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Inuit | First Nations on selected reserves |
First Nations off reserve |
Métis | |
---|---|---|---|---|
percent | ||||
Received dental treatment in last 12 months | 67 | 70 | 77 | 75 |
Did not receive dental treatment in the last 12 months | 24 | 21 | 14 | 15 |
Never received dental treatment | 9E | 10 | 10 | 9 |
In need of dental treatment | 27 | 27 | 25 | 26 |
Children in need of dental treatment, percent with appointments | 47 | 58 | 61 | 55 |
Of children with no appointments, reasons why not: | ||||
Access1 | 48 | 33 | 10E | 6E |
Cost | 8E | 5E | 28 | 40 |
1. Access included the responses "not available in the area or at the time required" and "waiting time too long". | ||||
Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2001. |