Table A
Prevalence of chronic conditions, diagnosis and treatment, by Aboriginal identity, household population younger than age 6, Canada, 2006

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Table A
Prevalence of chronic conditions, diagnosis and treatment, by Aboriginal identity, household population younger than age 6, Canada, 2006.
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of chronic conditions, diagnosis and treatment. The information is grouped by First Nations living off reserve (% , Of those who report, % diagnosed, Of those diagnosed, % received treatment) and Métis (% , Of those who report, % diagnosed, Of those diagnosed, % received treatment) appearing as column headers, calculated by % as a unit of measure.
  First Nations living off reserve Métis
% Of those who report, % diagnosed Of those diagnosed, % received treatment % Of those who report, % diagnosed Of those diagnosed, % received treatment
Asthma 10.4 94.6 96.2 9.7 95.9 96.6
Speech/Language difficulties 10.2 75.8 82.2 9.3 74.7 81.2
Lactose intolerance 7.4 69.9 57.0 5.6 71.8 52.5
Food/Digestive allergies 3.8 74.0 67.6 3.9 73.4 62.0
Respiratory allergies 3.1 83.5 90.0 4.0 79.6 93.2
Other allergies 3.6 79.5 46.0 4.7 86.9 43.0
Visual impairment 2.5 93.9 88.1 2.6 97.0 85.3
Hearing impairment 2.0 87.6 79.2 1.6 85.3 88.8
ADD/ADHD 1.9 62.0 51.4 1.5 61.9 67.9
FAS/FASD 1.8 72.3 52.9 0.7NoteE: Use with caution 79.1 x
Heart condition or disease 1.7 93.7 36.8 2.1 99.3 45.6
Anaemia 1.7 93.9 97.2 1.4 93.5 91.1
Chronic bronchitis 1.6 89.5 92.5 1.5 79.7 100.0
Anxiety or depression 1.2 35.2NoteE: Use with caution 66.8 1.0NoteE: Use with caution 47.9NoteE: Use with caution 56.0NoteE: Use with caution
Kidney condition/Disease 0.7NoteE: Use with caution 94.5 81.4 0.6NoteE: Use with caution 100.0 68.0
Epilepsy 0.5NoteE: Use with caution 93.0 89.5 0.4NoteE: Use with caution 93.5 100.0
Autism 0.3NoteE: Use with caution 100.0 x 0.5NoteE: Use with caution 94.6 x
Cerebral palsy 0.3NoteE: Use with caution 100.0 100.0 x x x
Hypoglycemia/Low blood sugar 0.3NoteE: Use with caution 100.0 x 0.5NoteE: Use with caution 74.5 x
Tuberculosis 0.1NoteE: Use with caution x x x x x
Diabetes x x x x x x
Down syndrome x x x x x x
Spina bifida x x x x x x
E use with caution
x suppressed to meet confidentiality requirements of Statistics Act
Sources: 2006 Aboriginal Children's Survey.