Table 3.5.B
Unmet needs due to cost for assistive aids, devices or technologies, medication, or healthcare services among persons with disabilities aged 15 years and over, by selected characteristics, 2022


Table 3.5.B
Unmet needs due to cost for assistive aids, devices or technologies, medication, or healthcare services among persons with disabilities aged 15 years and over, by selected characteristics, 2022
Table summary
This table displays the results of Unmet needs due to cost for assistive aids. The information is grouped by Selected characteristic and type of unmet need (appearing as row headers), 2022, number and 95% confidence interval (appearing as column headers).
Selected characteristic and type of unmet need 2022
number 95% confidence interval
lower upper
Total, persons with disabilities
Assistive aids, devices or technologies 1,234,480 1,171,790 1,298,260
Prescription medication 999,910 937,480 1,063,400
Health care therapies and services 2,322,770 2,239,460 2,401,320
TotalTable 3.5.B Note 1 3,244,930 3,158,270 3,339,630
Disability severity
Milder Table 3.5.B Note †
Assistive aids, devices or technologies 369,490 334,660 409,610
Prescription medication 401,490 363,100 445,110
Health care therapies and services 1,123,910 1,063,740 1,184,800
TotalTable 3.5.B Note 1 1,511,540 1,445,530 1,587,980
More severe
Assistive aids, devices or technologies 864,990 810,120 918,600
Prescription medication 598,420 552,360 649,770
Health care therapies and services 1,198,860 1,132,220 1,257,770
TotalTable 3.5.B Note 1 1,733,380 1,656,050 1,806,930
Age group
15 to 64 years Table 3.5.B Note †
Assistive aids, devices or technologies 817,220 767,420 870,880
Prescription medication 832,940 777,220 892,380
Health care therapies and services 1,895,350 1,819,520 1,967,610
TotalTable 3.5.B Note 1 2,486,320 2,411,680 2,567,430
65 years and over
Assistive aids, devices or technologies 417,270 379,340 454,500
Prescription medication 166,970 141,790 192,780
Health care therapies and services 427,420 391,910 465,800
TotalTable 3.5.B Note 1 758,610 712,820 802,610
Gender
Women+
Assistive aids, devices or technologies 723,880 673,670 773,870
Prescription medication 640,800 593,260 688,570
Health care therapies and services 1,549,170 1,485,180 1,611,080
TotalTable 3.5.B Note 1 2,049,500 1,975,070 2,118,320
Men+ Table 3.5.B Note †
Assistive aids, devices or technologies 510,600 471,020 552,680
Prescription medication 359,110 323,000 398,660
Health care therapies and services 773,600 724,920 826,180
TotalTable 3.5.B Note 1 1,195,430 1,138,330 1,253,500
Poverty status
Not in poverty Table 3.5.B Note †
Assistive aids, devices or technologies 1,045,960 987,030 1,104,340
Prescription medication 822,590 764,370 880,110
Health care therapies and services 2,031,400 1,950,750 2,105,240
TotalTable 3.5.B Note 1 2,832,090 2,745,880 2,919,930
In poverty
Assistive aids, devices or technologies 185,540 157,320 216,990
Prescription medication 175,100 147,840 205,130
Health care therapies and services 286,520 252,040 321,220
TotalTable 3.5.B Note 1 405,060 364,330 447,480
Note †

reference category

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Note 1

Includes persons with unmet needs due to cost for at least one type of disability support (e.g. assistive aids, devices or technologies, prescription medication, or health care therapies and services).

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* significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)
Notes: Given that the non-binary population is small, data aggregation to a two-category gender variable is sometimes necessary to protect the confidentiality of responses provided. In these cases, individuals in the category "non-binary persons" are distributed into the other two gender categories and are denoted by the "+" symbol. The category "Men+" includes men (and/or boys), as well as some non-binary persons. The category "Women+" includes women (and/or girls), as well as some non-binary persons.
The sum of the values for each category may differ from the total due to rounding.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Survey on Disability, 2022.
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