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Almost one-quarter of Canadians avoided the dentist over cost: StatCan - National | Globalnews.ca

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More than one in four Canadians 12 years and older did not visit an oral health-care provider in the span of 12 months , new data from Statistics Canada shows.

Young adults 18 to 34 were the highest age group to report not visiting a dentist due to cost at 32 per cent .

Women in this age group were more likely than men to avoid a visit, with 38 per cent not making a visit compared to 27 per cent of men.

How much a person earned combined with whether they had access to insurance also had impacts on avoiding dental care.

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