Long-form census respondents, cohort members, linkage rate to name file, deaths ascertained, and person-years at risk, non-institutional population aged 25 years or older at baseline, 1991

	Census respondents (n)	Study cohort (n)	Linkage rate to name file (%)	Deaths ascertained (n)	Person years
Aboriginal population
All urban areas
Total	25 500	16 300	64	1 126	166 570
Men	11 300	6 900	61	563	69 580
Women	14 200	9 400	66	563	96 990
Metropolitan areasa
Total	15 800	10 400	66	731	106 030
Men	7 000	4 400	63	354	44 610
Women	8 800	6 000	68	377	61 410
Smaller urban centresb
Total	9 700	5 900	61	395	60 540
Men	4 300	2 500	58	209	24 970
Women	5 400	3 400	64	186	35 570
Non-Aboriginal
All urban areas
Total	2 644 400	2 062 700	78	192 932	20 844 280
Men	1 270 400	1 013 300	80	111 126	10 145 220
Women	1 373 900	1 049 400	76	81 806	10 699 060
Metropolitan areasa
Total	2 098 600	1 633 600	78	148 482	16 528 930
Men	1 007 700	799 800	79	84 836	8 022 930
Women	1 090 900	833 700	76	63 646	8 506 000
Smaller urban centresb
Total	545 800	429 100	79	44 450	4 315 350
Men	262 700	213 400	81	26 290	2 122 290
Women	283 000	215 700	76	18 160	2 193 060

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

Note: Census population counts rounded to nearest 100, person years rounded to the nearest 10.

^a Population ≥ 100 000

^b Population ≥ 10 000