Table 2

Socio-demographic, Lifestyle and Health Characteristics among Canadians with CBD by health care provider groups

Respondent characteristic	Family physician onlya (%)	Chiropractor anyb (%)	Physiotherapist anyb (%)
Age
18-34	13.24	19.99	18.50
35–49	25.31	32.97	32.22
50–64	34.19	33.96	34.42
65+	27.26	13.09	14.86
Sex- male	45.12	47.81	44.63
Education
- less than secondary	22.52	11.53	11.56
- secondary graduation	16.40	16.96	14.13
- some post-secondary	7.50	7.52	6.09
- post-secondary graduation	53.59	63.99	68.21
Income Quintile
- 1	28.24	12.22	15.48
- 2	21.84	19.65	19.63
- 3	18.17	21.65	18.26
- 4	15.76	22.09	20.00
- 5	16.00	24.39	26.62
Residence
- urban/metropolitan	70.81	70.88	77.16
- strongly influenced MIZ	3.72	3.92	c
- moderately influenced MIZ	7.57	7.95	c
- weak/uninfluenced MIZ & territories	17.90	17.26	14.41
Ethnicity
- caucasian	83.36	87.37	81.69
- aboriginal	c	c	c
- other	c	c	c
Marital status
- Single	15.05	17.01	16.88
- Married+Common-law	64.63	70.47	68.48
-Widowed+Seperated+Divorced	20.32	12.52	14.63
Immigration Status- Canada born	76.00	81.29	77.17
immigrant	24.01	18.71	22.83
Smoking Status
- never smoked	30.91	34.70	33.02
- former smoker	41.79	44.29	46.03
- current smoker	27.30	21.01	20.95
BMI
- underweight/normal	39.05	40.46	42.37
- overweight	36.68	38.58	37.61
- obese	24.27	20.96	20.01
No. of co-morbidities
- none	23.37	34.90	28.71
- 1-2	47.19	48.98	49.89
- 3+	29.43	16.13	21.40
Physical Activity
- inactive	56.88	46.96	48.81
- moderately active	22.64	27.10	24.18
- active	20.48	25.94	27.07
HUI Pain/Function
- no pain or discomfort	55.02	55.41	43.06
- pain prevents no activities	9.46	10.15	8.94
- pain prevents a few activities	13.39	16.61	18.52
- pain prevents some activities	12.69	11.31	16.97
- pain prevents most activities	9.44	6.52	12.52
Self-rated Stress
- not at all/not very	29.78	25.72	26.02
- a bit	40.11	43.77	38.71
- quite a bit/extremely	30.11	30.51	35.27
Self-Rated Overall Health
- excellent/very good	38.48	51.15	43.08
- good	34.46	34.35	34.65
- fair/poor	27.06	14.50	22.27

Abbreviations: MIZ metropolitan influenced zone; BMI body mass index; HUI health utility index

^ause of only family physician services (i.e. no reported use of chiropractor or physiotherapist services)

^bany use of family physician, chiropractor and/or physiotherapist services

^cunable to report due to Statistics Canada’s confidentiality and vetting requirements