Unmet health care needs by age and sex distribution.

Unmet need is difficult to define, and harder still to measure. The graph given below indicates the unmet health care needs of citizens of Canada based on their ages and sex.

Year: 2020

Symbol legend:

E use with caution
B data quality: very good
C data quality: good
D data quality: acceptable
Sex Both sexes Males Females
Statistics Percentage of persons with unmet
health care needs
Percentage of persons with unmet
health care needs
Percentage of persons with unmet
health care needs
Canada 7.2B 6.3B 8.1B
Canada, 16 to 24 years 5.3B 4.7E 5.9D
Canada, 25 to 34 years 8.7C 7.2D 10.2D
Canada, 35 to 44 years 8.5D 7.4D 9.5C
Canada, 45 years to 54 years 7.8C 6.2D 9.3D
Canada, 55 to 64 years 7.5C 6.9C 8.1C
Canada, 65 years and over 5.5C 5.1D 5.8C
       
Source: Health Canada By healthcanadatoday.com