Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the in-scope (eligible) urban non-Aboriginal census respondents compared to urban non-Aboriginal cohort members, by sex and place of residence, non-institutional population aged 25 years or older at baseline, 1991

	All urban areas			Metropolitan areasa			Smaller urban centresb
	In-scope %	Cohort %	Ratio	In-scope %	Cohort %	Ratio	In-scope %	Cohort %	Ratio
Men
Number	6 470 600	1 013	300	5 159 500	799	800	1 311 100	213	400
Age group (years)
25 to 34	29	28	0.95	30	28	0.94	27	26	0.97
35 to 44	26	26	1.02	26	26	1.01	26	26	1.03
45 to 54	18	18	1.03	18	18	1.03	17	18	1.02
55 to 64	14	14	1.03	13	14	1.04	14	14	1.01
65 to 74	9	10	1.04	9	10	1.05	11	11	1.01
75 +	5	5	0.97	4	4	0.97	6	5	0.93
Marital status
Single (never married)	16	14	0.84	17	15	0.84	13	11	0.85
Common-law	7	7	0.90	7	6	0.90	8	7	0.88
Married	67	72	1.08	66	72	1.08	70	75	1.07
Previously married	9	7	0.81	9	7	0.80	9	8	0.81
Lone parent
Yes	98	98	1.00	98	98	1.00	98	98	1.00
No	2	2	0.86	2	2	0.86	2	2	0.85
Educational attainment
Less than high school diploma	32	31	0.97	30	29	0.97	38	36	0.96
High school diploma	38	38	1.01	37	37	1.00	40	40	1.02
Post-secondary diploma	13	14	1.03	14	14	1.02	12	12	1.04
University degree	17	18	1.03	19	19	1.03	11	12	1.05
Labour force status
Employed	72	74	1.02	73	75	1.02	69	71	1.03
Unemployed	6	6	0.91	6	6	0.90	7	6	0.93
Not in labour force	21	20	0.96	20	20	0.96	24	23	0.95
Income quintile
Quintile 1 - lowest	16	14	0.87	17	14	0.87	15	13	0.88
Quintile 2	20	19	0.99	20	19	0.99	19	19	0.99
Quintile 3	21	21	1.02	21	21	1.02	21	22	1.03
Quintile 4	21	22	1.04	21	22	1.04	22	23	1.04
Quintile 5 - highest	22	23	1.05	22	23	1.05	22	23	1.03
Activity limitation
Not stated	1	0	0.77	1	0	0.74	1	1	0.88
No	89	89	1.01	89	90	1.01	86	87	1.01
Yes	11	10	0.96	10	10	0.97	13	12	0.94
Women
Number	6 983 500	1 049 400	1.00	5 574 600	833 700	1.00	1 408 900	215 700	1.00
Age group (years)
25 to 34	27	29	1.04	28	29	1.03	26	28	1.09
35 to 44	25	26	1.08	25	26	1.07	24	26	1.10
45 to 54	16	17	1.01	16	17	1.01	16	16	1.00
55 to 64	13	12	0.89	13	12	0.90	14	12	0.85
65 to 74	11	10	0.91	11	10	0.92	12	11	0.86
75 +	7	6	0.89	7	6	0.90	8	7	0.89
Marital status
Single (never married)	12	13	1.01	13	13	1.00	9	10	1.07
Common-law	6	6	1.00	6	6	1.00	6	6	1.01
Married	61	62	1.02	60	61	1.02	63	63	1.00
Previously married	21	20	0.95	21	20	0.94	21	21	0.97
Lone parent
Yes	91	92	1.00	91	92	1.00	92	92	1.00
No	9	8	0.96	9	8	0.95	8	8	0.99
Educational attainment
Less than high school diploma	35	32	0.91	34	31	0.91	40	36	0.89
High school diploma	34	36	1.03	34	35	1.03	34	36	1.04
Post-secondary diploma	18	19	1.08	18	19	1.07	18	19	1.10
University degree	12	13	1.08	14	15	1.07	8	9	1.14
Labour force status
Employed	55	60	1.09	56	61	1.08	51	57	1.12
Unemployed	5	5	1.01	5	5	1.01	5	6	1.03
Not in labour force	40	35	0.88	39	34	0.88	44	38	0.86
Income quintile
Quintile 1 - lowest	21	20	0.92	21	19	0.91	22	20	0.94
Quintile 2	21	20	0.96	21	20	0.97	20	19	0.94
Quintile 3	20	20	1.02	20	20	1.02	20	20	1.02
Quintile 4	19	20	1.05	19	20	1.05	19	20	1.04
Quintile 5 - highest	19	20	1.07	19	20	1.06	19	20	1.07
Activity limitation
Not stated	1	0	0.89	1	0	0.87	0	0	0.97
No	88	89	1.01	89	90	1.01	87	88	1.02
Yes	11	10	0.90	11	10	0.91	13	11	0.89

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

^a Population ≥ 100 000

^b Population ≥ 10 000