Table 3.

Examples of Indigenous-specific Coverage for Certain Health Indicators (complete compendium available in project background paper, Anderson et al., 2005a).

Indicator	Source	Coverage
Population	Band lists, Census data, Statistics Canada	Registered and nonregistered First Nations (FN) people on and off reserve, Inuit urban and remote, and Métis
Language use — Aboriginal language	Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) First Nations and Inuit Regional Health Survey (FNIRHS)	Registered and nonregistered FN (off reserve), Métis, Inuit FN on reserve and some Labrador Inuit communities
Life expectancy	First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) INAC	Registered FN on/off reserve Registered FN on/off reserve
Infant mortality rate	FNIHB in-house data INAC basic departmental data	Registered FN
Crude mortality rate	FNIHB in-house stats	Registered FN
Respondent-reported health of child	FNIRHS	Registered FN on reserve and Labrador Inuit
Disease specific mortality rates for malignancies, acute MI, stroke	Health Canada	Registered FN on and off reserve
Rates of screening e.g. pap smears or mammography	May be available provincially, but not uniformly and require data linkage, e.g., Health and Health Care Use of Manitoba’s First Nations Canadian Community Health Survey*	Registered FN Off reserve Registered and Non-registered FN, Métis and Inuit

^*The CCHS, like most national surveys, excludes sampling from reserves. It asks about the ethnicity of the responder and the options include North American Indian, Métis, and Inuit; however, on the website no Aboriginal-specific data is presented.