TABLE 1.

Descriptions of Study Data Sources

Description (Year)	Source
T2DM incidence cases (1980–2005)	Saskatchewan Health Administrative Data
T2DM prevalent cases (1980–2005)	Saskatchewan Health Administrative Data
T2DM deaths by age, sex, and ethnicity (1980–2005) and by ethnicity (OSK: 1956–2006; SKFN: 1956–2004)	Saskatchewan Health Administrative Data
GDM rates for mothers without diabetes mellitus by ethnicity (1998)	Dyck et al.5
Total population size by ethnicity (1956–2004) and by age, sex, and ethnicity (OSK: 1980–2006; SKFN: 1976–2006)	Saskatchewan Vital Statistics (Saskatchewan Health; OSK populations)54; Vital Statistics of the Registered Indian Population of Saskatchewan (Health Canada; SKFN populations)53
Macrosomia rates by ethnicity (OSK: 1992–2004; SKFN: 1985–2004)	Saskatchewan Vital Statistics (Saskatchewan Health; OSK populations)54; Vital Statistics of the Registered Indian Population of Saskatchewan (Health Canada; SKFN populations)53
SKFN overweight rates by age and sex (1992–2005)	Dyck et al.6 and Katzmarzyk56
Saskatchewan overweight rates by age (2001–2007)	Chad et al.57
Historic deaths by ethnicity (1919–2006), age, and ethnicity (1956–1973)	Saskatchewan Vital Statistics (Saskatchewan Health)54
SKFN deaths by age and sex (1976–1986)	Vital Statistics of the Registered Indian Population of Saskatchewan (Health Canada)53

Note. GDM = gestational diabetes mellitus; OSK = other Saskatchewan populations; SKFN = Saskatchewan First Nations people; T2DM = type 2 diabetes mellitus.