Table 3.
The categorized causes of death for residential school (RS) population and controls
| Sex | RS (N = 885) | Controls (N = 4316) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % of RS population | % of deaths | N | % of control population | % of deaths | |
| Male | ||||||
| Substance-related | 23 | 3.8 | 46.9 | 5 | 0.2 | 14.3 |
| Suicide | 13 | 2.2 | 26.5 | 9 | 0.3 | 25.7 |
| External cause | 10 | 1.7 | 20.4 | 10 | 0.3 | 28.6 |
| Disease | 1 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 8 | 0.3 | 22.9 |
| Unknown | 2 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 3 | 0.1 | 8.6 |
| Total | 49 | 8.2 | 100 | 35 | 1.2 | 100 |
| Female | ||||||
| Substance-related | 2 | 0.7 | 20.0 | – | – | – |
| Suicide | 3 | 1.0 | 30.0 | 1 | 0.1 | 14.3 |
| External cause | 2 | 0.7 | 20.0 | 2 | 0.1 | 28.6 |
| Disease | – | – | – | 4 | 0.3 | 57.1 |
| Unknown | 3 | 1.0 | 30.0 | – | – | – |
| Total | 10 | 3.4 | 100 | 7 | 0.5 | 100 |