Ecological analyses of the associations between injury risk and socioeconomic status, geography and Aboriginal ethnicity in British Columbia, Canada

M. A. George; M. Brussoni; A. Jin; C. E. Lalonde; R. McCormick

doi:10.1186/s40064-016-2262-x

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Table 1 Descriptive profile of three population groups in British Columbia

From: Ecological analyses of the associations between injury risk and socioeconomic status, geography and Aboriginal ethnicity in British Columbia, Canada

Variable description	Period	Population
Variable description	Period	Total population	Off-reserve Aboriginal	On-reserve Aboriginal
Age and gender-standardized relative risk of hospital separation due to all injury	1999–2003	1	2.43	2.91
	2004–2008	1	2.38	2.77
Person-years of observation	1999–2003	20,663,214	363,704	301,529
Person-years of observation	2004–2008	21,916,203	431,968	308,371
Mean annual person count	1999–2003	4,132,643	72,741	60,306
Mean annual person count	2004–2008	4,383,241	86,394	61,674
Census total population	2001	3,868,875	123,640	46,385
Census total population	2006	4,074,380	145,020	51,060
Total income per capita	2001	$22,890	$13,357	$9994
Total income per capita	2006	$27,370	$16,619	$10,797
CWB income score	2001	81.4	63.4	53.7
CWB income score	2006	87.3	70.7	56.3
Proportion of population, age 25+ years with at least a high school certificate	2001	0.720	0.590	0.496
	2006	0.834	0.716	0.530
Proportion of population, age 25+ years with university degree, bachelors or higher	2001	0.161	0.049	0.020
	2006	0.217	0.079	0.035
Average number of persons per room	2001	0.478	0.547	0.683
Average number of persons per room	2006	0.471	0.522	0.677
Proportion of population residing in dwelling requiring major repairs	2001	0.083	0.159	0.343
	2006	0.074	0.149	0.390
Proportion of population, age 25+ years, labour force participation	2001	0.658	0.677	0.641
	2006	0.658	0.701	0.616
Proportion of population, age 25+ years, employed	2001	0.611	0.549	0.470
Proportion of population, age 25+ years, employed	2006	0.624	0.626	0.476
Risk of work injury claim, relative to BC pop 2006, expected from occupation, labour force aged 15+ years	2001	0.992	1.161	1.127
	2006	1.000	1.191	1.143
Risk of work injury claim, relative to BC pop 2006, expected from industry, labour force aged 15+ years	2001	1.008	1.094	1.077
	2006	1.000	1.107	1.086
Proportion of population, Aboriginal identity	2001	0.044	1.000	1.000
Proportion of population, Aboriginal identity	2006	0.048	1.000	1.000
Proportion of population, North American Indian single response	2001	0.031	0.600	0.950
	2006	0.032	0.554	0.965
Proportion of HSDA population residing in large urban population centre	2001	0.608	0.375	0.216
	2006	0.616	0.371	0.216
Proportion of HSDA population residing in rural area	2001	0.145	0.231	0.292
Proportion of HSDA population residing in rural area	2006	0.142	0.232	0.290

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