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Table F
Unadjusted and adjusted all-cause mortality hazard ratios for Métis and non-Aboriginal members, by sex, non- institutionalized population aged 25 or older at baseline, Canada 1991 to 2001

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  Men Women
Unadjusted Adjusted Unadjusted Adjusted
Hazard ratio 95% confidence interval Hazard ratio 95% confidence interval Hazard ratio 95% confidence interval Hazard ratio 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to from to
Population group
Métis 1.34* 1.23 1.46 1.11* 1.01 1.21 1.71* 1.54 1.89 1.51* 1.36 1.67
Non-Aboriginal 1.00 ... 1.00 1.00 1.00
Age (years) 1.10* 1.10 1.10 1.09* 1.09 1.09 1.10* 1.10 1.10 1.09* 1.09 1.09
Highest educational attainment
Less than high school graduation ... ... ... 1.37* 1.34 1.40 ... ... ... 1.24* 1.20 1.28
High school graduation ... ... ... 1.23* 1.21 1.26 ... ... ... 1.14* 1.10 1.18
Postsecondary diploma ... ... ... 1.10* 1.07 1.13 ... ... ... 1.06* 1.03 1.10
University degree ... ... ... 1.00 ... ... ... 1.00
Income adequacy quintile
Quintile 1 (lowest) ... ... ... 1.40* 1.38 1.43 ... ... ... 1.29* 1.26 1.31
Quintile 2 ... ... ... 1.18* 1.16 1.20 ... ... ... 1.13* 1.10 1.15
Quintile 3 ... ... ... 1.09* 1.07 1.11 ... ... ... 1.08* 1.05 1.10
Quintile 4 ... ... ... 1.04* 1.02 1.06 ... ... ... 1.04* 1.01 1.06
Quintile 5 (highest) ... ... ... 1.00 ... ... ... 1.00
Occupation - skilled-based categories
Professional ... ... ... 1.00 ... ... ... 1.00
Managerial ... ... ... 0.99 0.96 1.03 ... ... ... 1.12* 1.05 1.20
Skilled/Technical/Supervisory ... ... ... 1.09* 1.06 1.13 ... ... ... 1.13* 1.07 1.18
Semi-skilled ... ... ... 1.19* 1.15 1.23 ... ... ... 1.12* 1.07 1.18
Unskilled ... ... ... 1.29* 1.24 1.34 ... ... ... 1.21* 1.14 1.28
No occupation ... ... ... 1.65* 1.60 1.71 ... ... ... 1.50* 1.43 1.56
Community size
1,000,000 or more ... ... ... 1.00 ... ... ... 1.00
500,000 to 999,999 ... ... ... 0.99 0.98 1.01 ... ... ... 1.02* 1.00 1.04
100,000 to 499,999 ... ... ... 0.99 0.98 1.01 ... ... ... 1.08* 1.06 1.10
10,000 to 99,999 ... ... ... 1.00* 0.99 1.02 ... ... ... 1.04* 1.02 1.06
Less than 10,000 ... ... ... 0.96* 0.94 0.97 ... ... ... 1.03* 1.01 1.05
Place of birth
Canada ... ... ... 1.00 ... ... ... 1.00
Foreign-born ... ... ... 0.76* 0.75 0.77 ... ... ... 0.87* 0.85 0.88
reference category
* significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05)
... not applicable
Notes: 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.