Chart 4.1
Excellent or very good self-rated health, Inuit and total Canadian population by age group, 2005/2006

This vertical bar chart illustrates, by age, the percentage of Inuit who rated their own health as either excellent or very good. As well, the chart shows the same statistics for the total Canadian population

The X axis is divided into seven sections, each representing a specific age group. The age groups are:

• Fifteen to nineteen

• Twenty to twenty-four

• Twenty-five to thirty-four

• Thirty-five to forty-four

• Forty-five to fifty-four

• Fifty-five to sixty-four

• Sixty-five and over

Each section is composed of two vertical bars:

The first bar represents the Inuit population

The second bar represents the total Canadian population

The Y axis is measured in percentage and increases in increments of ten from zero to eighty

57% of the Inuit population aged fifteen to nineteen rated their health as either excellent or very good
The percentage for the total Canadian population aged fifteen to nineteen was 67%

53% of the Inuit population aged twenty to twenty-four rated their health as either excellent or very good
The percentage for the total Canadian population aged twenty to twenty-four was 69%

56% of the Inuit population aged twenty-five to thirty-four rated their health as either excellent or very good
The percentage for the total Canadian population aged twenty-five to thirty-four was 71%

48% of the Inuit population aged thirty-five to forty-four rated their health as either excellent or very good
The percentage for the total Canadian population aged thirty-five to forty-four was 65%

48% of the Inuit population aged forty-five to fifty-four rated their health as either excellent or very good
The percentage for the total Canadian population aged forty-five to fifty-four was 59%

36% of the Inuit population aged fifty-five to sixty-four rated their health as either excellent or very good
The percentage for the total Canadian population aged fifty-five to sixty-four was 52%

30% of the Inuit population aged sixty-five and over rated their health as either excellent or very good
The percentage for the total Canadian population aged sixty-five and over was 40%

Sources: Statistics Canada, Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006 and Canadian Community Health Survey, 2005