Table 10
Reason for unmet need in assistive devices for adults, provinces and territories, 2006
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| Province | Cost1 | Not available locally | Not severe enough2 | Don't know where to get | On waiting list | Other | No reason specified |
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1. Cost includes either the purchase or maintenance of the assistive device. 2. Condition not severe enough includes the opinions of respondents themselves, their doctors, and their insurance companies. Note: Territories include Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Source: Statistics Canada, Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, 2006. |
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| Canada | 56.1 | 1.5 | 6.4 | 9.2 | 1.6E | 22.3 | 2.8 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 57.3 | 2.2E | 6.8E | 5.8E | F | 21.3 | F |
| Prince Edward Island | 63.3 | F | 7.1E | 6.8E | F | 18.4 | F |
| Nova Scotia | 61.9 | 1.6E | 4.5E | 5.5E | 1.7E | 21.3 | 3.5E |
| New Brunswick | 57.3 | 3.3E | 7.1E | 5.5E | F | 20.2 | 4.3E |
| Quebec | 46.9 | F | 6.5E | 9.2E | 4.5E | 29.6 | 2.3E |
| Ontario | 58.0 | 1.4E | 5.6E | 10.0 | F | 20.8 | 3.2E |
| Manitoba | 56.0 | 1.6E | 9.9E | 6.5E | F | 22.6 | 2.9E |
| Saskatchewan | 55.0 | 4.0E | 8.0E | 7.5E | F | 21.1 | 2.7E |
| Alberta | 56.9 | F | 7.1 | 7.0E | F | 23.4 | 2.2E |
| British Columbia | 58.0 | F | 7.5E | 11.1E | F | 19.9 | F |
| Territories | 35.3 | 13.4 | 4.0E | 8.9 | 4.2E | 29.5 | 4.7E |
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