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Table 4
Life expectancy at age 25 and probability of survival from age 25 to 75 for Registered Indian, Métis and non-Aboriginal cohort members, non- institutional population aged 25 or older at baseline, Canada, 1991 to 2001

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Sex and category Men Women
  95% confidence interval   95% confidence interval
from to from to
Life expectancy at age 25 Years     Years    
Non-Aboriginal 52.8 52.7 52.8 59.2 59.1 59.2
Métis 49.5 48.4 50.5 53.7 52.5 54.8
Registered Indians 48.4 47.9 49.0 52.9 52.4 53.4
Probability of survival to age 75 %     %    
Non-Aboriginal 64.3 64.1 64.5 79.4 79.2 79.6
Métis 56.7 52.7 60.6 63.3 59.1 67.5
Registered Indians 50.7 48.8 52.6 61.5 59.7 63.3
Note: Métis were defined based on the ancestry responses (see "Derivation of Métis within the cohort"). A total of 2,200 cohort members (800 men and 1,300 women) were classified both Métis and Registered Indians.
Source: 1991 to 2001 Canadian census mortality follow-up study.