. 2010 Dec 15;8(1):A06.

Table 1.

Characteristics of urban Aboriginal and urban non-Aboriginal cohort members by place of residence and sex, non-institutional population aged 25 years or older at baseline, Canada, 1991

	Aboriginal			Non-Aboriginal

	All urban areas	Metropolitan areas^a	Smaller urban centres^b	All urban areas	Metropolitan areas^a	Smaller urban centres^b
Both sexes
Number	16 300	10 400	5 900	2 062 700	1 633 600	429 100
Age 25-44 (%)	73	73	73	54	55	53
Age 65+ (%)	5	5	5	15	15	17
Married or common law (%)	62	60	67	73	72	76
Lone parent (%)	14	14	14	5	5	5
Less than high school diploma (%)	44	42	46	31	30	36
University degree (%)	5	6	3	16	17	10
Employed (%)	56	57	55	67	67	64
Two lowest income quintiles (%)	61	61	62	36	37	36
Activity limitation (%)	15	15	15	10	10	12
Men
Number	6 900	4 400	2 500	1 013 300	799 800	213 400
Age 25-44 (%)	71	72	71	54	54	52
Age 65+ (%)	5	4	5	14	14	16
Married or common law (%)	67	64	73	79	78	82
Lone parent (%)	3	3	4	2	2	2
Less than high school diploma (%)	45	43	47	31	29	36
University degree (%)	5	7	2	18	19	12
Employed (%)	65	66	64	74	75	71
Two lowest income quintiles (%)	57	56	58	33	34	33
Activity limitation (%)	16	16	16	10	10	12
Women
Number	9 400	6 000	3 400	1 049 400	833 700	215 700
Age 25-44 (%)	74	74	74	55	55	55
Age 65+ (%)	5	5	6	17	16	18
Married or common law (%)	59	56	63	68	67	70
Lone parent (%)	22	23	22	8	8	8
Less than high school diploma (%)	43	42	45	32	31	36
University degree (%)	5	6	3	13	15	9
Employed (%)	50	51	49	60	61	57
Two lowest income quintiles (%)	65	64	65	39	39	39
Activity limitation (%)	14	14	14	10	10	11

Source: 1991–2001 Canadian census mortality follow-up study.

Population ≥ 100 000

Population ≥ 10 000