Table 2.
COVID-19 testing, infection, and primary care use among people registered for MSP who hold citizenship, permanent residency, and temporary status in British Columbia, January 2020 to July 2021, N (%)
| Had one or more SARS-CoV-2 tests | Had one or more SARS-CoV-2 positive results | Had one or more COVID-19 primary care visits | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizenship | Permanent residency | Temporary status | Citizenship | Permanent residency | Temporary status | Citizenship | Permanent residency | Temporary status | |
| Total | 1,163,694 (28.1) | 237,363 (26.0) | 51,090 (24.1) | 88,646 (2.1) | 36,918 (4.0) | 10,341 (4.9) | 186,104 (4.5) | 48,680 (5.3) | 5612 (2.6) |
| Administrative sex | |||||||||
| F | 624,407 (30.2) | 131,253 (26.8) | 24,970 (24.6) | 43,459 (2.1) | 18,957 (3.9) | 4205 (4.1) | 108,693 (5.2) | 28,930 (5.9) | 3034 (3.0) |
| M | 539,285 (26.0) | 106,110 (25.0) | 26,120 (23.6) | 45,187 (2.2) | 17,961 (4.2) | 6136 (5.5) | 77,411 (3.7) | 19,750 (4.7) | 2578 (2.3) |
| Age group | |||||||||
| 0–19 | 245,370 (27.6) | 14,839 (21.5) | 4127 (13.6) | 19,395 (2.2) | 2341 (3.4) | 698 (2.3) | 30,168 (3.4) | 1850 (2.7) | 356 (1.2) |
| 20–39 | 370,491 (36.7) | 97,504 (32.5) | 41,883 (26.5) | 30,994 (3.1) | 14,260 (4.8) | 8517 (5.4) | 49,923 (4.9) | 16,445 (5.5) | 4397 (2.8) |
| 40–59 | 292,280 (28.5) | 86,994 (25.8) | 4874 (21.3) | 22,736 (2.2) | 14,211 (4.2) | 1095 (4.8) | 53,344 (5.2) | 19,998 (5.9) | 827 (3.6) |
| 60 + | 255,553 (20.9) | 38,026 (18.3) | 206 (19.6) | 15,521 (1.3) | 6106 (2.9) | 31 (3.0) | 52,669 (4.3) | 10,387 (5.0) | 32 (3.1) |
| Neighbourhood income quintile | |||||||||
| Lowest | 210,765 (27.5) | 55,427 (25.6) | 14,098 (25.1) | 18,041 (2.4) | 9606 (4.4) | 2978 (5.3) | 32,407 (4.2) | 11,565 (5.3) | 1564 (2.8) |
| 2nd | 216,203 (27.7) | 56,738 (27.6) | 13,295 (26.4) | 17,531 (2.2) | 10,332 (5.0) | 3174 (6.3) | 35,297 (4.5) | 12,136 (5.9) | 1439 (2.9) |
| Middle | 236,279 (28.5) | 48,504 (26.6) | 10,255 (23.9) | 18,198 (2.2) | 7648 (4.2) | 2110 (4.9) | 39,020 (4.7) | 10,451 (5.7) | 1261 (2.9) |
| 4th | 258,496 (29.4) | 41,866 (26.5) | 6919 (23.7) | 18,268 (2.1) | 5511 (3.5) | 1161 (4.0) | 40,133 (4.6) | 8094 (5.1) | 714 (2.4) |
| Highest | 227,807 (28.0) | 32,145 (23.2) | 5446 (21.6) | 15,204 (1.9) | 3519 (2.5) | 814 (3.2) | 36,976 (4.5) | 5965 (4.3) | 536 (2.1) |
| Missing | 14,144 (17.9) | 2683 (19.7) | 1077 (12.8) | 1404 (1.8) | 302 (2.2) | 104 (1.2) | 2271 (2.9) | 469 (3.4) | 98 (1.2) |
| Rurality | |||||||||
| Metropolitan | 811,802 (31.3) | 218,053 (26.5) | 46,431 (25.0) | 68,214 (2.6) | 35,114 (4.3) | 9545 (5.1) | 124,769 (4.8) | 44,400 (5.4) | 4908 (2.6) |
| Small urban | 227,432 (24.3) | 12,054 (22.1) | 3097 (18.1) | 13,109 (1.4) | 1145 (2.1) | 555 (3.2) | 34,786 (3.7) | 2209 (4.0) | 320 (1.9) |
| Rural | 121,657 (20.8) | 6721 (20.6) | 1363 (21.6) | 7121 (1.2) | 620 (1.9) | 223 (3.5) | 26,001 (4.4) | 1972 (6.1) | 358 (5.7) |
| Missing | 2803 (7.7) | 535 (12.8) | 199 (6.8) | 202 (0.6) | 39 (0.9) | 18 (0.6) | 548 (1.5) | 99 (2.4) | 26 (0.9) |
| Health authority | |||||||||
| Interior | 191,672 (24.3) | 10,187 (22.5) | 3279 (20.4) | 11,310 (1.4) | 963 (2.1) | 485 (3.0) | 24,588 (3.1) | 1451 (3.2) | 197 (1.2) |
| Fraser | 482,286 (34.5) | 140,318 (30.5) | 27,877 (27.8) | 46,582 (3.3) | 26,719 (5.8) | 7269 (7.2) | 77,162 (5.5) | 29,900 (6.5) | 3172 (3.2) |
| Vancouver Coastal | 257,065 (30.3) | 73,428 (22.3) | 16,651 (23.1) | 20,219 (2.4) | 8450 (2.6) | 2205 (3.1) | 43,601 (5.1) | 14,815 (4.5) | 1807 (2.5) |
| Island | 176,678 (22.2) | 10,818 (17.4) | 2318 (14.8) | 4482 (0.6) | 384 (0.6) | 146 (0.9) | 26,918 (3.4) | 1777 (2.9) | 232 (1.5) |
| Northern | 54,641 (19.4) | 2451 (16.3) | 835 (15.4) | 5970 (2.1) | 391 (2.6) | 224 (4.1) | 13,519 (4.8) | 712 (4.7) | 191 (3.5) |
| Missing | 1352 (4.3) | 161 (6.4) | 130 (5.0) | 83 (0.3) | 11 (0.4) | 12 (0.5) | 316 (1.0) | 25 (1.0) | 13 (0.5) |