First Nations emergency care in Alberta: descriptive results of a retrospective cohort study

Table 1 Age and sex standardized emergency care visit rates for 2016/2017 (by zone)

Area	FN and Non-FN	ED Visits	2017 Population	Crude Rate per person	Stand. Rate per person	Lower Confidence Interval^a	Upper Confidence Interval
Province	Non-FN	2,055,318	4,033,045	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.51
Province	FN	219,490	162,868	1.35	1.45	1.43	1.47
North	Non-FN	412,775	424,030	0.97	0.98	0.98	0.99
North	FN	99,553	53,471	1.86	2.01	1.98	2.05
Edmonton	Non-FN	502,291	1,302,619	0.39	0.38	0.38	0.39
Edmonton	FN	36,385	43,408	0.84	0.89	0.86	0.91
Central	Non-FN	309,449	451,303	0.69	0.67	0.67	0.68
Central	FN	31,174	20,979	1.49	1.63	1.57	1.68
Calgary	Non-FN	610,684	1,569,841	0.39	0.39	0.39	0.39
Calgary	FN	29,250	29,820	0.98	1.04	1.01	1.07
South	Non-FN	167,646	285,252	0.59	0.58	0.57	0.58
South	FN	22,016	15,192	1.45	1.57	1.50	1.63

FN First Nations, non-FN non-First Nations, ED Emergency Department
^aLower and upper 95% confidence interval limits for standard rate based on adjustment for recurrent events

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