Table 1
Age-standardized rate ratios (RR) for potential years of life lost at ages 25 to 74 for Status Indian men living on and off reserve, compared with non-Aboriginal men, by cause of death, non-institutional cohort members, Canada, 1991 to 2001

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  Total On reserve Off reserve
RR 95% confidence interval RR 95% confidence interval RR 95% confidence interval
from to from to from to
All causes 2.45 2.26 2.66 2.67 2.43 2.93 1.88 1.61 2.21
Communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions 1.42 1.01 2.01 1.49 0.99 2.26 1.25 0.72 2.17
Infectious and parasitic diseases
0.96 0.59 1.56 0.96 0.52 1.78 0.97 0.5 1.86
HIV/AIDS
0.72 0.36 1.43 0.74 0.31 1.77 0.67 0.28 1.65
Respiratory infections
5.86 3.69 9.32 6.58 3.98 10.88 4.01 1.45 11.05
Non-communicable diseases 1.76 1.6 1.93 1.85 1.67 2.06 1.5 1.22 1.85
Malignant neoplasms
0.97 0.81 1.16 0.93 0.76 1.14 1.06 0.73 1.54
Stomach cancer
2.01 1.14 3.54 1.86 0.94 3.67 2.38 0.87 6.52
Colon and rectal cancers
1.41 0.67 2.98 0.71 0.4 1.25 3.22 1.04 9.98
Pancreas cancer
0.83 0.46 1.48 0.54 0.22 1.33 1.67 0.81 3.46
Trachea, bronchus and lung cancers
0.86 0.68 1.1 0.75 0.56 1 1.16 0.76 1.78
Prostate cancer
1.11 0.67 1.84 0.92 0.46 1.87 1.71 0.88 3.31
Lymphomas and multiple myeloma
0.83 0.51 1.35 0.88 0.5 1.56 0.71 0.29 1.71
Diabetes mellitus
4.98 3.75 6.63 5.7 4.17 7.79 2.95 1.56 5.57
Neuropsychiatric conditions
4.21 2.98 5.95 4.76 3.2 7.06 2.78 1.52 5.07
Alcohol use disorders
13.08 9.04 18.93 15.29 10.24 22.84 7.25 3.17 16.58
Cardiovascular diseases
1.71 1.48 1.98 1.74 1.48 2.04 1.63 1.17 2.26
Ischemic heart disease
1.66 1.43 1.92 1.73 1.46 2.04 1.45 1.05 1.99
Cerebrovascular disease
1.88 1.05 3.37 1.45 0.93 2.27 3 0.92 9.77
Respiratory diseases
2.39 1.58 3.6 2.94 1.87 4.6 0.91 0.43 1.91
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
1.52 0.96 2.39 1.75 1.06 2.89 0.83 0.29 2.43
Digestive diseases
4 3.01 5.33 4.8 3.49 6.6 1.87 1.12 3.13
Cirrhosis of the liver
4.57 3.06 6.8 5.47 3.5 8.55 2.2 1.14 4.23
Genitourinary diseases
6.28 3.07 12.85 x x x x x x
Injuries 3.72 3.23 4.27 4.09 3.49 4.78 2.74 2.08 3.61
Unintentional injuries
4.57 3.85 5.41 4.91 4.06 5.93 3.67 2.62 5.13
Road traffic accidents
4.09 3.11 5.37 4.54 3.37 6.13 2.88 1.62 5.15
Poisonings
3.12 2.01 4.83 2.79 1.67 4.67 3.94 1.89 8.2
Falls
2.56 1.41 4.63 2.85 1.57 5.17 1.76 0.34 9.16
Fires
6.53 2.99 14.3 7.68 3.21 18.4 3.52 1.15 10.8
Drownings
10.45 6 18.18 8.85 4.69 16.69 14.59 6.19 34.41
Intentional injuries
2.79 2.16 3.6 3.21 2.41 4.26 1.71 1.04 2.82
Self-inflicted injuries (suicide)
2.39 1.78 3.2 2.88 2.1 3.95 1.11 0.54 2.25
Violence (homicide)
6.84 3.95 11.83 6.29 3.1 12.75 8.22 4.14 16.36
Ill-defined 5.64 3.76 8.45 6.9 4.42 10.78 2.32 1.23 4.37
Risk factor-related
Smoking-related
1.08 0.88 1.31 1.07 0.84 1.35 1.1 0.77 1.58
Alcohol-related
8.51 6.57 11.01 9.5 7.12 12.69 5.87 3.59 9.59
Drug-related
1.6 1.02 2.51 1.5 0.88 2.56 1.86 0.85 4.06
Amenable to medical intervention
1.43 1.09 1.87 1.42 1.05 1.92 1.43 0.81 2.54
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Note: Reference population (person-years at risk) for age-standardization was taken from Aboriginal age distribution (five-year age groups).
Source: 1991 to 2001 Canadian census mortality follow-up study.