Demographic characteristics of First Nations people and other people in Ontario with diabetes, 2002/03 and 2014/15
| Characteristic | 2002/03; no. (%) of people | 2014/15; no. (%) of people | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Nations people n = 13 573 | Other people in Ontario n = 680 880 | First Nations people n = 23 011 | Other people in Ontario n = 1 364 136 | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 6074 (44.8) | 354 541 (52.1) | 10 687 (46.4) | 709 016 (52.0) |
| Female | 7499 (55.2) | 326 339 (47.9) | 12 324 (53.6) | 655 120 (48.0) |
| Age, yr | ||||
| ≤ 19 | 175 (1.3) | 7517 (1.1) | 289 (1.3) | 11 558 (0.8) |
| 20–34 | 1396 (10.3) | 29 581 (4.3) | 1615 (7.0) | 42 553 (3.1) |
| 35–49 | 4222 (31.1) | 118 063 (17.3) | 5654 (24.6) | 190 112 (13.9) |
| 50–64 | 5056 (37.2) | 225 880 (33.2) | 9238 (40.1) | 472 026 (34.6) |
| 65–74 | 1908 (14.1) | 164 265 (24.1) | 4108 (17.8) | 337 358 (24.7) |
| 75–105 | 816 (6.0) | 135 574 (19.9) | 2107 (9.2) | 310 529 (22.8) |
| Location | ||||
| Urban | 3228 (23.8) | 480 927 (70.6) | 6277 (27.3) | 989 684 (72.6) |
| Semiurban | 2780 (20.5) | 134 164 (19.7) | 4587 (19.9) | 262 062 (19.2) |
| Rural | 2526 (18.6) | 59 893 (8.8) | 3865 (16.8) | 103 246 (7.6) |
| Remote/missing | 5039 (37.1) | 5896 (0.9) | 8282 (36.0) | 9144 (0.7) |
| Comorbidity* | ||||
| Low | 3122 (23.0) | 119 756 (17.6) | 5075 (22.1) | 256 192 (18.8) |
| Medium | 5526 (40.7) | 295 761 (43.4) | 8850 (38.5) | 576 794 (42.3) |
| High | 4925 (36.3) | 265 363 (39.0) | 9086 (39.5) | 531 150 (38.9) |
↵* Described with the Johns Hopkins ACG System (version 7) Aggregated Diagnosis Groups (11) applied to diagnostic codes associated with hospital admissions data. (9)