This statistic presents the percentage of aboriginals in Canada who perceived their health as very good, excellent, fair or poor from 2011 to 2014, by aboriginal identity. It was found that in the period from 2011 to 2014, around 44.9 percent of the Inuit population perceived their health as very good or excellent while 14.5 percent perceived their health as fair or poor.
Percentage of aboriginals in Canada who perceived their health as very good or excellent from 2011 to 2014, by aboriginal identity
* The terms "First Nations" and "North American Indian" can be interchanged. The term "First Nations" refers to the First Nations population living off reserve.
Respondents who reported perceiving their own health status as being either excellent or very good or fair or poor, depending on the indicator. Perceived health refers to the perception of a person's health in general, either by the person himself or herself, or, in the case of proxy response, by the person responding. Health means not only the absence of disease or injury but also physical, mental and social well being.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, 5.statcan.gc.ca, 2011 to 2014. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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