Table 1:
Demographic characteristics of First Nations people and other people with diabetes, 1996, 2006 and 2015
| Characteristic | No. of First Nations People in Ontario (%)* | No. of other people in Ontario (%)* | ||||
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| 1996 | 2006 | 2015 | 1996 | 2006 | 2015 | |
| Population size, N | 7758 | 15 580 | 21 989 | 381 202 | 817 866 | 1 309 359 |
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| Female | 4407 (56.8) | 8591 (55.1) | 11 794 (53.6) | 182 518 (47.9) | 393 578 (48.1) | 629 804 (48.1) |
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| Age, yr, mean ± SD | 52.38 ± 13.80 | 53.76 ± 13.74 | 56.55 ± 13.83 | 61.68 ± 14.61 | 61.95 ± 14.56 | 63.69 ± 14.31 |
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| 20–49 | 3291 (42.4) | 5951 (38.2) | 6591 (30.0) | 80 006 (21.0) | 166 384 (20.3) | 209 002 (16.0) |
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| 50–64 | 2954 (38.1) | 6143 (39.4) | 9016 (41.0) | 121 753 (31.9) | 282 052 (34.5) | 450 294 (34.4) |
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| 65–79 | 1314 (16.9) | 3009 (19.3) | 5372 (24.4) | 141 564 (37.1) | 274 275 (33.5) | 464 356 (35.5) |
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| ≥ 80 | 199 (2.6) | 477 (3.1) | 1010 (4.6) | 37 879 (9.9) | 95 155 (11.6) | 185 707 (14.2) |
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| Rurality† | ||||||
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| Urban | 1876 (24.2) | 4190 (26.9) | 6372 (29.0) | 265 405 (69.6) | 587 583 (71.8) | 952 659 (72.8) |
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| Semi-urban | 1497 (19.3) | 2837 (18.2) | 4127 (18.8) | 77 314 (20.3) | 157 729 (19.3) | 251 030 (19.2) |
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| Rural | 1758 (22.7) | 3318 (21.3) | 4602 (20.9) | 35 518 (9.3) | 67 365 (8.2) | 98 339 (7.5) |
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| Remote or missing | 2627 (33.9) | 5235 (33.6) | 6888 (31.3) | 2965 (0.8) | 5189 (0.6) | 7331 (0.6) |
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| Comorbidities‡ | ||||||
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| Low | 1366 (17.6) | 2931 (18.8) | 4447 (20.2) | 56 891 (14.9) | 130 650 (16.0) | 240 318 (18.4) |
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| Medium | 3140 (40.5) | 5981 (38.4) | 8573 (39.0) | 167 491 (43.9) | 351 573 (43.0) | 553 556 (42.3) |
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| High | 3252 (41.9) | 6668 (42.8) | 8969 (40.8) | 156 820 (41.1) | 335 643 (41.0) | 515 485 (39.4) |
Note: SD = standard deviation.
*
Unless stated otherwise.
†
Based on the Rurality Index of Ontario, which considers travel time to basic and advanced referral centres.36
‡
Using The Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Groups system version 7 Aggregated Diagnosis Groups scoring system (low = 0–4, medium = 5–9, high = 10+).37