Underutilized and undertheorized: the use of hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions for assessing the extent to which primary healthcare services are meeting needs in British Columbia First Nation communities

Table 3 Demographic distribution of population under study

Years and gender	Population FN on reserve		Population FN off reserve		Population other BC		Population All BC
	1994	2010	1994	2010	1994	2010	1994	2010
Breakdown by sex
Male	17,877	27,942	33,589	37,072	1,658,510	2,025,662	1,711,427	2,090,676
Female	19,328	26,527	37,169	39,708	1,668,900	2,042,029	1,723,946	2,108,264
Breakdown by age group
0–14 yrs	11,936	12,851	22,137	15,425	694,320	655,442	728,393	683,718
15–24 yrs	6674	9845	13,147	14,036	455,899	559,747	475,720	583,628
25–34 yrs	6615	7976	14,847	12,601	568,372	585,351	589,834	605,928
35–44 yrs	5540	7404	10,431	13,096	595,123	604,277	611,094	624,777
45–54 yrs	3189	8222	5828	12,017	440,692	705,420	449,709	725,659
55–64 yrs	2067	5336	2972	6509	304,327	598,663	309,366	610,508
65–74 yrs	1184	2835	1396	3096	268,677	358,791	271,257	364,722
Breakdown by SES
1 (lowest)	12,191	21,780	27,714	28,904	673,365	786,331	713,270	837,015
2	5006	9215	15,015	16,676	675,128	806,470	695,149	832,361
3	6337	10,808	10,982	12,428	664,022	832,889	681,341	856,125
4	8442	7295	9956	10,766	665,921	836,042	684,319	854,103
5 (highest)	5229	5371	7091	8006	648,974	805,959	661,294	819,336

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