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Table 1 Study population characteristics – adults 18 and oldera

From: Do discrimination, residential school attendance and cultural disruption add to individual-level diabetes risk among Aboriginal people in Canada?

Parameters

Number

Percent

Eligible Households

580

-

Participating Households

406

70

Eligible Adults

1570

-

Participating Adults (total)

874

55.7

Men

431

49.3

Women

443

50.7

Total self-reported diabetes

112

12.8

Men

42

9.7

Women

70

15.8

Diabetes by Age Group (Total)

  

50 and older

56 (172)

32.6

40–49

23 (135)

17.0

30–39

19 (175)

10.9

Under 30

14 (392)

3.6

  1. aThe age/sex distribution of the study population closely approximated the 2011Canadian census for these two communities