Table 2-1
Contact with a medical doctor in past 12 months, Inuit adults aged 15 and over, Canada and Inuit regions, 2006

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Canada, Inuit regions Total Yes No Not stated
count % % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval % 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
Canada 35,860 100 56 54.2 58.4 42 39.7 43.8 2 1.5 2.2
Inuit Nunaat 25,120 100 49 47.6 50.8 48 46.4 49.7 3 2.1 3.1
Nunatsiavut 1,540 100 44 39.4 48.4 55 50.7 59.6 x x x
Nunavik 5,850 100 54 50.4 57.3 41 38.0 44.9 5 3.5 5.9
Nunavut 15,490 100 47 44.3 48.7 51 49.0 53.4 2 1.6 2.7
Inuvialuit region 2,240 100 59 55.1 63.7 39 34.6 43.0 x x x
Outside Inuit Nunaat 10,740 100 73 67.3 77.8 27 21.9 32.5 x x x
Notes:
Medical doctor includes family doctor or general practitioner and specialists such as surgeons, allergists and orthopedists.
Percents may not add up to 100% because reponses of 'don't know', 'refusal' and 'not stated' were included in the calculation of all estimates and rounding.
''Not stated' includes 'not stated', 'don't know' and 'refusal'.
Four regions comprise Inuit Nunaat which means "Inuit homeland" in the Inuit language. These four regions are: Nunatsiavut in northern Labrador, Nunavik in northern Quebec, the territory of Nunavut, and the Inuvialuit region in the Northwest Territories.
Source: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006