Table 4
Age-standardized rate ratios (RRs) and rate differences (RDs) for potential years of life lost at ages 25 to 74 for Métis and non-Status Indian women compared with non-Aboriginal women, by cause of death, non-institutional cohort members, Canada, 1991 to 2001

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  Métis Non-Status Indians
RR 95% confidence interval RD 95% confidence interval RR 95% confidence interval RD 95% confidence interval
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All causes 1.96 1.59 2.41 3,005 1,744 4,267 2.82 2.06 3.87 5,710 2,926 8,495
Communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions 5.19 1.59 16.95 384 -174 943 8.43 1.76 40.30 682 -522 1,886
Infectious and parasitic diseases
1.59 0.56 4.51 32 -56 120 x x x x x x
Respiratory infections
13.77 2.76 68.78 316 -227 860 x x x x x x
Non-communicable diseases 1.70 1.43 2.03 1,722 991 2,452 2.34 1.64 3.33 3,273 1,239 5,308
Malignant neoplasms
1.27 0.97 1.65 413 -102 928 2.18 1.26 3.78 1,829 -23 3,681
Stomach cancer
2.59 0.80 8.41 61 -55 176 x x x x x x
Colon and rectal cancers
1.01 0.41 2.49 1 -107 108 1.26 0.43 3.74 31 -130 193
Pancreas cancer
0.74 0.18 3.01 -13 -67 40 x x x x x x
Trachea, bronchus and lung cancers
1.12 0.69 1.81 35 -123 192 1.47 0.76 2.83 137 -145 418
Breast cancer
0.77 0.41 1.44 -99 -305 108 3.94 1.42 10.93 1,258 -462 2,977
Cervix uteri cancer
2.99 1.34 6.67 140 -24 304 4.10 1.44 11.64 218 -78 514
Ovarian cancer
1.64 0.67 3.98 56 -72 183 1.10 0.29 4.10 9 -118 136
Leukemia
3.95 1.25 12.49 135 -70 340 x x x x x x
Diabetes mellitus
2.88 1.37 6.08 93 -11 196 1.87 0.49 7.12 43 -80 165
Neuropsychiatric conditions
4.98 2.73 9.07 359 96 623 1.33 0.35 5.03 30 -130 189
Alcohol use disorders
16.52 6.23 43.83 192 9 375 x x x x x x
Cardiovascular diseases
1.72 1.26 2.36 332 86 578 3.05 1.87 4.99 943 258 1,629
Hypertensive heart disease
9.12 3.24 25.67 57 -7 121 x x x x x x
Ischemic heart disease
1.94 1.22 3.08 189 10 369 1.98 1.05 3.74 197 -56 450
Cerebrovascular disease
1.48 0.75 2.89 58 -62 177 3.88 1.55 9.69 348 -80 776
Inflammatory heart diseases
1.53 0.27 8.55 10 -41 62 x x x x x x
Respiratory diseases
3.87 1.77 8.47 208 -7 424 0.46 0.15 1.47 -39 -79 1
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
3.71 1.65 8.33 91 -8 189 x x x x x x
Digestive diseases
4.07 2.12 7.83 294 43 545 6.93 3.53 13.62 567 124 1,010
Cirrhosis of the liver
6.42 2.80 14.72 238 7 470 13.31 6.27 28.24 542 108 975
Genitourinary diseases
2.48 0.68 9.11 40 -44 124 1.05 0.27 4.07 1 -37 39
Injuries 2.59 1.36 4.93 811 -31 1,653 4.27 2.18 8.38 1,665 210 3,119
Unintentional injuries
4.12 1.95 8.72 838 18 1,658 6.55 2.92 14.69 1,488 82 2,894
Road traffic accidents
1.85 0.82 4.18 143 -106 391 1.60 0.37 6.86 100 -288 488
Poisonings
23.27 7.38 73.40 655 -118 1,428 19.75 8.04 48.50 552 45 1,059
Intentional injuries
0.97 0.39 2.39 -8 -201 185 1.89 0.76 4.66 196 -179 570
Ill-defined 2.07 0.66 6.54 88 -106 282 2.10 0.52 8.46 91 -149 330
Risk factor-related
Smoking-related
1.40 0.93 2.09 147 -61 356 1.90 0.97 3.72 334 -142 810
Alcohol-related
8.75 4.55 16.84 330 94 567 11.84 5.20 26.96 461 55 868
Drug-related
8.18 2.94 22.73 679 -103 1,462 5.95 2.43 14.56 468 -29 965
Amenable to medical intervention
1.87 1.18 2.97 675 10 1,340 4.26 2.20 8.24 2,514 349 4,679
x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act
Source: 1991 to 2001 Canadian census mortality follow-up study.