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- Table 1:
Demographic characteristics of First Nations people with diabetes and other people with diabetes in Ontario, 2014/15
Characteristic No. (%) of people First Nations people Other people in Ontario
n = 1 357 577Overall
n = 22 952Living in First Nations communities
n = 8869Living outside of First Nations communities
n = 14 083Sex Male 10 644 (46.4) 4234 (47.7) 6410 (45.5) 705 528 (52.0) Female 12 308 (53.6) 4635 (52.3) 7673 (54.5) 652 049 (48.0) Age, yr ≤ 19 290 (1.3) 111 (1.3) 179 (1.3) 11 409 (0.8) 20–34 1605 (7.0) 613 (6.9) 992 (7.0) 42 235 (3.1) 35–49 5621 (24.5) 2202 (24.8) 3419 (24.3) 188 779 (13.9) 50–64 9218 (40.2) 3532 (39.8) 5686 (40.4) 469 665 (34.6) 65–74 4106 (17.9) 1597 (18.0) 2509 (17.8) 335 360 (24.7) ≥ 75 2112 (9.2) 814 (9.2) 1298 (9.2) 310 129 (22.8) Rurality* Urban 6644 (28.9) 392 (4.4) 6252 (44.4) 986 217 (72.6) Semiurban 4600 (20.0) 1119 (12.6) 3481 (24.7) 261 741 (19.3) Rural 5393 (23.5) 2400 (27.1) 2993 (21.3) 105 371 (7.8) Remote/missing 6315 (27.5) 4958 (55.9) 1357 (9.6) 4248 (0.3) Comorbidity† Low 4984 (21.7) 2464 (27.8) 2520 (17.9) 247 756 (18.2) Medium 8868 (38.6) 3481 (39.2) 5387 (38.3) 577 934 (42.6) High 9100 (39.6) 2924 (33.0) 6176 (43.9) 531 887 (39.2) - Table 2:
Age- and sex-adjusted use of health care use services of the 2 groups, 2014/15
Outcome % of people (95% CI)* First Nations people Other people in Ontario Overall Living in First Nations communities Living outside First Nations communities Had regular family physician 85.3 (83.9–86.7) 77.6 (75.5–79.8) 90.1 (88.3–92.0) 97.7 (97.5–97.9) Score for continuity of care with regular family physician, mean (95% CI) 74.6 (74.1–74.5) 78.1 (77.3–78.9) 72.8 (72.2–73.4) 77.7 (77.6–77.7) Receiving care from endocrinologist 3.9 (3.6–4.2) 2.2 (1.9–2.6) 5.0 (4.6–5.5) 9.5 (9.5–9.6) Receiving care from general internist 9.5 (9.0–10.0) 7.6 (6.9–8.3) 10.7 (10.1–11.4) 11.0 (10.9–11.0) Admitted to hospital for ambulatory-care–sensitive condition 2.4 (2.2–2.7) 2.5 (2.1–2.9) 2.4 (2.1–2.7) 1.2 (1.2–1.2) Emergency department visit for hypo- or hyperglycemia 1.5 (1.3–1.7) 1.1 (0.9–1.3) 1.8 (1.5–2.0) 0.8 (0.8–0.9) Note: CI = confidence interval.
↵* Except where noted otherwise.