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Special Populations - Aboriginal Peoples
The profile of incidence and morbidity of cancers differs
from the general population in Ontario. For example cervical
cancer is 1.73 time higher in Status Indians. There is a diverse
regional Aboriginal population:
- Cultural diversity –Cree, Ojibwa, Iroquois
- Christian and “traditional” spiritual
paths
Mohawks (Iroquois – Six Nations) of the Bay
of Quinte – Tyendinaga 2037 on reserve (5393
0ff reserve)
- Hiawatha (Mississauga of Rice Lake) 188 on reserve
(233 off reserve)
- Golden Lake (Algonquin); Whitney, and Bancroft areas.
- Cree Patients from Moose Factory
- 2000-3000 in rural communities
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