Table 1:

Sociodemographic, comorbidity and mental health characteristics of Red River Métis and all other Manitobans, 2006/07 and 2018/19

Characteristic2006/07; no. (%)of people2018/19; no. (%) of people
Métis
n = 68 200
Other Manitobans
n = 965 868
Métis
n = 76 755
Other Manitobans
n = 1 117 854
Sex
 Male33 241 (48.7)473 525 (49.0)37 456 (48.8)552 842 (49.5)
 Female34 959 (51.3)492 343 (51.0)39 299 (51.2)565 012 (50.5)
Age, yr
 ≥ 85438 (0.6)23 858 (2.5)1024 (1.3)29 088 (2.6)
 65–846217 (9.1)130 945 (13.6)9962 (13.0)175 697 (15.7)
 55–647332 (10.8)121 290 (12.6)9037 (11.8)166 096 (14.9)
 45–549817 (14.4)166 199 (17.2)9815 (12.8)160 239 (14.3)
 25–4422 234 (32.6)295 192 (30.6)25 110 (32.7)349 715 (31.3)
 < 2522 162 (32.5)228 384 (23.6)21 807 (28.4)237 019 (21.2)
Income quintile
 Q1 (lowest)16 653 (24.4)182 958 (18.9)18 411 (24.0)212 822 (19.0)
 Q213 848 (20.3)190 642 (19.7)16 022 (20.9)220 666 (19.7)
 Q313 117 (19.2)193 081 (20.0)15 848 (20.6)225 411 (20.2)
 Q413 275 (19.5)192 468 (19.9)14 341 (18.7)224 349 (20.1)
 Q5 (highest)10 979 (16.1)197 764 (20.5)11 259 (14.7)225 654 (20.2)
 Unknown328 (0.5)8955 (0.9)874 (1.1)8952 (0.8)
Urbanicity
 Urban31 732 (46.5)597 919 (61.9)35 304 (46.0)702 640 (62.9)
 Rural36 140 (53.0)358 994 (37.2)40 577 (52.9)406 262 (36.3)
 Unknown328 (0.5)8955 (0.9)874 (1.1)8952 (0.8)
Elixhauser Comorbidity Index score
 040 613 (59.5)571 893 (59.2)40 580 (52.9)610 471 (54.6)
 1–224 146 (35.4)347 053 (35.9)29 042 (37.8)415 535 (37.2)
 ≥ 33441 (5.0)46 922 (4.9)7133 (9.3)91 848 (8.2)
Mental health*
 Any mental disorder diagnosis17 264 (25.3)208 418 (21.6)22 541 (29.4)255 088 (22.8)
 Mood/anxiety disorder diagnosis14 263 (20.9)175 948 (18.2)19 693 (25.7)226 396 (20.2)
 Personality disorder diagnosis628 (0.9)7400 (0.8)907 (1.2)7887 (0.7)
 Psychotic disorder diagnosis855 (1.2)15 230 (1.6)1261 (1.6)15 358 (1.4)
 Suicide attempt(s)335 (0.5)2 514 (0.3)296 (0.4)2024 (0.2)
 Substance use disorder diagnosis4935 (7.2)43 496 (4.5)5505 (7.2)44 463 (4.0)
  • * In the previous 5 years.

  • Includes personality disorder, psychotic disorder, and mood or anxiety disorder.