Table 1:

Demographic characteristics of First Nations children and other children with diabetes and total population, Ontario, 2014/15

CharacteristicFirst Nations children, no. (%)Other children, no. (%)
With diabetes
n = 254
Total population
n = 44 856
With diabetes
n = 10 144
Total population
n = 2 829 983
Sex
 Male118 (46.5)23 011 (51.3)5301 (52.3)1 451 510 (51.3)
 Female136 (53.5)21 845 (48.7)4843 (47.7)1 378 473 (48.7)
Age group, yr
 ≤ 5≤ 5*7042 (15.7)672 (6.6)703 443 (24.9)
 6–1252 (20.5)17 867 (39.8)2996 (29.5)1 040 582 (36.8)
 13–19≥ 197*19 947 (44.5)6476 (63.8)1 085 958 (38.4)
Rurality
 Urban75 (29.5)12 832 (28.6)7170 (70.7)2 102 167 (74.3)
 Semiurban54 (21.3)8096 (18.0)2189 (21.6)533 306 (18.8)
 Rural55 (21.6)10 042 (22.4)741 (7.3)180 874 (6.4)
 Remote70 (27.6)13 886 (31.0)44 (0.4)13 636 (0.5)
  • * Numbers suppressed to comply with privacy legislation that does not permit reporting of cell sizes less than 6 or facilitate the calculation of cell sizes less than 6.