 1,109,650 62.5 664,549 37.4 F F
65 years and over 3,928,308 1,787,631 45.5 2,133,622 54.3 7,055 E 0.2 E
Males 1,747,908 800,708 45.8 944,954 54.1 F F
Females 2,180,401 986,922 45.3 1,188,668 54.5 4,810 E 0.2 E
65 to 74 years 2,244,943 1,101,240 49.1 1,140,960 50.8 2,743 E 0.1 E
Males 1,068,532 514,230 48.1 553,621 51.8 F F
Females 1,176,411 587,011 49.9 587,339 49.9 2,061 E 0.2 E
75 years and over 1,683,365 686,391 40.8 992,662 59.0 4,313 E 0.3 E
Males 679,376 286,479 42.2 391,333 57.6 F F
Females 1,003,989 399,912 39.8 601,329 59.9 2,749 E 0.3 E

1. Population aged 12 and over who have consulted with a dental professional in the past 12 months.
2. Dental professionals include dentists or orthodontists.
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 105-0460).