Aging and Health: An Examination of Differences between Older Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal People

Kathi Wilson, Mark W. Rosenberg, Sylvia Abonyi and Robert Lovelace

Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers from McMaster University

Abstract: The Aboriginal population in Canada, much younger than the general population, has experienced a trend towards aging over the past decade. Using data from the 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) and the 2000/2001 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), this article examines differences in health status and the determinants of health and health care use between the 55-and-older Aboriginal population and non-Aboriginal population. The results show that the older Aboriginal population is unhealthier than the non-Aboriginal population across all age groups; differences in health status, however, appear to converge as age increases. Among those aged 55 to 64, 7 per cent of the Aboriginal population report three or more chronic conditions compared with 2 per cent of the non-Aboriginal population. Yet, among those aged 75 and older, 51 per cent of the Aboriginal population report three or more chronic conditions in comparison with 23 per cent of the non-Aboriginal population.

Keywords: Aboriginal people; health status; health care use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 22 pages
Date: 2010-10
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-age and nep-hea
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