| Consultation of health professionals1 over a twelve-month period by sex, population aged 12 and over, Laval and all of Québec, 2005 |
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Males |
Females |
Total |
Estimated population |
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% |
CI2 at 95% |
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% |
CI2 at 95% |
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% |
CI2 at 95% |
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k |
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| Laval3 |
| Health professional4 |
92.2 |
89.3 - 94.5 |
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95.6 |
93.9 - 97.0 |
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94.0 |
92.3 - 95.3 |
|
297 |
| General practitioner5 |
64.6 |
60.9 - 68.3 |
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74.9 |
71.8 - 78.0 |
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69.8 |
67.4 - 72.3 |
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220 |
| Medical specialist |
26.4 |
23.0 - 29.8 |
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36.0 |
32.7 - 39.2 |
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31.3 |
28.9 - 33.6 |
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99 |
| Dentist or orthodontist |
59.2 |
55.4 - 62.9 |
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65.4 |
62.2 - 68.6 |
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62.4 |
59.9 - 64.8 |
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197 |
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| All of Québec |
| Health professional4 |
90.2 |
89.5 - 90.9 |
|
95.8 |
95.3 - 96.2 |
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93.0 |
92.6 - 93.5 |
|
6,008 |
| General practitioner5 |
63.7 |
62.5 - 64.9 |
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74.5 |
73.5 - 75.6 |
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69.2 |
68.4 - 70.0 |
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4,457 |
| Medical specialist |
23.9 |
22.8 - 25.0 |
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38.2 |
37.0 - 39.4 |
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31.1 |
30.3 - 32.0 |
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2,011 |
| Dentist or orthodontist |
54.5 |
53.2 - 55.7 |
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60.1 |
59.0 - 61.3 |
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57.3 |
56.5 - 58.2 |
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3,705 |
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| 1. Consultation of a health professional in person or by phone at least once in the past 12 months. |
| 2. The 95% confidence interval (CI) indicates the limits around a sample estimate in which the true population value is expected to fall, 19 out of 20 times. When confidence intervals overlap, the difference is not considered statistically significant. |
| 3. Health region. |
| 4. Includes ten categories of health professionals: general practitioner or pediatrician (for 12-17 year olds), medical specialist, dentist or orthodontist, eye specialist, nurse, chiropractor, physiotherapist, social worker, psychologist and speech therapist, audiologist or occupational therapist. |
| 5. Family physician, pediatrician (for 12-17 year olds) or general practitioner. |
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| Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 3.1 (2005), public use microdata file (PUMF). |
| Compilation: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Direction Santé Québec. |
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