Creator:

Statistics Canada

Geography:

North America > Canada

Categories:

• Chronic Diseases

Tags:

• chronic conditions
• pain
• seniors

Date:

2003

URL:

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/82-003-s/2005000/pdf/9087-eng.pdf

Annotation:

This article presents the prevalence of dependency and selected chronic conditions among Canadians aged 65 or older living in households. Associations between chronic conditions and dependency in activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) are examined.
Estimates are based on data from the 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey.