Chronic health conditions First Nations youth Canada 2015-2016 | Statista

This statistic shows the percentage of Canadian First Nations youth that had a diagnosed chronic health condition as of 2015-2016. According to the survey, 12.7 percent of First Nations youth had been diagnosed with allergies as of that time.

Percentage of Canadian First Nations youth with select chronic health conditions from 2015 to 2016

Characteristic	Percentage of youth respondents
Allergies	12.7%
Asthma	8.6%
Anxiety disorder	8.3%
Mood disorder	6.6%
Learning disorder	4.8%
Speech or language difficulties	4.7%
Dermatitis/atopic eczema	3.4%
ADD/ADHD	3.4%
Blindness or serious vision problems	2.9%
Stomach or intestional problems	2.1%
Chronic back pain	1.6%
Chronic ear infections	1.4%
Heart disease	1.2%
Anemia (chronic)	1.1%
Hearing impairment	0.9%
Arthritis (excluding fibromyalgia)	0.7%
High blood pressure*	0.6%
Thyroid*	0.5%
Kidney problem*	0.5%
FASD*	0.5%
Epilepsy*	0.4%
ASD*	0.4%
Diabetes*	0.4%
Developmental disorder*	0.4%
Cancer*	0.4%
Emphysema, chroic bronchitis, COPD*	0.3%

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Release date

March 2018

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Region

Canada

Survey time period

March 2015 to December 2016

Number of respondents

4,968 respondents

Age group

12 to 17 years

Special properties

253 communities

Supplementary notes

*High sampling variability, interpret with caution.

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