Years of life lost to incarceration: inequities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Years of life lost to incarceration

	Life expectancy (in years)	Non-prison component (in years)	Prison component (in years)
British Columbia provincial penal system
Male
Aboriginal	72.03	71.76	0.270
Non-Aboriginal	79.80	79.73	0.072
Female
Aboriginal	76.30	76.27	0.032
Non-Aboriginal	84.03	84.03	0.005
Canada federal penal system
Male
Aboriginal	72.03	71.72	0.303
Non-Aboriginal	79.80	79.75	0.049
Male
Aboriginal	76.30	76.28	0.018
Non-Aboriginal	83.42	83.42	0.002

Note: 1) All standard errors below 0.013; 2) Calculations were restricted to those aged 18–55 years in BC and 18–65 years in Canada. This difference in age spans between the BC provincial analysis and the Canada-wide federal analysis is due data availability.

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