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. 2020 May 29;11:949. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00949

TABLE 1.

Demographics by PSP category.

Mean/% (n)
Total n = 4180 Municipal/provincial police n = 1065 RCMP n = 1070 Firefighters n = 641 Paramedics n = 603 Corrections n = 592 Comm. officials n = 209
Age, years 43.35 43.28 43.35 46.11 40.28 44.32 41.26
Sex
Male 67.8 (2826) 72.7 (772) 73.8 (786) 92.8 (595) 60.7 (366) 44.2 (260) 22.5 (47)
Female 32.2 (1340) 27.3 (290) 26.2 (279) 6.9 (44) 39.3 (237) 55.8 (328) 77.5 (162)
Location (province)
Western Canada 54.3 (2232) 43.9 (467) 63.7 (648) 53.5 (342) 62.3 (375) 52.9 (308) 44.2 (92)
Eastern Canada 33.8 (1392) 47.2 (502) 15.6 (159) 41.9 (268) 22.9 (138) 40.2 (234) 43.8 (91)
Atlantic Canada 11.9 (489) 8.9 (95) 20.7 (211) 4.5 (29) 14.8 (89) 6.9 (40) 12.0 (25)

PSP = public safety personnel; RCMP = Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Corrections = correctional workers; Comm. officials = communication officials.