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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ftzbwkiel:oai:econstor.eu:10419/161039 2024-01-21T10:06:14+01:00 Excess Mortality, Institutionalization and Homelessness Among Status Indians in Canada Akee, Randall K. Q. Feir, Donna 2016 http://hdl.handle.net/10419/161039 eng eng Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Series: IZA Discussion Papers No. 10416 gbv-ppn:879264926 http://hdl.handle.net/10419/161039 RePEc:iza:izadps:dp10416 http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen ddc:330 J10 J15 J16 O15 I15 I14 I32 mortality First Nations Native American Status Indian homelessness institutionalization gender bias doc-type:workingPaper 2016 ftzbwkiel 2023-12-25T00:46:54Z 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. Report First Nations EconStor (German National Library of Economics, ZBW) 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. |
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Akee, Randall K. Q. Feir, Donna |
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Akee, Randall K. Q. Feir, Donna |
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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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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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Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) |
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2016 |
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