Primary care visits due to injuries among the Aboriginal off-reserve population of British Columbia, Canada, 1991–2010

Table 1 Primary care visits^a due to injuries^b, British Columbia, 1991-2010^c

	Obs^d	Rate^e	95 % CI for Rate	SRR^f	95 % CI for SRR
BC, total population
Total, All injuries	26,194,409	3172	3171 to3173	1	[reference]
Trauma	22,873,669	2770	2769 to2771	1	[reference]
Poisoning	712,214	86	86 to 86	1	[reference]
Burn	496,325	60	60 to 60	1	[reference]
Other	2,112,201	256	255 to 256	1	[reference]
Aboriginal, off-reserve^g
Total, All injuries	640,458	4291	4283 to 4299	1.41	1.41 to 1.42
Trauma	545,482	3655	3647 to 3663	1.40	1.40 to 1.40
Poisoning	31,044	208	206 to 210	2.08	2.05 to 2.12
Burn	14,221	95	94 to 97	1.28	1.25 to 1.30
Other	49,711	333	330 to 336	1.31	1.30 to 1.33

^a “Primary care” defined as examination by general practice physician, emergency physician, nurse practitioner, pediatrician, geriatrician, dentist, or optometrist
^b “Injury” defined as Diagnosis in the range ICD9:800–999
^cMedical Service Plan payments occurring during the observation period 1991-Jan-01 to 2010-Dec-31
^dObserved number of MSP payments
^eCrude Rate per 10,000 person-years = Observed / Person-years x 10,000, (person-years is the sum of annual population counts during the observation period)
^fStandardized Relative Risk (compared to the total population of BC during the same observation period) = Observed/Expected, (expected number is standardized by age, gender and HSDA)
^gAboriginal identity deduced from birth record, death record or MSP premium payment record; and residing in a postal code area that does not contain any Indian reserve

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