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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of First Nations Reserves and Other Residents in British Columbia, Manitoba, and Ontario, 2009.

From: Admission to hospital for pneumonia and influenza attributable to 2009 pandemic A/H1N1 Influenza in First Nations communities in three provinces of Canada

  British Columbia Manitoba Ontario
  First Nations Reserves Other residents First Nations Reserves Other residents First Nations Reserves Other residents
Age <16 years 26.9% 17.2% 35.2% 19.6% 32.4% 18.4%
Age >65 years 6.1% 13.6% 5.5% 13.6% 7.06% 13.05%
% Female 48.8% 50.6% 49.1% 50.8% 50.4% 50.1%
% Urban NA NA 0.02% 65.1% 12.2% 76.8%
SES Quintiles
1 45.1% 20.1% 61.9% 16.8% 49.1% 20.8%
2 16.5% 20.1% 17.1% 19.9% 11.8% 20.1%
3 14.5% 20.2% 16.2% 20.2% 7.2% 19.6%
4 13.6% 20.0% 2.7% 21.0% 14.0% 19.8%
5 10.3% 19.6% 1.9% 21.0% 17.9% 19.7%
  1. Urban = Census Metropolitan Area (>100,000).
  2. SES Quintiles excluding missing results.
  3. NA = Not available.
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