Infant mortality is investigated for a period of thirty years at the beginning of the 20th century in the Aboriginal Nations community of Fisher River, Manitoba. Infant mortality rates were generated from parish records of infant burials from the Methodist mission at Fisher River and later...

The objective of this research is to identify the sociodemographic, environmental, and lifestyle factors associated with the geographic variability of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) prevalence in the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada. An ecological regression study design was employed for this...

The major trends and issues in the historical development of Indian health services in Canada since Confederation are discussed according to: (1) the legislative bases, including the BNA Act, the Indian Act, Indian Treaties, landmark court decisions and post-War national health legislations: (2)...

The prevalence of diagnosed diabetes was determined for 76% of the registered Indian and Inuit (Eskimo) population of Canada from case registers maintained by the federal agency responsible for Indian health services. A total of 5324 cases were ascertained. The age-sex adjusted rate varied among...

This paper reports on the sociocultural determinants of obesity among the Inuit people in the central Canadian Arctic, part of the Keewatin Health Assessment Study (KHAS), a comprehensive community health survey conducted during 1990/91 in eight Inuit communities in the Northwest Territories (n...

The applicability of A. R. Omran's 'epidemiologic transition' theory to subarctic Indians in Canada is examined in a historical review of health and demographic data. The major trends since the time of European contact include the rise-and-fall of infectious diseases, the emergence of chronic,...