Table 1:
Demographic characteristics of First Nations people, including those living in and outside First Nations communities, and other people in Ontario, 2014/15
| Characteristic | First Nations people, no. (%)* | Other people in Ontario, no. (%)* n = 13 248 443 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall† n = 158 241 |
Living in First Nations communities‡ n = 55 311 |
Living outside First Nations communities‡ n = 102 889 |
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| Age, yr | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 34.11 ± 19.84 | 33.07 ± 20.52 | 34.68 ± 19.45 | 40.79 ± 22.54 |
| Median (IQR) | 32 (18–50) | 30 (16–49) | 32 (19–50) | 41 (22–58) |
| Age group, yr | ||||
| ≤ 19 | 44 856 (28.3) | 17 965 (32.5) | 26 884 (26.1) | 2 829 983 (21.4) |
| 20–34 | 40 855 (25.8) | 13 019 (23.5) | 27 815 (27.0) | 2 635 661 (19.9) |
| 35–49 | 32 926 (20.8) | 10 660 (19.3) | 22 258 (21.6) | 2 745 274 (20.7) |
| 50–64 | 27 606 (17.4) | 9324 (16.9) | 18 279 (17.8) | 2 863 509 (21.6) |
| 65–74 | 8060 (5.1) | 2885 (5.2) | 5174 (5.0) | 1 213 258 (9.2) |
| ≥ 75 | 3938 (2.5) | 1458 (2.6) | 2479 (2.4) | 960 758 (7.2) |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 78 877 (49.8) | 26 557 (48.0) | 52 299 (50.8) | 6 759 006 (51.0) |
| Male | 79 364 (50.2) | 28 754 (52.0) | 50 590 (49.2) | 6 489 437 (49.0) |
| Rurality | ||||
| Urban | 52 343 (33.1) | 2990 (5.4) | 49 338 (48.0) | 9 693 463 (73.2) |
| Semiurban | 30 268 (19.1) | 5527 (10.0) | 24 732 (24.0) | 2 545 162 (19.2) |
| Rural | 32 134 (20.3) | 13 639 (24.7) | 18 486 (18.0) | 941 948 (7.1) |
| Remote/missing | 43 496 (27.5) | 33 155 (59.9) | 10 333 (10.0) | 67 870 (0.5) |
| Comorbidity | ||||
| Low | 71 452 (45.2) | 30 635 (55.4) | 40 782 (39.6) | 5 116 120 (38.6) |
| Medium | 57 760 (36.5) | 17 421 (31.5) | 40 334 (39.2) | 5 605 860 (42.3) |
| High | 29 029 (18.3) | 7255 (13.1) | 21 773 (21.2) | 2 526 463 (19.1) |
Note: IQR = interquartile range, SD = standard deviation.
*
Except where noted otherwise.
†
This includes all First Nations people included in the Indian Register, regardless of whether we could determine whether they lived within a First Nations community.
‡
We were unable to determine location of residence for 41 people.