Excess Mortality, Institutionalization and Homelessness Among Status Indians in Canada
In this paper we use confidential-use Census and administrative data to produce the first national estimates of excess mortality, institutionalization and homelessness for the largest Indigenous population in Canada from the ages of 5 to 64. We identify mortality rates at least twice the Canadian av...
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ftrepec:oai:RePEc:iza:izadps:dp10416 2024-04-14T08:11:41+00:00 Excess Mortality, Institutionalization and Homelessness Among Status Indians in Canada Akee, Randall K. Q. Feir, Donna https://docs.iza.org/dp10416.pdf unknown https://docs.iza.org/dp10416.pdf preprint ftrepec 2024-03-19T10:41:45Z In this paper we use confidential-use Census and administrative data to produce the first national estimates of excess mortality, institutionalization and homelessness for the largest Indigenous population in Canada from the ages of 5 to 64. We identify mortality rates at least twice the Canadian average and find exceptionally high mortality rates for young Indigenous women and girls – up to four times the Canadian average at certain ages. We show mortality rates are even higher on reserve – up to five times the Canadian average. These relative mortality rates are higher than the relative mortality rates of African Americans and the Native Americans to non-Hispanics in the United States. We also estimate very high rates of institutionalization and homelessness, especially among men and as a result there are stark gender ratio imbalances among this population. We speculate that this gender imbalance may play a role in excess female mortality in addition to several other socioeconomic factors. mortality, First Nations, Native American, Status Indian, homelessness, institutionalization, gender bias Report First Nations RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Canada Indian |
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In this paper we use confidential-use Census and administrative data to produce the first national estimates of excess mortality, institutionalization and homelessness for the largest Indigenous population in Canada from the ages of 5 to 64. We identify mortality rates at least twice the Canadian average and find exceptionally high mortality rates for young Indigenous women and girls – up to four times the Canadian average at certain ages. We show mortality rates are even higher on reserve – up to five times the Canadian average. These relative mortality rates are higher than the relative mortality rates of African Americans and the Native Americans to non-Hispanics in the United States. We also estimate very high rates of institutionalization and homelessness, especially among men and as a result there are stark gender ratio imbalances among this population. We speculate that this gender imbalance may play a role in excess female mortality in addition to several other socioeconomic factors. mortality, First Nations, Native American, Status Indian, homelessness, institutionalization, gender bias |
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Excess Mortality, Institutionalization and Homelessness Among Status Indians in Canada |
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Excess Mortality, Institutionalization and Homelessness Among Status Indians in Canada |
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Excess Mortality, Institutionalization and Homelessness Among Status Indians in Canada |
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