Table 1

Reported lengths of first episodes, respondents reporting 2 or more lifetime episodes, Canadian Community Health Survey 1.2.

Episode duration (as reported)
Episode duration converted to weeks for non-linear model fitting (weeks)
N (%)
Cumulative (%)

2 weeks
2
459 (16.0)
16.04
3 weeks
3
170 (5.9)
21.98
1 month
4.3
245 (8.6)
30.54
2 months
8.7
285 (10.0)
40.50
3 months
13
230 (8.0)
48.5
4 months
17.3
91 (3.2)
51.71
5 months
21.7
47 (1.6)
53.35
6 months
26
239 (8.4)
61.71
7 months
30.3
20 (0.7)
62.40
8 months
34.7
46 (1.6)
64.01
9 months
39
17 (0.6)
64.61
10 months
43.3
28 (1.0)
65.58
11 months
47.7
10 (0.4)
65.93
1 year
52
240 (8.4
74.32
2 years*
104
343 (12.0)
86.30
5 years*
260
392 (13.7)
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Total

2,862 (100)


* Responses were categorized as ranges: 2 – 4 years and 5 or more years. For consistency, the start of the range was used in the modeling, see text for further explanation.

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