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Table 3 Key environment (2012) and housing parameters (2011 Census, 2011 Household Survey) that may affect asthma admission rates in the four peer-group A health regions in MB and SK

Parameter		Winnipeg	Brandon	Regina	Saskatoon	t-test^a
Days above 0 °C		175	171	168	170	0.11
Growing days (average temperature above 5 °C)		181	182	182	177	0.26
Average persons per household		2.4	2.3	2.4	2.4	0.21
Housing in need of major repair (%)		9.30	6.70	9.40	6.20	0.47
Indigenous population (%)		11.7	11.23	10.2	10.24	0.02
Immigrant population (%)		21.88	12.86	11.16	11.93	0.16
Population density per square kilometer		1430	599	1328	1060	0.36
Average income ($)		38,159	38,544	45,698	43,497	0.02
Prevalence of low income in 2010 based on after-tax low-income measure (%)^b	< 18 years	22.8	20.9	18.6	18.5	0.04
Prevalence of low income in 2010 based on after-tax low-income measure (%)^b	< 6 years	26.3	24.2	23.9	21.6	0.12

^acomparing the two provinces; ^b2010 data.
Sources: Environmental data from Environment Canada database (http://climate.weather.gc.ca/, last accessed on 17-Dec-2013), Stats Canada 2011 Census (http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/index-eng.cfm, last accessed 3-Apr-2018), and Stats Canada 2011 National Household Survey (http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/index-eng.cfm, last accessed 18-Dec-2013)

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