Table 2
Number of hospitalizations for unintentional injury, age-standardized rate, and rate ratio, by cause of injury and Dissemination Area reporting Aboriginal identity, population aged 0 to 19, Canada (excluding Quebec), 2001/2002 to 2005/2006

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Table 2
Number of hospitalizations for unintentional injury, age-standardized rate, and rate ratio, by cause of injury and Dissemination Area reporting Aboriginal identity, population aged 0 to 19, Canada (excluding Quebec), 2001/2002 to 2005/2006
Table summary
 This table displays the results of number of hospitalizations for unintentional injury. The information is grouped by cause of injury and type of dissemination area (appearing as row headers), number, age-standardized rate (per 10,000 person-years at risk) , 95% confidence interval and rate ratio, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Cause of injury and type of Dissemination Area Number Age-standardized rate (per 10,000 person-years at risk) 95% confidence interval Rate ratio 95% confidence interval
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Total  
High % First Nations 6,712 85.9Note * 83.9 88.0 2.3 2.3 2.4
High % Métis 828 88.2Note * 82.4 94.5 2.4 2.2 2.6
High % Inuit 546 83.0Note * 76.3 90.3 2.2 2.1 2.4
Low % Aboriginal 109,519 37.1 36.8 37.3 1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Falls  
High % First Nations 2,223 28.7Note * 27.6 29.9 2.0 1.9 2.1
High % Métis 267 29.0Note * 25.7 32.7 2.0 1.8 2.3
High % Inuit 150 23.1Note * 19.7 27.1 1.6 1.4 1.9
Low % Aboriginal 41,073 14.4 14.3 14.5 1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Land transportation  
High % First Nations 1,694 21.5Note * 20.5 22.6 2.5 2.4 2.6
High % Métis 251 26.1Note * 23.0 29.5 3.0 2.7 3.4
High % Inuit 178 27.0Note * 23.3 31.3 3.1 2.7 3.6
Low % Aboriginal 26,953 8.6 8.5 8.7 1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Motor vehicle traffic  
High % First Nations 797 10.1Note * 9.4 10.8 2.5 2.3 2.7
High % Métis 88 9.0Note * 7.3 11.1 2.3 1.8 2.8
High % Inuit 59 8.9Note * 6.9 11.5 2.2 1.7 2.9
Low % Aboriginal 12,898 4.0 3.9 4.1 1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Struck  
High % First Nations 552 7.0Note * 6.5 7.7 1.7 1.6 1.9
High % Métis 81 8.5Note * 6.8 10.6 2.0 1.6 2.6
High % Inuit 40 6.1Note * 4.5 8.3 1.5 1.1 2.0
Low % Aboriginal 12,727 4.1 4.1 4.2 1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Poisoning  
High % First Nations 558 7.1Note * 6.5 7.7 3.3 3.1 3.6
High % Métis 44 4.9Note * 3.6 6.6 2.3 1.7 3.1
High % Inuit 31 4.6Note * 3.2 6.5 2.2 1.5 3.1
Low % Aboriginal 6,014 2.1 2.1 2.2 1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Cut/Pierce  
High % First Nations 251 3.2Note * 2.8 3.6 3.0 2.7 3.5
High % Métis 33 3.5Note * 2.5 5.0 3.4 2.4 4.8
High % Inuit 17 2.6Note * 1.6 4.2 2.5 1.5 4.0
Low % Aboriginal 3,198 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Fire  
High % First Nations 305 3.9Note * 3.5 4.4 4.1 3.6 4.6
High % Métis 22 2.4Note * 1.6 3.7 2.5 1.7 3.9
High % Inuit 10 1.5 0.8 2.8 1.6 0.8 2.9
Low % Aboriginal 2,673 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Natural/Environmental  
High % First Nations 265 3.4Note * 3.0 3.8 3.7 3.2 4.2
High % Métis 19 2.0Note * 1.3 3.2 2.2 1.4 3.5
High % Inuit 35 5.3Note * 3.8 7.4 5.8 4.1 8.1
Low % Aboriginal 2,601 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Drowning/Suffocation  
High % First Nations 124 1.6Note * 1.3 1.9 2.8 2.3 3.3
High % Métis 15 1.7Note * 1.0 2.8 2.9 1.8 4.9
High % Inuit 11 1.7Note * 0.9 3.0 3.0 1.6 5.3
Low % Aboriginal 1,533 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Other  
High % First Nations 784 10.0Note * 9.3 10.7 2.2 2.0 2.4
High % Métis 102 10.7Note * 8.8 13.0 2.3 1.9 2.8
High % Inuit 77 11.6Note * 9.3 14.5 2.5 2.0 3.2
Low % Aboriginal 13,561 4.6 4.5 4.7 1.0 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
* significantly different from low-percentage Aboriginal identity Dissemination Areas
... not applicable
Notes: Dissemination Areas where at least 33% of the population reported Aboriginal identity are classified as high-percentage Aboriginal identity. Classification as high-percentage First Nations, Métis or Inuit identity is based on the predominant group.
Source: 2001/2002 to 2005/2006 Hospital Morbidity Database.